Quotes with pursuit

Quotes 61 till 80 of 88.

  • Dag Hammarskjöld The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory or defeat. The pursuit of peace and progress, with its trials and its errors, its successes and its setbacks, can never be relaxed and never abandoned.
    Dag Hammarskjöld
    Swedish diplomat (1905 - 1961)
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  • Hubert Humphrey The pursuit of peace resembles the building of a great cathedral. It is the work of a generation. In concept it requires a master-architect; in execution, the labors of many.
    Hubert Humphrey
    American politician (1911 - 1978)
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  • George F. Will The pursuit of perfection often impedes improvement.
    George F. Will
    American columnist (1941 - )
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  • Matthew Arnold The pursuit of perfection, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light.
    Matthew Arnold
    British critic and poet (1822 - 1888)
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  • Benjamin Disraeli The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.
    Benjamin Disraeli
    English statesman and writer (1804 - 1881)
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  • Albert Einstein The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.
    Albert Einstein
    German - American physicist (1879 - 1955)
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  • Mahatma Gandhi The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent.
    Mahatma Gandhi
    Indian politician (1869 - 1948)
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  • Clarence Darrow The pursuit of truth will set you free; even if you never catch up with it.
    Clarence Darrow
    American Lawyer (1857 - 1938)
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  • Voltaire The pursuit of what is true and the practice of what is good are the two most important objects of philosophy.
    Voltaire
    French writer and philosopher (ps. of Fran ois Marie Arouet) (1694 - 1778)
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  • Marcus Tullius Cicero The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.
    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    Roman statesman and writer (106 - 43)
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  • Brandi Carlile There are still civil rights issues. There are still people who can't be visited by their spouse in the hospital because they're gay. These are humanitarian issues. At the end of the day, all you want is for people to be happy in the pursuit of life, love and liberty.
    Brandi Carlile
    American singer-songwriter and producer (1981 - )
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  • Virginia Woolf There can be no two opinions as to what a highbrow is. He is the man or woman of thoroughbred intelligence who rides his mind at a gallop across country in pursuit of an idea.
    Virginia Woolf
    English writer (1882 - 1941)
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  • John Kenneth Galbraith There is certainly no absolute standard of beauty. That precisely is what makes its pursuit so interesting.
    John Kenneth Galbraith
    American economist (1908 - 2006)
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  • Samuel Butler There is no such source of error as the pursuit of truth.
    Samuel Butler
    English poet (1835 - 1902)
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  • Jean de la Bruyère There is not in the world so toilsome a trade as the pursuit of fame; life concludes before you have so much as sketched your work.
    Jean de la Bruyère
    French writer (1645 - 1696)
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  • Samuel Johnson Those who attain to any excellence commonly spend life in some single pursuit, for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Bayard Taylor Those who would attain to any marked degree of excellence in a chosen pursuit must work, and work hard for it, prince or peasant.
    Bayard Taylor
    American poet, travel author, and diplomat (1825 - 1878)
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  • Alexander Pope True disputants are like true sportsman: their whole delight is in the pursuit.
    Alexander Pope
    English poet (1688 - 1744)
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  • Anita Hill We have a history of gender and racial bias on our court that continues to undermine the system. Excluding individuals based on race is antagonistic to the pursuit of justice.
    Anita Hill
    American lawyer and academic (1956 - )
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  • Thomas Jefferson We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness…
    Thomas Jefferson
    American statesman (1743 - 1826)
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