There’s no desire to be an adult. Adulthood is not a goal. It’s not seen as a gift. Something happened culturally: No… — Frances McDormand Copy Share Image
Humility collects the soul into a single point by the power of silence. A truly humble man has no desire to be… — Isaac of Nineveh Copy Share Image
“It would be hard to imagine someone who expected a greater awareness of and more catering to his peculiar whims, rhythms, prejudices,… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
I know a lot of people with obsessive qualities, and there's a positive and negative part to it. There's the appeal of… — Callum Keith Rennie Copy Share Image
As the skull of the man grows broader, so do his creeds. And his gods they are shaped in his image and… — Don Marquis Copy Share Image
Believe in yourself and know that you can do anything in this world that you want to do if you want to… — Mary Kay Ash Copy Share Image
All men and women have passions, natural desires and noble ambitions, and also a conscience; they have sex, hunger, fear, anger, and… — Lin Yutang Copy Share Image
Now, I confess myself as belonging to that class in the country who contemplate slavery as a moral, social and political evil,… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
There's so much impetus for change, there's so much desire to not have this oil economy continue, but it continues nonetheless. And… — Josh Tickell Copy Share Image
It is not too fantastic to say that he desired them with some of the absolute passion that characterised the exposed and… — Thomas Keneally Copy Share Image
Like any young person who gets into a political campaign, I joined out of a highfalutin' desire to change the world. But… — Beau Willimon Copy Share Image
“This is theory’s acute dilemma: that desire expresses itself most fully where only those absorbed in its delights and torments are present,… — Joan Cocks Copy Share Image
There are some who wish to learn for no other reason than that they may be looked upon as learned, which is… — Bernard of Clairvaux Copy Share Image
“Can’t help it? Nonsense! What we are is up to us. Our bodies are like gardens and our willpower is like the… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“You must believe so strong and without a doubt that you can and will fulfill your dreams and gain your desires. You… — Alan O'Brien Copy Share Image
It's not our conditions, but our decisions that shape our lives. I truly believe that it's in your moments of decision that… — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
Letters are above all useful as a means of expressing the ideal self; and no other method of communication is quite so… — Elizabeth Hardwick Copy Share Image
“The golden rule of business is supply and demand. I venture to say that this is also the rule of happiness. When… — Caroline Adderson Copy Share Image
Everywhere I go in Pakistan and Afghanistan, I am touched by the fierce desire for education, and the outpouring of hospitality and… — Greg Mortenson Copy Share Image
Man knows that there are in the soul tints more bewildering, more numberless, and more nameless that the colors of an autumn… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Now with my friend I desire not to share or participate, but to engross his sorrows, that, by making them mine own,… — Thomas Browne Copy Share Image
I learned years ago, I adore acting and I think it's the most alive I know how to be - almost -… — Kathleen Turner Copy Share Image
I learned that money can be a lot of things,It can be something that is hoarded, fought over, protected, stolen and withheld.… — Louis C. K Copy Share Image
“Strong Mercy: My desires are many and my cry is pitiful, but ever didst thou save me by hard refusals; and this… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
"Our kingdom go" is the necessary and unavoidable corollary of 'Thy kingdom come.' For the more there is self, the less there… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
“Phaedra keeps saying she's being selfish. That she hates herself for it, but she does it anyway. She can't deny herself what… — Cora Carmack Copy Share Image
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There is a way of the Spirit unknown to the natural mind. No barrier can keep you from finding His best except… — Frances J Roberts Copy Share Image
When you look back on a lifetime and think of what has been given to the world by your presence, your fugitive… — Stanley Kunitz Copy Share Image
The creative person, the person who moves from an irrational source of power, has to face the fact that this power antagonizes.… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
Sexual desire may burn like fire, but when you give a thought to when you are ill, then your excitement dies down.… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Adam Smith was not a big fan of the pursuit of fame and fortune. His view of what we truly want, of… — Russ Roberts Copy Share Image
And here, I believe, the wit is generally misunderstood. In reality, it lies in desiring another to kiss your a-- for having… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
Love is a commitment that will be tested in the most vulnerable areas of spirituality, a commitment that will force you to… — Ravi Zacharias Copy Share Image
What I wonder most about the Anthropocene is not when did it start - but when, and how, will it end? Will… — David Grinspoon Copy Share Image
When therefore the first spark of a desire after God arises in thy soul, cherish it with all thy care, give all… — William Law Copy Share Image
Within the context of the clubs, and perhaps the sex business as a whole, the issue of race becomes very complicated because… — Craig Seymour Copy Share Image
Consistent motivation usually comes from a consuming desire to be able to perform at your best under pressure, namely, the pressure produced… — Bill Walsh Copy Share Image
No one punishes the evil-doer under the notion, or for the reason, that he has done wrong -- only the unreasonable fury… — Plato Copy Share Image
We are slaves, all of us...Some are slaves to fear. Others are slaves to reason—or base desire. It is our lot to… — Rick Yancey Copy Share Image
