Desire Quotes

Those desires that do not bring pain if they are not satisfied are not necessary; and they are easily thrust aside whenever to satisfy them appears difficult or likely to cause injury.

The readiness to praise others indicates a desire for excellence and perhaps an ability to realize it.

A mass movement attracts and holds a following not because it can satisfy the desire for self-advancement, but because it can satisfy the passion for self-renunciation.

The less satisfaction we derive from being ourselves, the greater is our desire to be like others.

The desire to belong is partly a desire to lose oneself.

There's not much to be done about the impossibility. One must instead get rid of the desire.

I'm in training to become a midwife. I'm almost there and before I know it I'll be able to open my own practice, if that's what I desire.

There is absolutely nothing that you desire that you cannot achieve.

A decision is the focusing of the Energy of desire, and the decision point happens when the desire is powerful enough.

I've always been interested in directing. I started acting when I was thirteen years old, so I've had some desire to do something else in my life.

There is desire in those who love to hear about their loved ones' pains.

It is extremely natural for us to desire to see such our thoughts put into the dress of words, without which indeed we can scarce have a clear and distinct idea of them our selves.

The eyes of this dead lady speak to me For here was love, was not to be drowned out. And here desire, not to be kissed away. The eyes of this dead lady speak to me.

Daily, constantly, we choose by our desires, our thoughts, and our actions whether we want to be blessed or cursed, happy or miserable.

Just as a man does not desire food until he is hungry, so does he not desire the salvation of Christ until he knows why he needs Christ.

Our desires, be they spiritual or temporal, should be rooted in a love of the Lord.

How I feel is that if I wanted anything I'd take it. That's what I've always thought all my life. But it happens that I want you, and so I just haven't room for any other desires.

Prudence says one thing, desire says another, and I'd rather go with desire any time.

We live by action—by acting on desire. Those of us who don't know how to want—whether geniuses or beggars—are related by impotence.

I understand - and often make fun of - the desire to run to the wall text before running to the painting.

I desire that on no occasion ... shall demonstrations of a political or religious character be made before my remains.

You can love more than one person in your life, but things will be different. There'll be a different dynamic. Needs and desires change.

It is a miserable state of mind to have few things to desire and many things to fear.

The true way to gain much, is never to desire to gain too much. He is not rich that possesses much, but he that covets no more; and he is not poor that enjoys little, but he that wants too much.

I am not for any form of repression, but I sometimes think the desire for liberation masks the desire for oblivion. It's very hard to tell the difference sometimes.

When two agree in their desire, One sparke will set them both on fire.

How is the anxious soul of man befool'd in his desire, That thinks an hectic fever may be cool'd in flames of fire?

The grave is sooner cloy'd than men's desire.

I write novels about ordinary women who face seemingly insurmountable odds, but through courage and determination find their heart's desire.

Were we perfectly acquainted with the object, we should never passionately desire it.

The moderation of men in the most exalted fortunes is a desire to be thought above those things that have raised them so high.

However wicked men may be, they do not dare openly to appear the enemies of virtue, and when they desire to persecute her they either pretend to believe her false or attribute crimes to her.

We should wish for few things with eagerness, if we perfectly knew the nature of that which was the object of our desire.

The desire of talking of ourselves, and showing those faults we do not mind having seen, makes up a good part of our sincerity.

The greatest part of intimate confidences proceed from a desire either to be pitied or admired.

The desire to be thought clever often prevents a man from becoming so.

The contempt of riches in the philosophers was a concealed desire of revenging on fortune the injustice done to their merit, by despising the good she denied them.

We should desire very few things passionately if we did but perfectly know the nature of the things we desire.

Men never desire anything very eagerly which they desire only by the dictates of reason.

The desire which urges us to deserve praise strengthens our good qualities, and praise given to wit, valour, and beauty, tends to increase them.

I would have no desire other than to accomplish thy will. Teach me to pray; pray thyself in me.

There is nothing holy nor sacred to those who have abandoned God and reason in order to follow their perverse desires.

Everyone has a desire, if not a need, to use their individual signatures. Whenever people meet to talk about a project, even stuffy old businessmen, they say they want to create something new.

If the general public demanded better, they'd get better, because the market­place responds to the public's needs and desires.

The secrets I receive reflect the full spectrum of complicated issues that many of us struggle with every day: Intimacy, trust, meaning, humor, and desire.

It is not a matter of desire, but of coercion and duty.

Envy is the consuming desire to have everybody else as unsuccessful as you are.

It's only with that absolute humility and purity that you can make friends with God; because, otherwise, you're just too busy with all your desires.

When you meditate you can stand back from your desire. When you silence the mind and there is stillness, only then can you tell if a desire is dharma.

Some come to a teacher for power. They still have all the desires, angers and jealousies of an unevolved person. Consequently, they become destructive both to themselves and to others.