Seek Quotes
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He does not seek power - yet people follow him.
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Those only obtain love, for the most part, who seek it not.
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Those who have prophesied dreadful consequences as a result of the greater sexual freedom which the young assert - unwanted babies, venereal disease and so on - are usually the very same people who seek the fulfillment of their prophecies by opposing the free availability to the young of contraception and the removal of the stigma and mystification that surround venereal disease.
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The fact that God is sovereign over the distribution of gifts (1 Cor. 12:7) is no reason not to seek the gifts. God is sovereign over our food too, but though he desires to provide it for his children (see Matt. 6:25–34) and wants us to seek his kingdom first (Matt. 6:9–10, 33), he expects us to pray for him to provide our food (Matt. 6:11; 7:7–11).
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Peace and friendship are an amiable thing among men. They be so indeed, and we ought to seek them to the uttermost of our power. But yet for all that, we must set such store by God's truth, that if all the world should be set on fire for the maintenance thereof, we should not stick at it.
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Those who seek for something more than happiness in this world must not complain if happiness is not their portion.
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We must come to see that the end we seek is a society at peace with itself, a society that can live with its conscience.
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God's chief gift to those who seek him is Himself.
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Bestow upon me, O Lord my God, understanding to know thee, diligence to seek thee, wisdom to find thee, and a faithfulness that may finally embrace thee.
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Those who seek the truth run the risk of finding it.
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What we seek we do not find - that would be too trim and tidy for so reckless and opulent a thing as life. It is something else we find.
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Why would a man need both a wife and a mistress? A smart man would seek out and fall in love with a woman who can play both.
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Seek not that the things which happen should happen as you wish; but wish the things which happen to be as they are, and you will have a tranquil flow of life.
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We all die eventually. But the one thing we can do is seek answers along the way.
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Only fools seek power, and the greatest fools seek it through force.
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I don't think of rejection as rejection, just a bad fit. Then I seek out other avenues of acceptance.
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Seek the companionship of virtuous friends, not virtual friends.
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Now, Voyager, sail thou forth, to seek and find.
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One should not seek those who do not wish to be found.
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Never fear quarrels, but seek hazardous adventures.
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To find what you seek in the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says: Leave no stone unturned.
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The fool is his own enemy. Seeking wealth, he destroys himself. Seek rather the other shore.
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In order to seek one's own direction, one must simplify the mechanics of ordinary, everyday life.
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Seek for good, but expect evil.
