1. pursuit - Noun
2. pursuit - Verb
The act of following or going after; esp., a following with haste, either for sport or in hostility; chase; prosecution; as, the pursuit of game; the pursuit of an enemy.
A following with a view to reach, accomplish, or obtain; endeavor to attain to or gain; as, the pursuit of knowledge; the pursuit of happiness or pleasure.
Course of business or occupation; continued employment with a view to same end; as, mercantile pursuits; a literary pursuit.
Prosecution.
Source: Webster's dictionaryI would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue. Barry Goldwater
The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory or defeat. The pursuit of peace and progress, with its trials and its errors, its successes and its setbacks, can never be relaxed and never abandoned. Dag Hammarskjöld
The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that carries any reward. John Maynard Keynes
The hunter in pursuit of an elephant does not stop to throw stones at birds. Kiganda Proverb
He has gone in pursuit of the birds of the sea. Xhosa Proverb
The hunter in pursuit of an elephant does not stop to throw stones at birds. African Proverb