To make a man richer, give him more money of curb his desires. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
The United States have no possessions in the east and do not desire to have any, as other countries do. — Townsend Harris Copy Share Image
Everyone is insecure. I think, really, it comes from, like, a desire to want to be in control of how you're represented. — Laverne Cox Copy Share Image
I'm a big believer in the negligee, that nearly invisible screen standing between you and the object of your desire. — Marcus Samuelsson Copy Share Image
Desire's wind blasts the thorntree but after it becomes from a bramblebush to be a rose upon the rood of time. — James Joyce Copy Share Image
Today you can start forming habits for overcoming all obstacles in life... even nicotine cravings — Aristotle Copy Share Image
At the moment I sin, I desire the sin more than I desire to please God. — R. C. Sproul Copy Share Image
“And Priests in black gowns, were walking their rounds, And binding with briars, my joys & desires.” — William Blake Copy Share Image
Conjugal love, or the friendship of spouses, can persist even after sexual desires have weakened, withered, and disappeared. — Mortimer Adler Copy Share Image
God, who preferred the correction rather than the death of a sinner, did not desire that a homicide be punished by the… — Saint Ambrose Copy Share Image
It's vital to understand that while you are alive, there is no end to desire, since the seed of your every thought… — Rod Stryker Copy Share Image
“Many of the physical desires and emotions are akin to those of the lower animals, and in the undeveloped man these desires… — Yogi Ramacharaka Copy Share Image
The blushing cheek speaks modest mind,The lips befitting words most kind,The eye does tempt to love's desire,And seems to, say 'tis "Cupid's… — James Harrington Copy Share Image
Boxing is a contest of character and ingenuity. The boxer with more will, determination, desire, and intelligence is always the one who… — Cus D'Amato Copy Share Image
“Djuna had wanted a life of desire and freedom, not luxury but beauty, not security but fulfillment, not perfection but a perfect… — Anaïs Nin Copy Share Image
I am what I am: an individual, unique and different, with a lineal history of ancestral promptings and urgings, a history of… — Charlie Chaplin Copy Share Image
My work is aimed at creating a world in which I wish to live. Consequently, it is about creating ideals with the… — Wolfgang Tillmans Copy Share Image
I'm trying to encourage everybody how to go get as much as they want based on their ambition, their drive, their education,… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
The future will be like the past, in the sense that, no matter how amazing or technologically advanced a society becomes, the… — Adam Gopnik Copy Share Image
“Having this, we want that. Owning some, we want more. Standing here, we wish to be there. If it's impossible, we struggle… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
Think... of the world you carry within you, and call this thinking whatever you want to: a remembering of your own childhood… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
“Always the same. Now a spark of hope flashes up, then a sea of despair rages, and always pain; always pain, always… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Are not our desires inseparably intertwined with the continuation of life? Even the idea of eliminating desire is fruitless. The desire to… — Sadhu Sundar Singh Copy Share Image
Why should we desire the destruction of human passions? Take passions from human beings and what is left? The great object should… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
“I have come to understand that before choices, come our desires. Our desires influence our choices… Because many of our thoughts are… — Neil L. Andersen Copy Share Image
There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
