Desire Quotes

7210 Desire quotes by 3487 unique authors

The desire of businessmen for profits is what drives prices down unless forcibly prevented from engaging in price competition, usually by governmental activity. — Thomas Sowell
Desire is the presentiment of our inner abilities, and the forerunner of our ultimate accomplishments. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Say to yourself, 'I'm here on purpose, I can accomplish anything I desire, and I do it by being in harmony with the all-pervading creative… — Wayne Dyer
Don't allow your animal nature to rule your reason. — Unknown Author
Loosen the bonds of avarice from your hands and neck. — Unknown Author
Paradise is surrounded by what we dislike; the fires of hell are surrounded by what we desire. — Unknown Author
The beginning of pride and hatred lies in worldly desire, and the strength of your desire if from habit. When an evil tendency becomes confirmed… — Unknown Author
If you desire a thing, picture it clearly and hold the picture steadily in mid until it becomes a definite thought-form. — Wallace D. Wattles
Which 20% of sources are causing 80% of my problems and unhappiness? Which 20% of sources are resulting in 80% of my desired outcomes and… — Tim Ferriss
The electric energy which motivates us is not within our bodies at all. It is a part of the universal supply which flows through us… — Walter Russell
The universe gives to those who ask without favor. The electric plug which connects you is desire. — Walter Russell
Those things that I must do I shall desire to do. — Walter Russell
You can become a great creator or a little one as the intensity of your desire is little or great. — Walter Russell
There are no limitations set by this electric universe upon any man's multiplication power. Each man sets his own limitations in accordance with his desires.… — Walter Russell
There is absolutely nothing that you desire that you cannot achieve. — Esther Hicks
I write because it gives me the greatest possible artistic pleasure to write. If my work pleases the few I am gratified. As for the… — Oscar Wilde
My definition of financial freedom is simple: it is the ability to live the lifestyle you desire without having to work or rely on anyone… — T. Harv Eker
The theory of the method of knowing which is advanced in these pages may be termed pragmatic. ... Only that which has been organized into… — John Dewey
Art includes everything that stimulates the desire to live; science, everything that sharpens the desire to know. Art, even the most disinterested, the most disembodied,… — Remy de Gourmont
Books have always a secret influence on the understanding; we cannot at pleasure obliterate ideas; he that reads books of science, thogh without any fixed… — Samuel Johnson
But the greatest error of all the rest is the mistaking or misplacing of the last or farthest end of knowledge: for men have entered… — Francis Bacon
From the freedom to explore comes the joy of learning. From knowledge acquired by personal initiative arises the desire for more knowledge. And from mastery… — E. O. Wilson
Man has an intense desire for assured knowledge. — Albert Einstein
The life and soul of science is its practical application, and just as the great advances in mathematics have been made through the desire of… — Lord Kelvin
The scientific attitude of mind involves a sweeping away of all other desires in the interest of the desire to know. — Bertrand Russell

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