Desire Quotes

It is only when men associate with the wicked with the desire and purpose of doing them good, that they can rely upon the protection of God to preserve them from contamination.

Jesus cares more about desire than about competence

There have been times when I think we do not desire heaven but more often I find myself wondering whether, in our heart of hearts, we have ever desired anything else.

We have no desire to convince anyone that there is only one way by which faith can be acquired.

Every swindle is driven by a desire for easy money; it's the one thing the swindler and the swindled have in common.

The desire to understand the world and the desire to reform it are the two great engines of progress, without which human society would stand still or retrogress.

I desire the good-will of all, whether hitherto my friends or not.

The true seeker hunts naught but the object of his quest, and the lover has no desire save union with his Beloved.

The Lord filled me with desire, and made me feel that I must be as much with Him alone as with souls in public.

He was conscious of the disastrous fact that love and desire must be expressed in the same way.

True love is a lack of desire to check one's smartphone in another's presence.

While their methods differ radically, artists and physicists share the desire to investigate the ways the interlocking pieces of reality fit together. This is the common ground upon which they meet.

In a way, art is a great way to release your love, fantasy, and desires. It's like a fetish. It's a comfortable way of excising a lot of your conscience.

Let this be thy whole endeavor, this thy prayer, this thy desire,-that thou mayest be stripped of all selfishness, and with entire simplicity follow Jesus only.

I suspect that these traits-desire, commitment, and good work habits-are important in all facets of our lives. . .

Desire is not what you see, but what you imagine.

Where desire ends up causing suffering is when it fixates.

Matter feels, converses, suffers, desires, yearns and remembers.

I came to mistrust my desire to explode the picture and supercharge it in some way… what is more important is a feeling of strength in reserve – tension beneath calm.

Our desire for approval can only truly be met by receiving God’s acceptance and approval of us.

Be quiet now and wait. It may be that the ocean one, the one we desire so to move into and become, desires us out here on land a little longer, going our sundry roads to the shore.

Those who desire only the good pleasure of God abide in peace even in the midst of failure, for God has not told us that He requires success of us.

I think that the insane desire one has sometimes to bang and kick grumblers and peevish persons is a Divine instinct.

The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire.

I choose not to give energy to the emotions of revenge, hatred or the desire to subjugate.

Habit is the intersection of knowledge (what to do), skill (how to do), and desire (want to do).

The two great movers of the human mind are the desire of good and the fear of evil.

Would that thy love, beloved, had less trust in me, that it might be more anxious!

Do you desire not to be angry? Be not inquisitive. He who inquires what is said of him only works out his own misery.

From what may anyone be saved? Only from themselves! That is, their individual hell. They dig it with their own desires.

Everyone should want to excel in life. You should never take the desire to excel away from the human race.

I have always believed that anybody with a little guts and the desire to apply himself can make it, can make anything he wants to make of himself.

The greatest flood has the soonest ebb; the sorest tempest the most sudden calm; the hottest love the coldest end; and from the deepest desire oftentimes ensues the deadliest hate.

You need good training partners - because you’re only as good as your training partners - and a strong desire to always get better.

Body. Soul. Mind. Sensations: the body. Desires: the soul. Reasoning: the mind.

The fruit of liberal education is not learning, but the capacity and desire to learn, not knowledge, but power.

If you find that you have no love but desire to have it, do the works of love and the Lord will see your desire and effort and put love in your heart.

Make the iron hot by striking it.

I have a burning desire to see what things look like photographed by me.

She was not often invited to join in the conversation of the others, nor did she desire it. Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions.

I assure you that it is our desire and intention to keep the doors of consultation always and fully open. There must never be a final word between friends.

I don't want to be loved. I want to be desired. Love is safety, but desire is foul.

Breath is the vehicle of consciousness and so, by its slow measured observation and distribution, we learn to tug our attention away from external desires toward a judicious, intelligent awareness.

So let your deepest desires direct your aim. Set your sights far above the 'reasonable' target. The power of purpose is profound only if you have a desire that stirs the heart.

It is said that desire is a product of the will, but the converse is in fact true: will is a product of desire.

LIFE + DESIRE = MAN; LIFE - DESIRE = GOD.

[this element], the seat of the appetites and of desire in general, does in a sense participate in principle, as being amenable and obedient to it

I have struck a city - a real city - and they call it Chicago... I urgently desire never to see it again. It is inhabited by savages.

If a man knows what he wants, then he is in a position to decide that he will get it. This is faith. The determined decision of a man with desire.

If you desire to be good, begin by believing that you are wicked.