Desire Quotes · Page 105

The acme of freedom from wealth is to desire to be possessionless even as others desire to possess.

— Vladimir Aleksandrovich Antonov

You want to eliminate your evil desires in order to reveal your Buddha nature, but where will you throw them away?

— Shunryu Suzuki

Verily, there is nothing, right or wrong, which belief, plus burning desire, cannot make real.

— Napoleon Hill

By perseverance, study, and eternal desire, any man can become great.

— George S. Patton

I feel a great desire to abandon myself with greater trust to the Divine Mercy and to place my hope in God…

— Pio of Pietrelcina

Desire makes everything blossom; possession makes everything wither and fade.

— Marcel Proust

When you want something, all the universe conspires to achieve it.

— Paulo Coelho

To make your mission successful you must have desire, confidence, courage and consistency.

— Anil Sinha

One must consider that it is never too late, and as long as you have breath in you to live, you have…

— Anurag Prakash Ray

“In solitary at the towering fortress of desire, visioning for what the heart craved to restore, though waiting endlessly for the impossible.”

— Catherine McGee

Once the ego is not there, there is no expectation, frustration, no desire, no despair. Suddenly one finds oneself falling into a…

— Rajneesh

Freedom means the power to act by soul guidance, not by the compulsions of desires and habits. Obeying the ego leads to…

— Paramahansa Yogananda

Wealth and rank are what men desire, but unless they be obtained in the right way they may not be possessed. Poverty…

— Confucius

I think most writers, in a sense, have this desire to disappear, to be absolutely anonymous, to be removed in some way:…

— Sam Shepard

It is not desire. Instead it is something deeper. I don't want to be with him constantly and forever. I want to…

— David Levithan

“I needed him to fulfill a desire, one that does nothing but torment me. And he’s reminding me of everything I hate…

— Krista Ritchie

In my view, it was no accident that Nelson Mandela was chosen by God to lead the people of South Africa. There…

— Bernice King

Cripple God, who always desires more than he's able to have, and doesn't always realize this to begin with. Who has built…

— Anonymous

“The mystics and the churchmen talk about throwing off his body and its desires, being no longer a slave to the flesh.…

— Jeanette Winterson

“Quote from BEAUTIFULLY BROKEN – pgs. 86 -87 “A Kiss”: I went to snatch my hand away, but Trent caught my hand…

— Sherry Soule

This is the mountain standing in the way of any true Negro art in America - this urge within the race toward…

— Langston Hughes

When there's a strong desire within you to express or create something, know that this feeling is Divine discontent. Your longing is…

— Louise Hay

Art thou afeard To be the same in thine own act and valour As thou art in desire? Wouldst thou have that…

— William Shakespeare

You are the love you seek. You are the companionship you desire. You are your own completion, your own wholeness. You are…

— Iyanla Vanzant

“The young, he says, confuse desire with love, and they end up hurting everyone around them.”

— Tsering Wangmo Dhompa

However rich or elevated, a name less something is always wanting to our imperfect fortune.

— Horace

The accordion came from just having a desire to play music. Somehow, I have slowly taught myself.

— Mary Steenburgen

What we desire our children to become, we must endeavor to be before them

— Andrew Combe

I dont just like u , I love u ... why ? ? … believe me , I am asking the same question myself

— Kevin Knight

To achieve our eternal destiny, we will desire and work for the qualities required to become an eternal being.

— Dallin H. Oaks

God desires the smallest degree of purity of conscience in you more than all the works you can perform.

— John of the Cross

When you do portraits professionally it's not a desire, it's for money.

— Imogen Cunningham

If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires.

— Epicurus

Some form of self-discipline is necessary to transmute material desires into spiritual aspirations.

— Paramahansa Yogananda

I always had this yearning to give and help and make people feel better.

— Michael Jackson

Drive and desire was something I was raised with. It became a very important part of how I've become.

— Peggy Whitson

Educational success should be measured by how strong your desire is to keep learning.

— Alfie Kohn

American inventiveness and the desire to build developed because we were guaranteed the right to own our success.

— Rand Paul

It is a safe thing to trust Him to fulfill the desires which He creates

— Amy Carmichael

I suspect that these traits-desire, commitment, and good work habits-are important in all facets of our lives. . .

— LaVell Edwards