Seeking Quotes

My whole life has been one of seeking experience.

Mr. Speaker, in seeking to return to the United Nations, the Republic of China on Taiwan will once again ask diplomatic allies to present its case before the United Nations this fall.

The unassuming youth seeking instruction with humility gains good fortune.

I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.

Appreciate the power of rumor, often malicious, no matter how preposterous, within the local populations you are seeking to help.

I think the concept of seeking fame and fortune in women's football in the States is a bit idyllic. Look at all the teams in America that have folded, and the leagues.

Yes, I am seeking a husband. As soon as the right man asks me, I shall say, It is not good for a woman to live alone.

I define genuine full employment as a situation where there are at least as many job openings as there are persons seeking employment, probably calling for a rate of unemployment, as currently measured, of between 1 and 2 percent.

The highest form of worship is the worship of unselfish Christian service. The greatest form of praise is the sound of consecrated feet seeking out the lost and helpless.

We're all seeking order. We're all seeking control.

I suddenly saw that all the time it was not I who had been seeking God, but God who had been seeking me. I had made myself the centre of my own existence and had my back turned to God.

Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth.

In Europe, it appears that in the name of democracy, elites are pursuing an autocratic, centralized power, seeking economic control and social regimentation.

We will stand up for our friends in the world. And one of the most important friends is the State of Israel. My administration will be steadfast in support Israel against terrorism and violence, and in seeking the peace for which all Israelis pray.

I think that black fiction authors have to work very hard to avoid being typed as seeking only a black audience.

I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within.

People of this world are deluded. They're always longing for something - always, in a word, seeking.

What we are only now beginning to fully realize is that in seeking material pleasure too constantly, the capacity for enjoyment or fulfillment decreases and eventually becomes exhausted.

There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousands truths, which come about us like birds seeking inlet; but we are shut up to them, and so they bring us nothing, but sit and sing awhile upon the roof, and then fly away.

Many jazz artists go to L.A. seeking a more comfortable life and then they really stop playing.

If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.

There are as many kinds of beauty as there are habitual ways of seeking happiness.

Today, we realize there are those actively seeking to harm us, to destroy our infrastructure and take lives.

I think of myself as a musician and not a celebrity. Celebrity status is something you have to deliberately pursue - I couldn't imagine myself seeking that.

And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness.

Our nation was built by pioneers - pioneers who accepted untold risks in pursuit of freedom, not by pioneers seeking offshore profits at the expense of American workers here at home.

The only thing I do on a computer is play Texas Hold 'Em, really. Obviously my cell phone is a computer. My car is a computer. I'm on computers every day without actively seeking them out.

I have only been seeking to get them to the negotiating table and, thank God, that's where they are.

I knew Anais Nin, who called me after I had been away for a few years. She was seeking help because at that time no one would give her a decent review. She was made fun of.

Courage means to keep working a relationship, to continue seeking solutions to difficult problems, and to stay focused during stressful periods.