Desire Quotes

My desire is to make what haste I can to be gone.

Much that we read of Russia is imagination and desire only.

Folly enlarges men's desires while it lessens their capacities.

It is a sure mark of grace to desire more.

You can get what you desire and in just the measure of that desire.

We could quite easily, Republicans and Democrats working together, do something that everybody in America desires, and that is a simplification of our Tax Code.

It is not for its own sake that men desire money, but for the sake of what they can purchase with it.

Desire reveals design, and design reveals destiny.

When mankind first saw the necessity of government, it is probable that many had conceived the desire of ruling.

If any should be slaves, it should be first those who desire it for themselves, and secondly, those who desire it for others

The warrior knows that he is free to choose his desires, and he makes these decisions with courage, detachment, and - sometimes - with just a touch of madness.

Renouncing the honors at which the world aims, I desire only to know the truth... and to the maximum of power, I exhort all other men to do the same.

There is in every one of us, even those who seem to be most moderate, a type of desire that is terrible, wild, and lawless.

Herein is the evil of ignorance, that he who is neither good nor wise is nevertheless satisfied with himself: he had no desire for that of which he feels no want.

Desires are only the lack of something: and those who have the greatest desires are in a worse condition than those who have none, or very slight ones.

The desire to be rewarded for one's creativity does not justify depriving the world in general of all or part of that creativity.

All desires and egoism will have to be banished from the being.

The want of a thing is perplexing enough, but the possession of it, is intolerable.

Every man has obligations which belong to his station. Duties extend beyond obligations, and direct the affections, desires, and intentions, as well as the actions.

I have no desire to live anywhere else but New Zealand. I've had the good fortune to travel widely around the world, but New Zealand is home - and I like to be here. I'm proud to be a New Zealander.

You might think that it would he the natural desire of every man to develop as an independent personality, but this does not seem to be true.

Washington's insatiable desire to spend our children's inheritance on failed stimulus plans and other misguided economic theories have given record debt and left us with far too many unemployed.

I have an irrepressible desire to live till I can be assured that the world is a little better for my having lived in it.

If God doesn't want something for me, I shouldn't want it either. Spending time in meditative prayer, getting to know God, helps align my desires with God's.

There is no greater sin than desire, No greater curse than discontent, No greater misfortune than wanting something for oneself. Therefore he who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.

Every man has business and desire, Such as it is.

You've got to have this burning desire in your chest to succeed.

If we persist in our restless desire to know everything about the universe and ourselves, then we must not be afraid of what the artist brings back from his voyage of discovery.

For the love that is purest and sweetest Has a kiss of desire on the lips.

Do you suppose there is any living man so unreasonable that if he found himself stricken with a dangerous ailment he would not anxiously desire to regain the blessing of health?

I'm learning new levels of patience, perseverance and desire.

As all-consuming as a young girl's fancies were ... a woman's desires could be twice as dangerous.

What I want to know from students, and I ask them right away, is, 'What do you want? I don't care what it is. I want to help you get it.

Learn to ask for what you want. The worst people can do is not give you what you ask for which is precisely where you were before you asked.

More liberty begets desire of more; The hunger still increases with the store

Virtue is the desire of things honourable and the power of attaining them.

Ladies in bunches always filled me with vague apprehension and a firm desire to be elsewhere.

while we all desire to live long, we have all a horror of being old!

The desire of the moth for the star, Of the night for the morrow, The devotion to something afar From the sphere of our sorrow.

While man's desires and aspirations stir he cannot choose but err.

Never underestimate the desire to bolt.

Sexualization is imposed from the outside as opposed to sexuality, an understanding of the body's responses and desires and ability to communicate that, cultivated from within.

Desire is the presentiment of our inner abilities, and the forerunner of our ultimate accomplishments.

I always had that desire to become a great athlete.

Desire is the uneasiness a man finds in himself upon the absence of anything whose present enjoyment carries the idea of delight with it.

A thirsty ambition for truth and virtue, and a frenzy to conquer all lies and vices which are not recognized as such nor desire to be; herein consists the heroic spirit of the philosopher.

God's desire is that we excel.

Desire of power, on earth a vicious weed, Yet, sprung from high, is of celestial seed: In God 'tisglory; and when men aspire, 'Tis but a spark too much of heavenly fire.

No one can desire the love of God without first knowing human love.

From 1918 on, trade unionists were to express from the platforms of their congresses the workers' desire for peace through a rational organization of the world.