#pursuit

Learn to say no to demands, requests, invitations, and activities that leave you with no time for yourself. Until I learned to say no, and mean it, I was always overloaded by stress. You may feel guilty and selfish at first for guarding your down- time, but you’ll soon find that you are a much nicer, more present, more productive person in each instance you do choose to say yes. ↗

— Holly Mosier

#mindfulness #opt-out #peace-of-mind #present-moment #purpose

While one finds company in himself and his pursuits, he cannot feel old, no matter what his years may be. ↗

— Amos Bronson Alcott

#cannot #company #feel #finds #himself

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. ↗

— Mario Andretti

#commitment #desire #determination #enable #excellence

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

— Aristophanes

#love #love is #name #pursuit #simply

To understand the true quality of people, you must look into their minds, and examine their pursuits and aversions. ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

#into #look #minds #must #people

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

— David Antin

#fundamental questions #i #pursuit #questions #sure

Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious. ↗

— Thomas Aquinas

#become #even #friends #friendship #greatest

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

— Matthew Arnold

#perfection #pursuit #sweetness #then

I'm in pursuit of what cannot be achieved: perfection. ↗

— Andrew Vachss

#cannot #i #perfection #pursuit

The pursuit of truth will set you free; even if you never catch up with it. ↗

— Clarence Darrow

#even #free #never #pursuit #set