Purpose is a desire for something in our own power, coupled with an investigation into its means. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Through some strange and powerful principle of mental chemistry which she has never divulged, nature wraps up in the impulse of strong… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
“And then, as slowly as the light fades on a calm winter evening, something went out of our relationship. I say that… — Paul Torday Copy Share Image
“Transform your desire into love, and limits start to lose their usefulness.” — Eric Micha'el Leventhal Copy Share Image
You can learn not to want what you want, to recognize desires but not be controlled by them. — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
One of the strongest motives that lead men to art and science is escape from everyday life with its painful crudity and… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
No one is contented in this world, I believe. There is always something left to desire, and the last thing longed for… — Marie Corelli Copy Share Image
Like many dads I know, I've long been motivated in all aspects of my life by my love for my children -… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Curiosity, like all other desires, produces pain as well as pleasure. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“His green eyes blazed with an impassioned craving to want and to be wanted.” — Taryn Browning Copy Share Image
Not necessity, not desire - no, the love of power is the demon of men. Let them have everything - health, food,… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Every new generation in its hour of dawn, filled with the dreams of youth, its thirsts, intoxications and enthusiasms, thinks itself called… — Ignacy Jan Paderewski Copy Share Image
To burn with desire and keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can bring on ourselves. — Federico Garcia Lorca Copy Share Image
It's never been easy. But I've always wanted to play hockey. I love hockey. I'd rather play hockey than do anything else.… — Manon Rheaume Copy Share Image
Fallen man is free to choose what he desires, but because his desires are only wicked he lacks the moral ability to… — R. C. Sproul Copy Share Image
It is better decoration when, in painting, some monstrosity is introduced for variety and a relaxation of the senses and to attract… — Michelangelo Copy Share Image
You can develop a burning desire to succeed. How? Keep your mind on the things you want and off the things you… — W. Clement Stone Copy Share Image
A philosopher may deplore the eternal discords of the human race, but he will confess, that the desire of spoil is a… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
The strong desires of man's insatiate breast may stand possess'd Of all that earth can give; but earth can give no rest. — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
Verily, there is nothing, right or wrong, which belief, plus burning desire, cannot make real. — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
In youth we are plagued by desire; in later years, by the desire to feel desire. — Mignon McLaughlin Copy Share Image
If we desire to live securely, comfortably, and quietly, that by all honest means we should endeavor to purchase the good will… — Isaac Barrow Copy Share Image
“Love is absorbing, related to affection but stronger, full of appreciation for—and delight in—the other person, marked by a desire always to… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
