Desire Quotes

Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy.
Samuel Johnson

Life, Real, Keep

We do not succeed in changing things according to our desire, but gradually our desire changes.
Marcel Proust

Succeed, Changes, Changing

Man never thinks himself happy, but when he enjoys those things which others want or desire.
Alexander Pope

Happy, Others, Himself

How can you consider flower power outdated? The essence of my lyrics is the desire for peace and harmony. That's all anyone has ever wanted. How could it become outdated?
Robert Plant

Peace, Power, Become

I believe everyone should have a broad picture of how the universe operates and our place in it. It is a basic human desire. And it also puts our worries in perspective.
Stephen Hawking

Human, Place, Everyone

There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.
Michel de Montaigne

Knowledge, Natural

If you real desire is to be good, there is no need to wait for the money before you do it; you can do it now, this very moment, and just where you are.
James Allen

Good, Money, Real

Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do.
Thomas Aquinas

Three, Necessary, Salvation

'Tis very certain the desire of life prolongs it.
Lord Byron

Life, Tis, Prolongs

It is very certain that the desire of life prolongs it.
Lord Byron

If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are not the same as truth.
E. O. Wilson

History, Truth, Science

In economics, hope and faith coexist with great scientific pretension and also a deep desire for respectability.
John Kenneth Galbraith

Faith, Great, Hope

What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle and giving 110 percent all the time.
Don Zimmer

Time, Giving, Talent

My desire to curtail undue freedom of speech extends only to such public areas as restaurants, airports, streets, hotel lobbies, parks, and department stores. Verbal exchanges between consenting adults in private are as of little interest to me as they probably are to them.
Fran Lebowitz

Freedom, Between, Public

Fantasy mirrors desire. Imagination reshapes it.
Mason Cooley

Fantasy, Mirrors

The desire to write grows with writing.
Desiderius Erasmus

Writing, Write, Grows

Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul.
Rebecca West

Life, Struggle, Soul

I believe that God has planted in every heart the desire to live in freedom.
George W. Bush

God, Freedom, Live

The more you seek security, the less of it you have. But the more you seek opportunity, the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire.
Brian Tracy

Less, Security, Achieve

A desire to be in charge of our own lives, a need for control, is born in each of us. It is essential to our mental health, and our success, that we take control.
Robert Foster Bennett

Success, Health, Control

Men freely believe that which they desire.
Julius Caesar

Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon... must inevitably come to pass!
Paul J. Meyer

Whatever, Act, Imagine

Therefore I feel that the aforementioned guiding principle must be modified to read: If you desire peace, cultivate justice, but at the same time cultivate the fields to produce more bread; otherwise there will be no peace.
Norman Borlaug

Peace, Time, Justice

The voice of the intelligence is drowned out by the roar of fear. It is ignored by the voice of desire. It is contradicted by the voice of shame. It is biased by hate and extinguished by anger. Most of all it is silenced by ignorance.
Karl A. Menninger

Fear, Anger, Hate

All people - African, European, American - worry about being different. But I've learned that the traits we'd rush to get rid of are the very ones that others desire. People always covet what they don't have. That's why we should look at ourselves every now and then and say, 'I'm proud of myself. I like the way I'm made.'
Freida Pinto

Different, Why, Learned

Desire is the key to motivation, but it's the determination and commitment to unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek.
Mario Andretti

Success, Goal, Motivation

I used to desire many, many things, but now I have just one desire, and that's to get rid of all my other desires.
John Cleese

Used, Desires, Rid

There are moments when you feel that the desire to work is fading, and the only way to bring it back is to get away from it, to put yourself in a state of frustration so you feel the need again.
Emmanuelle Beart

Work, Yourself, Put

The discipline of desire is the background of character.
John Locke

Character, Discipline, Background

I marvel at the resilience of the Jewish people. Their best characteristic is their desire to remember. No other people has such an obsession with memory.
Elie Wiesel

Best, Remember, Memory

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