Pastoral Resources

Nothing defines humans better than their willingness to do irrational things in the pursuit of phenomenally unlikely payoffs. This is the principle behind lotteries, dating, and religion.

When others stood idly by, you and your families gave your all, in defence of a risen people and in pursuit of Irish freedom and unity.

Not to engage in the pursuit of ideas is to live like ants instead of like men.

Our theme for this year's festivities, Dreams and Challenges of Asian Pacific Americans, speaks to the many generations of Asian Pacific Americans who worked hard to overcome economic hardship, racism and other barriers in their pursuit of the American dream.

Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek.

I'm not sure what theory is, unless it's the pursuit of fundamental questions.

Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.

Love is simply the name for the desire and the pursuit of the whole.

The pursuit of perfection, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light.

The pursuit of pretty formulas and neat theorems can no doubt quickly degenerate into a silly vice, but so can the quest for austere generalities which are so very general indeed that they are incapable of application to any particular.

A rejection is nothing more than a necessary step in the pursuit of success.

Someone told me there was a publisher that could find a good home for my songs, but I didn't want to give up my pursuit of a career in the business as an artist.

Our nation was founded on the principals of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

The cloud that descended on Black Rock on Monday was not for the past but the future. How much will this debacle chill the pursuit of other risky investigations?

Your ability to communicate is an important tool in your pursuit of your goals, whether it is with your family, your co-workers or your clients and customers.

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.

The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope.

There is no such source of error as the pursuit of truth.

I am about to be married, and am of course in all the misery of a man in pursuit of happiness.

Perfectionism is not a quest for the best. It is a pursuit of the worst in ourselves, the part that tells us that nothing we do will ever be good enough - that we should try again.