Quotes about Pursuit
Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of life.
— Aristotle
I think the pursuit of happiness is the pursuit of reality because illusion never leaves us ultimately happy.
— Parker Palmer
Of all the pursuits open to men, the search for wisdom is most perfect, more sublime, more profitable, and more full of joy.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
Wisdom is to have dreams big enough not to lose sight when we pursue them.
— Oscar Wilde
Just as it is agreed that we all wish to be happy, so it is that we all wish to be wise, since no one without wisdom is happy.
— St. Augustine
Never will I pursue happiness, because it is not a goal, just a by-product, and there is no happiness in having or in getting, only in giving.
— Og Mandino
We chase phantoms half the days of our lives. It is well if we learn wisdom even then, and save the other half.
— Mark Twain
If you can dream it, you can achieve it. The secret to recapturing dreams is to enjoy the pursuit of the dream, rather than to focus on the outcome.
— Bishop TD Jakes
God's will is that we, as His people, be separated unto Him for His purpose. As believers, we should endeavor to pursue that sanctification at any cost.
— Bishop TD Jakes
If there was one thing he knew a little about, it was pursuing a person. And though he wasn't about to give the woman beside him fair warning, Miss Ashford had better be on her guard. Because he planned on doing everything in his power to win not only her trust, but her heart as well.
— Tamera Alexander
We are 100 percent responsible for the pursuit of holiness, but at the same time we are 100 percent dependent upon the Holy Spirit to enable us in that pursuit. The pursuit of holiness is not a pull-yourself-up-by-your-own-bootstraps approach to the Christian life.
— Jerry Bridges
Jesus is the Truth, and He is the One who sets the captive free. Power for the believer comes in knowing and choosing the truth. We are to pursue truth because we already have all the power we need in Christ (see Ephesians 1:18-19). Furthermore, people in bondage are not liberated by what I do as a pastor, but by what they choose to believe, confess, renounce, and forgive.
— Neil Anderson