Desire Quotes

7210 Desire quotes by 3487 unique authors

We should have learnt by now that laws and court decisions can only point the way. They can establish criteria of right and wrong. And… — Hubert H. Humphrey
Tis this desire of bending all things to our own purposes which turns them into confusion and is the chief source of every error in… — Sarah Fielding
In great cities men are brought together by the desire of gain. They are not in a state of co-operation, but of isolation, as to… — Benjamin Disraeli
Would that men might come at last to see that it is quite impossible to reach the thicket of the riches and wisdom of God… — John of the Cross
There is nothing more pleasing to God, than to see a soul who patiently and serenely bears whatever crosses it is sent; this is how… — Alphonsus Liguori
A desire for truth is by no means a need for certitude and it would be unwise to confuse one with the other. — Andre Gide
Within the mind there are no lies-no possibility of deceiving oneself; and yet, somehow we all manage to bypass the safety of truth in pursuit… — Wes Fesler
A low self-love in the parent desires that his child should repeat his character and fortune. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
It came to me late, as an adult, the desire to draw and participate in the world of lines. — Henri Michaux
Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm and prudent forethought. — Thucydides
I desire to go to Hell and not to Heaven. In the former I shall enjoy the company of popes, kings and princes, while in… — Niccolo Machiavelli
For the resolute and determined, there is time and opportunity. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Desire is possibility seeking expression. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Where there is no power, there is never any desire to do a thing; and where there is strong desire to do a thing, the… — Wallace D. Wattles
The more wild and incredible your desire, the more willing and prompt God is in fulfilling it, if you will have it so. — Coventry Patmore
Desire and hope will push us on toward the future. — Michel de Montaigne
When we exaggerate our friends' tenderness towards us, it is often less from gratitude than from a desire to exhibit our own virtue. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Man desired concord; but nature knows better what is good for his species; she desires discord. Man wants to live easy and content; but nature… — Immanuel Kant
When we find delight in another person, we've actually found something joyful inside ourselves that involves a shift in our awareness, a shift in our… — Deepak Chopra
You are my heart, my life, my entire existence. — Julie Kagawa
To be content with death may be better than to desire it. — Thomas Browne
He is free who lives as he wishes to live; who is neither subject to compulsion nor to hindrance, nor to force; whose movements to… — Epictetus
People unfit for freedom - who cannot do much with it - are hungry for power. The desire for freedom is an attribute of a… — Eric Hoffer
We are all prompted by the same motives, all deceived by the same fallacies, all animated by hope, obstructed by danger, entangled by desire, and… — Samuel Johnson
The great end of prudence is to give cheerfulness to those hours which splendour cannot gild, and acclamation cannot exhilarate; those soft intervals of unbended… — Samuel Johnson

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