Pursuit Of Greatness Quotes & Sayings

The Church is God's Bride. All the saints and mystics say the ultimate purpose of human life, the highest end for which we were made, is the Spiritual Marriage. This is not socially relative; it is eternal. And in it, the soul is spiritually impregnated by God, not vice versa. That is the ultimate reason why God must always be he to us, never she. Religion is essentially heterosexual and therefore fruitful. — Peter Kreeft

It is not metres, but a metre-making argument that makes a poem, - a thought so passionate and alive that like the spirit of a plant or an animal it has an architecture of its own, and adorns nature with a new thing. The thought and the form are equal in the order of time, but in the order of genesis the thought is prior to the form. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

I am not in pursuit of wealth, neither am I in want of fame! I am not after applauds that shall turn into slaps after a least slip. I do not need absolute acceptance or absolute rejection; neither am I after a total approval nor disapproval! I am in pursuit of wisdom! I am in pursuit of a true and a solemn dignity; I am in pursuit of nurturing a true and a great destiny in my journey to the final destination! I do not seek for carnal reward, but if the world will reward me, it shall be for good; If the world will accept who I am as I am and what I stand for, fine, if not, I only look up to my Heavenly Father to accomplish a solemn duty for a solemn reward! — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

In order to do something you've never done,
you've got to become someone you've never been. I
think that all of us have great potential within us,
but greatness is a choice; it's not our destiny. And in
the pursuit of our dreams we are introduced to trials,
failures and disappointments , which take us to the
door of discovery and greatness. — Les Brown

The pursuit of greatness means that laziness has no place in your life. — Pat Conroy

It's been said racing encompasses hours of agony and moments of glory.
But moments like the 1978 Triple Crown inspire the pursuit of greatness. — Steve Cauthen

Greatness is telling the truth & being courageous in pursuit of justice. The worst thing you could tell young people is to be successful but become well-adjusted to an unjust status quo as opposed to being great & being maladjusted to an unjust status quo. — Cornel West

I crossed the invisible barrier between us. — Lisa Kleypas

Everything had something behind it: life was like a long corridor with rows of closed doors. — Henry James

Seriously. She'd beaten that Unspoken One like morning wood with the same end result: an explosion. — Gena Showalter

Your pursuit of personal greatness challenges others to fear for their own causes, their own battles and pursuits. Your freedom is a reminder of their own imaginary restraints and limitations. Yet, for others, your confidence will be a beacon. People follow conviction, assertive advice and brave leaders, and there's nothing more powerful than a confident man or woman. — James Victore

A man in pursuit of greatness feels no little wants. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

All great men face challenges in the pursuit of their goals. However, the challenges did not deter them for pushing forward and realizing their goals. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I will never be able to discuss what I did, and I will never do anything like it again. I can't promise I won't have bad days. I can't assure you I won't need space or time if emotions get too strong to bear. But I will promise I will never love anyone as much as I love you. — Pepper Winters

Your heart is so beautiful and someday someone is going to love that heart like it deserves to be loved. — Colleen Hoover

We will be relentless in our pursuit for perfection. We won't ever be perfect - but in the process we will achieve greatness. — Vince Lombardi

I can bow to fear and flee the pursuit of great things. I can bow to God and engage in the pursuit of making things great. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

Are you a Tigger or an Eyore? — Randy Pausch

Eternal boyhood is the dream of a depressing percentage of American males, and the locker room is the temple where they worship arrested development. — Dave Barry

Those nations have a very great responsibility at this juncture of the world's affairs, for by throwing their joint weight into the scales of history on the right side, they may tip the balance decisively in favour of peace. — Arthur Henderson

Our pride, our ego, our fear of failing too often keeps us from achieving greatness, keeps us stuck in jobs we don't like, working with people we can't stand, engaging in pursuits we're not wholeheartedly passionate about. — Kevin Kelly DO The Pursuit Of Xceptional Execution

Greatness is not attainable, but in the pursuit of it, you can achieve excellence. — Vince Lombardi

Is there anything sexier than the noises a man makes during sex? — Belle Aurora

And yet is not mankind itself, pushing on its blind way, driven by a dream of its greatness and its power upon the dark paths of excessive cruelty and of excessive devotion. And what is the pursuit of truth, after all? — Joseph Conrad

California's 74-year-old Senator Barbara Boxer announced she will not run for re-election in 2016. When I saw the headline '74-Year-Old Boxer,' I assumed they were making another 'Rocky' movie. — Conan O'Brien

They [heterosexual cis women] are accepted in the straight mainstream way more readily than I [trans woman] will ever be. But they are marginalized in their day-to-day lives because they are feminine. To argue that they are reinforcing the binary, or the patriarchy or the hegemonic gender system, because they are conventional feminine (as opposed to subversively feminine) essentially implies that they are enabling their own oppression. This is just another variation of the claim that rapists make when they insinuate that the woman in question was 'asking for it' because of what she was wearing or how she behaved. — Julia Serano

Can a cat be the true love of a human's life? The one great and enduring emotional connection? — Andrew Miller

Someone once told me that everyone deserved to be loved.
Even the unlovable?
Maybe especially them. — Glenn Beck

With relentless pursuit of success comes greatness. — Joshua Okello