Motivation Quote by Arthur C. Clarke

“He knew now that when power and ambition and curiosity were satisfied, there still were left the longings of the heart. No one had…

— Arthur C. Clarke

“[S]he felt an irresistible longing to begin life with him over again so that they could say what they had left unsaid and do…

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

“How sad, he thought, that desire found new objects but did not abate, that when it came to longing there was no end.”

— Allegra Goodman

“As ever, his grief made my heart ache. "Ambition is a dangerous thing," I murmured. "One can harbor it unknowing, only to find it…

— Jacqueline Carey

“He did not know what he sought or what his journeys would bring him; but he had a feeling that he would learn something…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“Time no longer mattered. He knew he would have plenty of it at his disposal. The sight of the star filled him with indescribable…

— J. Valor

“I envy no man, my wants and desires consumed by my search to quench their longing and my ability to accomplish every quest.”

— Dick Mawson

“And the heart has become so tired, and the longing so vast.”

— Rainer Maria Rilke

“...that distant longing and determination, that knowledge that he was born for something greater than his small past or his sleepy present.”

— Leon Logothetis

“And he wasn’t sure why today it seemed so important, but he had learned not to question motives. If the heart needed to take…

— Heather Burch

“He's always had a nameless, unanchored longing; and when, at critical points in his life, a period of intense longing coincided with the appearance…

— Josephine Humphreys

“He did not confuse what he longed for with his gratitude for what he had. Extreme desires have their own sanctuary.”

— Tove Jansson