Quotes about Pursuit
True biblical love is compassionately and righteously pursuing the well-being of another.
— Tony Evans
It's true; life really is generous to those who pursue their destiny
— Paulo Coelho
And this is what ye have shipped for, men! to chase that white whale on both sides of land, and over all sides of earth, till he spouts black blood and rolls fin out.
— Herman Melville
Even where the Faith is preserved men pursue wealth and power inordinately. Where the Faith is lost they pursue nothing else.
— Hilaire Belloc
What is the student but a lover courting a fickle mistress who ever eludes his grasp?
— William Osler
St. Thomas mentions the three things necessary to attain any end, earthly or Heavenly: knowledge, love, and presence;
— Peter Kreeft
I fled Him, down the nights and down the days; I fled Him, down the arches of the years; I fled Him, down the labyrinthine ways Of my own mind; and in the mist of tears. —"The Hound of Heaven" (FRANCIS THOMPSON, 1859—1907)
— Colleen Coble
A hobby is hard work you wouldn't do for a living.
— Anonymous
Most soulish believers assume an attitude of self-righteousness, though often it is scarcely detectable. They hold tenaciously to their minute opinions we ought to lay aside the small differences and pursue the common objective.
— Watchman Nee
What we seek we shall find; what we flee from flees from us.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
The essence of Christian faith has come to us in story form, the story of a God who will go to any lengths to get his family back. The Bible tells of flawed people -- people just like me -- who make shockingly bad choices and yet still find themselves pursued by God. As they receive grace and forgiveness, naturally they want to give it to others, and a thread of hope and transformation weaves its way throughout the Bible's accounts.
— Philip Yancey
Fulfillment comes not in pursuit of happiness, but rather in pursuit of service.
— Philip Yancey