I suspect that much of our praying to be used is selfish, and underneath it is the sneaking desire to make our… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
I have never been loved enough to gain the desire of reproducing a being in the image of my lover and I… — Rachilde Copy Share Image
Give me one hundred preachers who fear nothing but sin and desire nothing but God, and I care not whether they be… — John Wesley Copy Share Image
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“And the truth is, quite often God's desire for us will run against the prevailing current. 'Get off the next exit.' His… — John Eldredge Copy Share Image
I am a youth minister, ordained by the Riverside Church in upper New York. But to declare myself a minister and begin… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
“What does our great historical hunger signify, our clutching about us of countless cultures, our consuming desire for knowledge, if not the… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
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In the matter of fellowship God looks not at how much we apprehend of His will but rather at what our attitude… — Watchman Nee Copy Share Image
Advertising tries to stimulate our sensuous desires, converting luxuries into necessities, but it only intensifies man's inner misery. The business world is… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
I grew up in a largely black community during the '70s and '80s that scoffed at 'white' music. That music - folk,… — Hilton Als Copy Share Image
I'm trying to encourage everybody how to go get as much as they want based on their ambition, their drive, their education,… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
The future will be like the past, in the sense that, no matter how amazing or technologically advanced a society becomes, the… — Adam Gopnik Copy Share Image
“Having this, we want that. Owning some, we want more. Standing here, we wish to be there. If it's impossible, we struggle… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
Friendship is far more delicate than love. Quarrels and fretful complaints are attractive in the last, offensive in the first. And the… — Hester Lynch Piozzi Copy Share Image
“I’m sorry, I have to move. I have to. You’re so bloody tight. So good,” he groaned, his face distorted with need.… — Sarah Mayberry Copy Share Image
“Pay attention to what you pray for. Your prayers are not just a reflection of your desires and hopes; they are a… — Steve Maraboli Copy Share Image
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A man cannot govern a nation if he cannot govern a city; he cannot govern a city if he cannot govern a… — Hugo Grotius Copy Share Image
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When I was writing my dissertation, I wrote about Freud and the process of sublimation, which is when you learn to stop… — Bat for Lashes Copy Share Image
I write novels about ordinary women who face seemingly insurmountable odds but through courage and determination find their heart's desire. — Francis Ray Copy Share Image
“I think,” said the Major, taking his pipe from his mouth, “that desire is the most wonderful thing in life. Anybody who… — D.H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
The world is a king, and like a king, desires flattery in return for favor; but true art is selfish and perverse… — Ludwig van Beethoven Copy Share Image
[ This Is Us] is a character-driven dramedy, in which you will laugh. You may have to pull out your tissue box… — Sterling K. Brown Copy Share Image
I did not love you out or boredom or loneliness or caprice. I loved you because the desire for you was stronger… — Alessandro Baricco Copy Share Image
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I seemed like a baby bird keeping its truly innocent animal lusts hidden under its wing. I was being tempted, not by… — Yukio Mishima Copy Share Image
Must be a yearning deep in human heart to stop other people from doing as they please. Rules, laws - always for… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
I have no desire to prove anything by dancing. I have never used it as an outlet or a means of expressing… — Fred Astaire Copy Share Image
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Perhaps, from an innate desire of justification, sorrow always exaggerates itself. Memory is quite one of Job's friends; and the past is… — Letitia Elizabeth Landon Copy Share Image
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I had a desire to see something besides my own shores, if only to be content to return to them someday. If… — Margaret George Copy Share Image
Desire nothing except desirelessness. Hope for nothing except to rise above all hopes. Want nothing and you will have everything. — Meher Baba Copy Share Image
Most political leaders acquire their position by causing large numbers of people to believe that these leaders are actuated by altruistic desires — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
But Humanity, in its desire for comfort, had over-reached itself. It had exploited the riches of nature too far. Quietly and complacently,… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
Most people spend most of their days doing what they do not want to do in order to earn the right, at… — John Mason Brown Copy Share Image
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