Desire Quotes · Page 85

The perfect joys of heaven do not satisfy the cravings of nature.

— William Hazlitt

Thoughts are to the Desires as Scouts and Spies, to range abroad, and find the way to the things Desired.

— Thomas Hobbes

But I want first of all- in fact, as an end to these other desires- to be at peace with myself.

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

It is a shame for a man to desire honor because of his noble progenitors, and not to deserve it by his…

— Saint John Chrysostom

“She fleetingly wished this handsome stranger could be the object of her desires, instead of his black-hearted companion.”

— Kat Martin

I've had a desire to coach for years. This was something I felt I should do.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

When you strive for perfection, Desire get confused and you could lose your direction.

— Wale

There are ways to cut cravings by naturally balancing your blood sugar.

— Anonymous

For my entire life I longed for love. I knew it was not right for me — as a girl and later…

— Lisa See

My dear child, if you desire to be free from the cycle of birth and death, then abandon the objects of sense…

— Chanakya

Isn’t desire always the same, whether the object is present or absent? Isn’t the object always absent? —This isn’t the same languor:…

— Roland Barthes

“As Christians, we needn’t be at all ashamed of some impatience, longing, opposition to what is unnatural, and our full share of…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“I felt his hardness and I suddenly understood-an older girl would have understood long before-that this was the currency of desire. He…

— Philippa Gregory

Why, except as a means of livelihood, a man should desire to act on the stage when he has the whole world…

— George Bernard Shaw

[T]he syndrome known as life is too diffuse to admit of palliation. For every symptom that is eased, another is made worse.…

— Samuel Beckett

“Desire may cease once the desired person or object is acquired. The desire of reading doesn’t cease once a book is read,…

— Gabrielle Dubois

Water and petrol both come from the earth, and though they seem to be alike and even the same, they are in…

— Sadhu Sundar Singh

There were different levels to Sir Alex Ferguson's team talks. There were ones for the games he expected us to win when…

— Darren Fletcher

If you’re feeling good, then you’re creating a future that’s on track with your desires. If you’re feeling bad, you’re creating a…

— Rhonda Byrne

“No matter how sexy or appealing or flashy or tall, dark, and handsome the object of your desire may be...no matter how…

— Mandy Hale

And I have to be willing to be patient to allow God's plan to unfold and not go ahead and try to…

— Kirk Cousins

And here we come to the vital distinction between the advocacy of temperance and the advocacy of prohibition. Temperance and self-control are…

— Felix Mendelssohn

I became so focused on this desire to have a child that it really took over over my life, not in a…

— Julia Leigh

“[…] we humans, as long as we live, are generally incapable of freeing ourselves from a certain ardent searching and longing, and…

— Robert Walser

And out of heart's pain comes heart's peace; and out of desire, accomplishment.

— Marie Corelli

“Is it not the case with these humans that they must be shown they desire something before they know they desire it?”

— Alexandra Bracken

“I want to survive this. She is surprised by the depth and clarity of her desire.”

— Gabriel Tallent

My desire was not to pass any island without taking possession, so that, one having been taken, the same may be said…

— Christopher Columbus

“Sexuality with all its attendant yearnings and pains, jealousies and taboos, is the most disturbing impulse humans have.”

— John Steinbeck

Only pursue what is important to achieve the changes you desire. Achieving your desires is the key to living a life of…

— Steven Redhead

Abandon desire for this world, and God will love you. Abandon desire for others’ goods, and people will love you.

— Ibn Majah

The mystical impulse in men is somehow a desire to possess the universe. In women, it's a desire to be possessed.

— Colin Wilson

We do not succeed in changing things according to our desire, but gradually our desire changes.

— Marcel Proust

“When is one considered to be in the awareness of ‘one’s own Self’? It is when all the desires become mild.”

— Dada Bhagwan

“There is no greater indication of youth, perhaps, than the desire for everything to be as it should. As it has ever…

— Brandon Sanderson

Obviously, raw talent is important, but the difference-maker between first and the rest of the pack is usually desire.

— Zig Ziglar

There is no use if knowledge grows while desires multiply. It makes one a hero in words and a zero in action.

— Sai Baba

If you suffer and make your loved ones suffer, there is nothing that can justify your desire.

— Anonymous

What a weary time those years were -- to have the desire and the need to live but not the ability.

— Charles Bukowski

“God will not let your needs and wants go unattended, especially when you desire to be more like Him.”

— T.D. Jakes