Pursue
To follow with a view to overtake; to follow eagerly, or with haste; to chase; as, to pursue a hare.
To seek; to use or adopt measures to obtain; as, to pursue a remedy at law.
To proceed along, with a view to some and or object; to follow; to go in; as, Captain Cook pursued a new route; the administration pursued a wise course.
To prosecute; to be engaged in; to continue.
To follow as an example; to imitate.
To follow with enmity; to persecute; to call to account.
To go in pursuit; to follow.
To go on; to proceed, especially in argument or discourse; to continue.
To follow a matter judicially, as a complaining party; to act as a prosecutor.
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Pursue Quotations
All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.
Walt Disney
The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.
Benjamin Franklin
Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
Thomas Jefferson
I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.
Leonardo da Vinci
Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.
Henry David Thoreau
Of course, there is no question that Libya - and the world - will be better off with Gaddafi out of power. I, along with many other world leaders, have embraced that goal, and will actively pursue it through non-military means. But broadening our military mission to include regime change would be a mistake.
Barack Obama
The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources.
Herbert Spencer
I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.
Thomas Paine
'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.
Thomas Paine
Pursue Translations
pursue in Dutch is najagen, nastreven
pursue in French is poursuivent, poursuis, poursuivons, poursuivre
pursue in German is verfolgen, verfolgen (ein Ziel)
pursue in Latin is prosequor (prosecutus), insequor
pursue in Portuguese is persiga
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