Desire Quotes · Page 87

All change begins with a DECISION. Once the decision is made, DISCIPLINE becomes the bridge between desire and accomplishment.

— A. R. Bernard

We must know the measure of a man's desires before we can sound the depth of his regrets.

— Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie

[Erotica] contains the idea of love, positive choice, and the yearning for a particular person.

— Gloria Steinem

All of the great geniuses of the world were inspired and driven by their desire to enrich the lives of others.

— Robin Sharma

There is no inborn longing that shall not be fulfilled. I think that is as certain as the forgiveness of sins.

— George MacDonald

Christ bounds and terminates the vast desires of the soul; He is the very Sabbath of the soul.

— John Flavel

“To the degree that I cease to persue my deepest passions, I will gradually be controlled by my deepest fears.”

— Plato

To let go is not to adjust everything to my desires, but to take each day as it comes and cherish myself…

— Anonymous

There are those who give little of the much which they have - and they give it for recognition and their hidden…

— Anonymous

The greatest crimes do not arise from a want of feeling for others but from an over-sensibility for ourselves and an over-indulgence…

— Anonymous

“Lust? I have no desire to incite lust in anyone." Veliss turned to her with a quizzical expression, her smile suddenly genuine.…

— Anthony Ryan

God knows the dreams and desires in your heart; in fact, He gave them to you. He will order your steps and…

— Joel Osteen

Science rushes headlong, without selectivity, without "taste," at whatever is knowable, in the blind desire to know all at any cost.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“To be the object of desire is to be defined in the passive case. To exist in the passive case is to…

— Angela Carter

People are motivated by the desires for privilege, for power, for profit. Those are not shocking revelations. Anyone who's had any experience…

— Norman Finkelstein

Getting lost was not a matter of geography so much as identity, a passionate desire, even an urgent need, to become no…

— Rebecca Solnit

“. She was beautiful, and her temperament seemed much better than his first wife did. Arman stopped in the middle of the…

— Grace Willows

I'm learning how much I have to learn, how little I know, how fragile my understanding is. I'm learning to be thankful…

— Jon Foreman

It's saying no. That's your first hint that something's alive. It says no. That's how you know a baby is starting to…

— Catherynne M. Valente

As the tall dark and handsome male star, Carey Grant always stands for male beauty and desirability, whether in a 30s screwball,…

— Steven A. Cohen

We do not content ourselves with the life we have in ourselves and in our being; we desire to live an imaginary…

— Blaise Pascal

Men do not live by truth alone; they also need lies: those that they invent freely, not those that are imposed on…

— Mario Vargas Llosa

Chastity, non-injury, forgiving even the greatest enemy, truth, faith in the Lord, these are all different Vrittis. Be not afraid if you…

— Swami Vivekananda

Is it thy will, thy image should keep open My heavy eyelids to the weary night? Dost thou desire my slumbers should…

— William Shakespeare

“Her great desire, in fact, was to have something more solid, more tangible than love to rely upon.”

— Gustave Flaubert

If you do what you need, you're surviving. If you do what you want, you're living.

— Anonymous

Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly.

— Confucius

Desire is the most important factor in the success of any athlete.

— Bill Shoemaker

A pure heart means a single heart, a heart in which only one desire lives: love.

— Peter Kreeft

Coeur qui soupire n'a pas ce qu'il desire. The heart that sighs does not have what it desires.

— Sarah Strohmeyer

“When we are deeply passionate about something, the obstacles or challenges are diminished by sheer will and desire.”

— Susan C. Young

“Love, they said, burns you and builds you. But with you, there’s no ash. Just light.”

— Kamand Kojouri

“I tried to abandon my tenacity, but I just couldn't let it go.”

— Tim Fargo

Endeavors that help me satisfy you, my goddess of desire, pleasure, and corny one-liners.

— Sylvia Day

“Craving for what you don’t have kills your enjoyment for what you already have.”

— Tapan Ghosh

Riches don't respond to wishes. They respond only to definite plans, backed by definite desires, through constant persistence.

— Napoleon Hill

I skate just to satisfy my own desire and not care about other peoples desire for me to do well.

— Patrick Chan

“All our desires are desires of the soul, ultimately, Though they look like desires mental or sensory; - 39 -”

— Munindra Misra

I don't think the players play with the same desire they once did.

— Will McDonough

May your convictions be deep, your love real, and your desires earnest

— Charles Spurgeon