The kind of commitment I find among the best performers across virtually every field is a single-minded passion for what they do,… — James C. Collins Copy Share Image
Through return to simple living comes control of desires. In control of desires stillness is attained. In stillness the world is restored. — Laozi Copy Share Image
A critical function that we journalists perform at political conventions is to try to get into parties that we have not been… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
“Most people think of ways why their desires or goals would fail, instead of thinking of ways why they will succeed. Do… — Angela Williamson Copy Share Image
Aren't we most aware of our animal natures when love or hunger or hatred burns through reason and encourages us to do… — Delia Sherman Copy Share Image
“Aren't you, like me, hoping that some person, thing, or event will come along to give you that final feeling of inner… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“Desire, Desire, Desire!!! Desire to love. Desire to seek. Desire to ask.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
So at a time in which the media give the public everything it wants and desires, maybe art should adopt a much… — Thom Mayne Copy Share Image
Self satisfaction alone cannot determine if a desire or action is positive or negative. The demarcation between a positive and a negative… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you’re feeling good, then you’re creating a future that’s on track with your desires. If you’re feeling bad, you’re creating a… — Rhonda Byrne Copy Share Image
In high school, my desire for friendship far outweighed my talent for it. — Beth Kephart Copy Share Image
All of us who desire the kingdom of God are, by the Lord's decree, under an equal and rigorous necessity of seeking… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
“The drug of love was no escape, for in its coils lie latent dreams of greatness which awaken when men and women… — Anaïs Nin Copy Share Image
Let the world call you lazy for not running about like a frightened ghost. Just be quiet inside yourself. Don't bother about… — Mooji Copy Share Image
Don't deny yourself of the things you want, because what is denied becomes strongly desired. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
“Nothing humbles a beautiful woman better than not being wanted by a man whose girlfriend or wife is ugly (or not as… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
For with slight efforts how should we obtain great results? It is foolish even to desire it. — Euripides Copy Share Image
“The need of theory is supported by the eros of the philosopher. It is not the expression of his will to conquer… — Heinrich Meier Copy Share Image
You don't have to become a slave in a corporate office or groupie of a celebrity architect, because all you need is… — Raimund Abraham Copy Share Image
Sir, I am a republican; and I desire to see this House observe the principles of that democracy which is ever on… — Caleb Cushing Copy Share Image
Man must learn to believe in that which he does not, at the moment, see in order to grant himself that which… — Neville Goddard Copy Share Image
All suffering originates from craving, from attachment, from desire. — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
“Plotting covetousness and deliberate contrivance, in order to compass a selfish end, are nowhere abundant but in the world of the dramatist:… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
“Priorities are simple to establish; what is desire and what is necessity?” — T.F. Hodge Copy Share Image
Should the king in exile pretend he is happy there? Should he not seek his own country? His miseries are his ally;… — John Eldredge Copy Share Image
Yeah, no desire to live in New York. Giant buildings and it's cold and I'm a big Patriot, Red Sox's fan. What… — Tyrus Copy Share Image
Roland, love means not being afraid to let yourself go, trusting that I will desire everything you have to offer. -Rosaline (Roland's… — Lauren Kate Copy Share Image
“Creative seeker finding seeker—others who know the joy and the pain, the delight, and the struggle, and who are so busy diving… — Laurie E. Smith Copy Share Image
I’ve always said I didn’t have a Plan B in life. I was in pursuit of my dream from the very beginning.… — Mario Andretti Copy Share Image
Capitalists are motivated not chiefly by the desire to consume wealth or indulge their appetites, but by the freedom and power to… — George Gilder Copy Share Image
When certain parts of our bodies are touched, certain enzymes and chemicals that trigger sexual desire are released into our system. The… — Myles Munroe Copy Share Image
Submit to Islam and be safe. Or agree to the payment of the Jizya (tax), and you and your people will be… — Khalid ibn al-Walid Copy Share Image
“He had dulled his craving for verbal truth and cared chiefly for truth of mood.” — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
The tyranny imposed on the soul by anger, or fear, or lust, or pain, or envy, or desire, I generally call 'injustice.' — Plato Copy Share Image
Leave off that excessive desire of knowing; therein is found much distraction. There are many things the knowledge of which is of… — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
