Desire Quotes
One should want only one thing and want it constantly. Then one is sure of getting it. But I desire everything, and consequently get nothing.
Each country, if it so desires, will make its own revolution. And if no such desire exists, no revolution will occur.
When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
The retouching is excessive. I do not look like that and more importantly, I don't desire to look like that.
Don't let your negative self beliefs haunt you out of taking action. You owe it to yourself to live the life that you desire.
The highest point of music for me is to become in a place where there is no desire, no craving, wanting to do anything else. It is the best place you have ever been, and yet there is nothing there.
What you feel, what you desire and what you want is not what you are. You are a consciousness. Speak consciously and speak what your consciousness allows you to speak.
Desire is a teacher: When we immerse ourselves in it without guilt, shame, or clinging, it can show us something special about our own minds that allows us to embrace life fully.
The desire to die was my one and only concern; to it I have sacrificed everything, even death.
The enabling power of the Atonement strengthens us to do and be good and to serve beyond our own individual desire and natural capacity.
The desire to force love to live only in its most positive form is what causes love ultimately to fall over dead.
The life of a mathematician is dominated by an insatiable curiosity, a desire bordering on passion to solve the problems he is studying.
Whatever posessions and objects of its desires the lower self may obtain, it hangs on to them, refusing to let them go out of greed for more, or out of fear of poverty and need.
A songwriter's heart is pure when they have the desire to keep digging deeper into music. And invariably, when you dig deeper it always leads you into the past.
If one wants another only for some self-satisfaction, usually in the form of sensual pleasure, that wrong desire takes the form of lust rather than love.
Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires.
God does not fill with His Holy Spirit those who believe in the fullness of the Spirit, or those who desire Him, but those who obey Him.
The distance between a person's dream and their accomplishments can only be measured by their desire.
Most people wish for riches, but few people provide the definite plan and burning desire which pave the road to wealth.
The nature of the leadership spirit is the inherent desire of all mankind to control and regulate both environment and circumstance.
Animation is the only thing I ever wanted to do in my whole life. I have no desire for live-action or anything else.
You're still going to win with preparation and dedication and plain old desire. If you don't have genuine desire, you won't be dedicated enough to prepare properly.
Our desire must be like a slow and stately ship, sailing across endless oceans, never in search of safe anchorage. Then suddenly, unexpectedly, it will find mooring for a moment.
I’ve always said I didn’t have a Plan B in life. I was in pursuit of my dream from the very beginning. It’s all about desire and passion. At all costs.
God should be the object of all our desires, the end of all our actions, the principle of all our affections, and the governing power of our whole souls.
The universe gives to those who ask without favor. The electric plug which connects you is desire.
A man's wealth must be determined by the relation of his desires and expenditures to his income. If he feels rich on ten dollars, and has everything else he desires, he really is rich.
The trouble with gardening is that is does not remain an avocation. It becomes an obsession.
In one word, one should desire of God desirelessness. For desire alone is at the root of all suffering. It is the cause of repeated births and deaths. It is the obstacle in the way of liberation.
I don't have many hobbies. If I think of hobbies, maybe ping pong. But I don't have a desire to get a ping pong medal.
If you pour your life into songs, you want them to be heard. It's a desire to communicate. A deep desire to communicate inspires songwriting.
New-born desires, after all, have inexplicable charms, and all the pleasure of love is in variety.
From childhood I was passionately fond of music and wanted to be a musician. I have no recollection of any real desire ever to be anything else.
I write because it gives me the greatest possible artistic pleasure to write. If my work pleases the few I am gratified. As for the mob, I have no desire to be a popular novelist. It is far too easy.