Desire Quotes

7210 Desire quotes by 3487 unique authors

It [Adam's act] cast off the authority of God, usurped his prerogative, and gave the mind up to the dominion of natural desire — John L. Dagg
I deplore the horrible crime as child murder....no matter what the motive, love of ease, or desire to save from suffering the unborn innocent,the woman… — Susan B. Anthony
Slaves lose everything in their chains, even the desire of escaping from them. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
We should have but one desire today - the desire to die so that India may live - the desire to face a martyr's death,… — Subhas Chandra Bose
What everyone in the astronaut corps shares in common is not gender or ethnic background, but motivation, perseverance, and desire - the desire to participate… — Ellen Ochoa
The desire to know is natural to good men. — Leonardo da Vinci
Every man has business and desire, Such as it is. — William Shakespeare
Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us. Its appetite grows keener by indulgence and all we can… — Benjamin Franklin
There is another more subtle way in which the innocence of childhood is lost: when the child is infected with the desire to become somebody.… — Anthony de Mello
My only desire is an intimate infusion with nature, and the only fate I wish is to have worked and lived in harmony with her… — Claude Monet
A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end will point out the means. — William Hazlitt
May it be my privilege to have the happiness of establishing the commonwealth on a firm and stable basis and thus enjoy the reward which… — Augustus
Profit is a reward for satisfying the desire of someone else. — Harry Browne
The significance of a man is not in what he attains, but rather what he longs to attain. — Khalil Gibran
People seek within a short span of life to satisfy a thousand desires, each of which is insatiable. — Oliver Goldsmith
While man's desires and aspirations stir he cannot choose but err. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
It is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived. — Henry Fielding
First the stalk - then the roots. First the need - then the means to satisfy that need. First the nucleus -then the elements needed… — Robert Collier
Events are influenced by our very great desires. — William James
There is nothing capricious in nature and the implanting of a desire indicates that its gratification is in the constitution of the creature that feel… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
O lyric Love, half angel and half bird. And all a wonder and a wild desire. — Robert Browning
Through some strange and powerful principle of mental chemistry which she has never divulged, nature wraps up in the impulse of strong desire, that something… — Napoleon Hill
There are confessable agonies, sufferings of which one can positively be proud. Of bereavement, of parting, of the sense of sin and the fear of… — Aldous Huxley
We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us. — Unknown Author
Plant the seed of desire in your mind and it forms a nucleus with power to attract to itself everything needed for its fulfillment. — Robert Collier

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