Desire Quotes · Page 97

... I never will allow myself to form an ideal of any person I desire to see, for disappointment never fails to ensue.

— Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

“You are the Arabian stallion that neighs on the crossroad of my heart ache covering me with the dust of my own…

— Malak El Halabi

“I do not say that I could never be persuaded to sacrifice my reputation to passion- only that it would take a…

— Jude Morgan

My searing desire to atone for having survived helps me resist the temptations to join the world of lies.

— Liu Xiaobo

My films have mostly been about the rise of desire as the discovery of oneself.

— Celine Sciamma

“To the devil with every miserable desire to seem more than one is.”

— Robert Walser

But my lack of desire for fame is what ends up making the best products.

— Miles Robbins

My desire is to live more to God today than yesterday, and to be more holy this day than the last.

— Francis Asbury

A man is seldom more manly than when he is what you call unmanned,--the source of his emotion is championship, pity, and…

— William Makepeace Thackeray

The history of society is the history of the inventive labors that man alter man, alter his desires, habits, outlook, relationships both…

— Isaiah Berlin

Yes, love indeed is light from heaven; A spark of that immortal fire with angels shared, by Allah given to lift from…

— Lord Byron

It is not the pursuit of greater and greater states of happiness and bliss that leads to enlightenment, but the yearning for…

— Adyashanti

So there are five ways of knowing who will win. Those who know when to fight and when not to fight are…

— Sun Tzu

How I feel is that if I wanted anything I'd take it. That's what I've always thought all my life. But it…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Our desire for these things is insatiable, perhaps because they help to narrativize and streamline the chaos and absence of meaning.”

— Ted Pigeon

If men could regard the events of their own lives with more open minds, they would frequently discover that they did not…

— Andre Maurois

“Why the desire for death. A clean paper or pure white wall. One false line, a scratch, a mistake. Unerasable. So obscureby…

— Jim Morrison

“Here was a man who wanted what no one had wanted before: he wanted to get to know the inner workings of…

— Natsuo Kirino

I definitely make an effort to work on different styles of music: not working on too many post-rock bands, or too many…

— John Congleton

Learn to master yourself-to understand both your fears and your desires. That's the key to magic. Then, no one shall have any…

— Libba Bray

The moment a mere numerical superiority by either states or voters in this country proceeds to ignore the needs and desires of…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

We must then build a proper relationship between the richest and the poorest countries based on our desire that they are able…

— Gordon Brown

The churches had left me cold, but I thought there's got to be a God. I remember going out, this is in…

— Goswami Kriyananda

“Our slightest desire, though unique as a chord, nevertheless includes the fundamental notes on which the whole of our life is built.…

— Marcel Proust

Characters are story. And any great plot or subplot is driven by the characters' wants and desires.

— Robert Gregory Browne

Always be aware that you have the power to create the naturally stress-free and tranquil life you desire.

— Wayne Dyer

Our bodies are very smart. When we completely cut one food out we have intense cravings.

— Joshua Rosenthal

This is part of human nature, the desire to change consciousness.

— Michael Pollan

I never had any desire to defend myself, and never did I seriously think about it.

— Bhagat Singh

Am I honest? Am I sincere? Do I really desire first the praise of God?

— J. C. Ryle

Nothing remains but desire, and desire comes howling down Elysian Fields like a mistral.

— Walker Percy

I have no desire to enter politics. Because I am not suited for that.

— N. R. Narayana Murthy

For though I am a body of this earth, my firm desire is born from the stars.

— Petrarch

In God there is no hunger that needs to be filled, only plenteousness that desires to give.

— Anonymous

Eroticism evokes a sense of desire ; vulgarity simply destroys the human value of any sexual act -_-

— Shubhi Sharma

A priest encounters temptation every day, and some of that desire is very natural.

— Park Chan-wook

Almost all crime is due to the repressed desire for aesthetic expression.

— Evelyn Waugh

You're meant to have whatever your heart desires. Whatever your heart wants that much is already a part of you.

— Francesca Lia Block

We have to learn to listen to our conscience and not what we desire.

— Rahul Roy

The bad man desires arbitrary power. What moves the evil man is the love of injustice.

— John Rawls