Desirable Quotes

379 quotes by 329 authors

For surely to be wise is the most desirable thing in all the world. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
What makes humility so desirable is the marvelous thing it does to us; it creates in us a capacity for the closest possible intimacy with… — Monica Baldwin
Many of us fear that we are not attractive or desirable enough to attract others. We have believed that we are "not enough." Today let's… — Shakti Gawain
He who acts under an emotional impulse also acts. What distinguishes an emotional action from other actions is the valuation of input and output. Emotions… — Ludwig von Mises
All varieties of interference with the market phenomena not only fail to achieve the ends aimed at by their authors and supporters, but bring about… — Ludwig von Mises
The crime which bankrupts men and states is job-work-declining from your main design, to serve a turn here and there. Nothing is beneath you, if… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The specific goals we set for ourselves are almost always subsidiary to our long range intentions. A good parent, a good neighbour, a good citizen,… — Gordon Allport
A smattering of everything is worth little. It is a fallacy to suppose that an encyclopaedic knowledge is desirable. The mind is made strong, not… — Louis Agassiz
The Mathematics are Friends to Religion, inasmuch as they charm the Passions, restrain the Impetuosity of the Imagination, and purge the Mind from Error and… — John Arbuthnot
Design is a constant challenge to balance comfort with luxe, the practical with the desirable. — Donna Karan
In Hindu societies, especially overprotected patriarchal families like mine, daughters are not at all desirable. They are trouble. And a mother who, as mine did,… — Bharati Mukherjee
Peace produced by suppression is neither natural nor desirable. — Anna Julia Cooper
Imagine no limitations; decide what's right and desirable before you decide what's possible. — Brian Tracy
Although it's admirable to be ambitious and hard-working, it's more desirable to be smart-working. — John C. Maxwell
Leadership is the activity of influencing people to cooperate towards some goal which they come to find desirable and which motivates them over the long… — Ordway Tead
Many problems that challenge us today can be traced back to a profound tension between what is good and desirable for society as a whole… — Martin Nowak
Generally speaking, geologists seem to have been much more intent on making little worlds of their own, than in examining the crust of that which… — Henry De la Beche
The most constructive solutions are those which take into consideration the views of all persons involved and are acceptable to all. Such outcomes are the… — Gabor Peter
What the world needs is not dogma but an attitude of scientific inquiry combined with a belief that the torture of millions is not desirable,… — Bertrand Russell
Unsatisfied desire is in itself more desirable than any other satisfaction. — C.S. Lewis

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