Desire Quotes - page 2

Another great evil arising from this desire to be thought rich; or rather, from the desire not to be thought poor, is the destructive thing which has been honored by the name of "speculation"; but which ought to be called Gambling. (William Cobbett)
Some prices are just too high, no matter how much you may want the prize. The one thing you can't trade for your heart's desire is your heart. View quote
Lois McMaster Bujold
Desire is creation, is the magical element in that process. If there were an instrument by which to measure desire, one could foretell achievement. View quote
Willa Cather
If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War. View quote
George Washington
The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so. View quote
François de La Rochefoucauld
All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income. View quote
Samuel Butler (novelist)
Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse; it is the principal means of escape from the loneliness which afflicts most men and women throughout the greater part of their lives. View quote
Bertrand Russell
To attempt the destruction of our passions is the height of folly. What a noble aim is that of the zealot who tortures himself like a madman in order to desire nothing, love nothing, feel nothing, and who, if he succeeded, would end up a complete monster! View quote
Denis Diderot
Practice means to perform, over and over again in the face of all obstacles, some act of vision, of faith, of desire. Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired. View quote
Martha Graham
Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire. View quote
Jean de La Fontaine
If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. (Louis Brandeis)
We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents. View quote
Eric Hoffer
The desire to win is born in most of us. The will to win is a matter of training. The manner of winning is a matter of honour. View quote
Margaret Thatcher
If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world. View quote
C. S. Lewis
We always strive after what is forbidden, and desire the things refused us. View quote
Ovid
The difficulty we have in accepting responsibility for our behavior lies in the desire to avoid the pain of the consequences of that behavior. View quote
M. Scott Peck
Your desire is your prayer. Picture the fulfillment of your desire now and feel its reality and you will experience the joy of the answered. Dr. Joseph Murphy. View quote
Joseph Murphy
They won't break me because the desire for freedom, and the freedom of the Irish people, is in my heart. The day will dawn when all the people of Ireland will have the desire for freedom to show. It is then that we will see the rising of the moon. View quote
Bobby Sands
The desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman is for the desire of the man. View quote
Anne Louise Germaine de Staël
Profound desire, true desire is the desire to be close to someone. View quote
Paulo Coelho
High achievements demand some other unusual qualification besides an unusual desire for high prizes. (George Eliot)
The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully. View quote
Thomas Carlyle
To be an artist you have to give up everything, including the desire to be a good artist. View quote
Jasper Johns
Ah, life is a gate, a way, a path to Paradise anyway, why not live for fun and joy and love or some sort of girl by a fireside, why not go to your desire and LAUGH... View quote
Jack Kerouac
Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand. View quote
Neil Armstrong