Desire Quotes

7210 Desire quotes by 3487 unique authors

Every man's road in life is marked by the grave of his personal likings. — Alexander Smith
It sometimes seems that we have only to love a thing greatly to get it. — Robert Collier
Desire is proof of the availability... — Robert Collier
I do want to get rich but I never want to do what there is to do to get rich. — Gertrude Stein
It is said that desire is a product of the will, but the converse is in fact true: will is a product of desire. — Denis Diderot
We never desire strongly, what we desire rationally. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Almost every desire a poor man has is a punishable offence. — Louis-Ferdinand Celine
There's nothing like desire to prevent the things one says from having any resemblance to the things in one's mind. — Marcel Proust
All human activity is prompted by desire. — Bertrand Russell
Whenever we confront an unbridled desire we are surely in the presence of a tragedy-in-the-making. — Quentin Crisp
Desire is the essence of a man. — Baruch Spinoza
Your desires and true beliefs have a way of playing blind man's bluff. You must corner the inner facts... — David Seabury
The desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman is for the desire of the man. — Madame de Stael
Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need. — Gaston Bachelard
Desire will in due time externalize itself as concrete fact. — Thomas Troward
Out of need springs desire, and out of desire springs the energy and the will to win. — Denis Waitley
Very few persons, comparatively, know how to Desire with sufficient intensity. They do not know what it is to feel and manifest that intense, eager,… — Robert Collier
Something must be done when you find an opposing set of desires of this kind well to the fore in your category of strong desires.… — Robert Collier
All through nature, you will find the same law. First the need, then the means. — Robert Collier
Supply always comes on the heels of demand. — Robert Collier
It is not the greatness of a man's means that makes him independent, so much as the smallness of his wants. — William Cobbett
Our necessities are few, but our wants are endless. — George Bernard Shaw
After thorough reflection, I realized that my desire to achieve my goals in this sport outweighed my self-doubt. This perseverance has helped me to be… — Jonathan Horton
I'm really quite exhausted at the moment, but you never know, you are always surprised at what you can find sometimes, and maybe I will… — Leisel Jones
I have no desire to write my own biography, as long as I have strength and means to do better work. — Charles Babbage

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