A man whose desire is to be something separate from himself, to be a member of Parliament, or a successful grocer, or… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“A fancy comes to me--that desire can never attain its object--it need never attain it.” — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
Diligence means to be keen in matters of virtue and justice, but worldly people use diligence to solve their economic difficulties. Frugality… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
That desire to win is something that's drummed into you at an early age in my country. In Argentina, you grow up… — Angel Di Maria Copy Share Image
The question is wholly other, deeper and equally relevant to all: whether we shall, by whatever means, succeed in reconstituting the natural… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
I honestly believe that if you are willing to out-condition the opponent, have confidence in your ability, be more aggressive than your… — Bear Bryant Copy Share Image
“He handed the dust pan and brush over. I knew they wouldn’t be much use in cleaning the floor. I also knew… — Fiona Thrust Copy Share Image
“Sexuality with all its attendant yearnings and pains, jealousies and taboos, is the most disturbing impulse humans have.” — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“Desire gives pain to the heart from which springs both hope and worry. Out of suspicion I make mistakes that grow into… — Laurel Corona Copy Share Image
“My sweet heart, you have aroused my passion, your touch has filled me with desire, I am no longer separate from you,… — Rumi Copy Share Image
People have a huge desire to be listened to, for politicians to take the time to understand their problems. — Charles Kennedy Copy Share Image
There are perhaps only one or two things in the world which are not far more charming in desire than they are… — Anna Brackett Copy Share Image
Have faith in Guru, in his teachings, and in the surety that you can get free. Think day and night that this… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
You get hooked on it: 'I want, I want, I want, I need, I need,' and you can't hear or see anything.… — Andrey Rublev Copy Share Image
I am no lover of pompous title, but only desire that my name may be recorded in a line or two, which… — Elizabeth I Copy Share Image
For the first time, the object of what I want is more important than fulfilling my desires. — Abbi Glines Copy Share Image
No one should fear to undertake any task in the name of our Saviour, if it is just and if the intention… — Christopher Columbus Copy Share Image
“When a man desires a thing too much, he at once becomes ill at ease. A proud and avaricious man never rests,… — Thomas à Kempis Copy Share Image
Whether we think of, or speak to, God, whether we act or suffer for him, all is prayer, when we have no… — John Wesley Copy Share Image
We may have to face God's truth about our pain--it is real, but we must be careful not to get God and… — Jill Briscoe Copy Share Image
The great problem with poisoning by Bitterness was that the passions — hatred, love, despair, enthusiasm, curiosity — also ceased to manifest… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“The desire for accomplishment in life is a sure indication you’ve been blessed with the core elements necessary to make it happen.” — Victor Kwegyir Copy Share Image
Brevity is the soul of command. Too much talking suggests desperation on the part of the leader. Speak shortly, decisively and to… — Cyrus the Great Copy Share Image
The body whips the soul. In its great desire it demands the elixir In the roar of spring, transmutations. — Charles Olson Copy Share Image
“There are more kinds of belonging than you know, Ronit, my joy. The world is not so easily categorized as you might… — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
“Jesus’s command to follow him is a command to align our loves and longings with his—to want what God wants, to desire… — James K.A. Smith Copy Share Image
You may, if you are an old-fashioned schoolmaster, wish to consider yourself full of universal benevolence and at the same time derive… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“We who are like senseless children shrink from suffering, but love its causes. We hurt ourselves; our pain is self-inflicted! Why should… — Shantideva Copy Share Image
“Does God know the number of kisses before we fall in love? Yesterday, I was nobody and I believed myself important. Today,… — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
“I have a request to make,my lord." He held her gaze; she could see him trying to decide what she might ask,… — Stephanie Laurens Copy Share Image
The desire to economize time and mental effort in arithmetical computations, and to eliminate human liability to error is probably as old… — Howard Aiken Copy Share Image
The desire of perfection became the ruling passion of their soul; and it is well known, that while reason embraces a cold… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
I went into politics for the reasons most people do: ambition, self-righteousness, and a desire to help others. — Jon Lovett Copy Share Image
“What she couldn’t stand, she said, was pretence of any kind, especially the pretence of desire, wherein someone feigned the need to… — Rachel Cusk Copy Share Image
“Vronsky meanwhile, in spite of the complete fulfilment of what he had so long desired, was not completely happy. He soon felt… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
I had my daughter in 2013, we moved to L.A. and there's just lots of things that were happening that were feeding… — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
When you feel the desire for power, you should stay in solitude for some time — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
