Desire Quotes

7210 Desire quotes by 3487 unique authors

Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead. — Ambrose Bierce
Of all the gods only death does not desire gifts. — Aeschylus
Those who restrain their desires, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained. — William Blake
He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence. — William Blake
Liars share with those they deceive the desire not to be deceived. — Sissela Bok
Sometimes it's just harder to remind yourself about what you're doing and why you're doing it... Other times, you have a great desire for it,… — Andre Agassi
If you pour your life into songs, you want them to be heard. It's a desire to communicate. A deep desire to communicate inspires songwriting. — Unknown Author
We read advertisements... to discover and enlarge our desires. We are always ready - even eager - to discover, from the announcement of a new… — Daniel J. Boorstin
I love being down at Occupy Wall Street. The sincerity, the youth involvement, the desire for better, is palpable and moving. There is true caring,… — Elayne Boosler
Therefore I feel that the aforementioned guiding principle must be modified to read: If you desire peace, cultivate justice, but at the same time cultivate… — Norman Borlaug
We trifle when we assign limits to our desires, since nature hath set none. — Christian Nestell Bovee
To be a film-maker, you have to lead. You have to be psychotic in your desire to do something. People always like the easy route.… — Danny Boyle
I have a feeling that being in love sometimes means the projection of your desires onto another person. The important thing is that you like… — Eric Braeden
Ardent love or desire introduced, as passionately longing to please and glorify the Divine Being, to be in every respect conformed to him, and in… — David Brainerd
The whole world appears to me like a huge vacuum, a vast empty space, whence nothing desirable, or at least satisfactory, can possibly be derived;… — David Brainerd
If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. — Louis D. Brandeis
We desire an expansion of relations with regional states and the establishment of extensive public contacts. — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Sad will be the day for any man when he becomes contented with the thoughts he is thinking and the deeds he is doing -… — Phillips Brooks
Some artists shrink from self-awareness, fearing that it will destroy their unique gifts and even their desire to create. The truth of the matter is… — James Broughton
The passion of hatred is so long lived and so obstinate a malady that the surest sign of death in a sick person is their… — Jean de la Bruyere
The majority of the senior class of Vassar does not desire my company and I must confess, having read specimens of their thought and sentiments,… — William F. Buckley, Jr.
Some prices are just too high, no matter how much you may want the prize. The one thing you can't trade for your heart's desire… — Lois McMaster Bujold
He put in your heart certain wishes and plans; in my heart, he put other different desires. — Sitting Bull
I have no desire to maintain a lifestyle. I am a horrible celebrity. If I am out in public I dress like a pig. — Sandra Bullock
Violence among young people is an aspect of their desire to create. They don't know how to use their energy creatively so they do the… — Anthony Burgess

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