Desire Quotes

7210 Desire quotes by 3487 unique authors

There were times when deep down inside I wanted to win so badly I could actually will it to happen. I think most of my… — Chris Evert
In any activity, we have to know what to expect, how to reach our objectives and what capacity we possess for the proposed task. The… — Paulo Coelho
So if loss of what gives happiness causes you distress when it fades, you can now understand that such happiness is worthless. It is said,… — Zhuangzi
When your commitment is to be loving regardless of the circumstances, there is no room for harsh words. You assert yourself not from a desire… — Rhonda Britten
It takes something to get married: nerve, hope, a strong desire to make a certain statement - and it takes something to stay married: more… — Amy Bloom
Those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires, but you can't do that at the foot of the cross. Those… — Johan Oscar Smith
An inner life and inner enemies to conquer, battle and destroy. These enemies are the various desires that seek to distract our concentration by causing… — Johan Oscar Smith
God can change our circumstances, but sometimes He waits for us to show real desire for change as well as our faith in Him. — Anne Graham Lotz
Once a person is at the center of love, there is very rarely a possibility for him to fall back down, because he has tasted… — Rajneesh
And that is the trouble with all lovers: they want more love, because they don't understand that the real desire is not for more love,… — Rajneesh
Desire disappears as you become more and more aware. When awareness is one hundred percent, there is no desire at all. — Rajneesh
And here we come to the vital distinction between the advocacy of temperance and the advocacy of prohibition. Temperance and self-control are convertible terms. Prohibition,… — Felix Mendelssohn
Repel the thought, for if you don't, it becomes an idea. So repel the idea, for if you don't it will become a desire. So… — Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya
Never do I argue with a man with a desire to hear him say what is wrong, or to expose him and win victory over… — Al-Shafiâ€˜i
My request is not for bliss of the Garden. I only desire to see You. — Ibn al-Farid
You are not aware of the consequences that would result (if you were granted what you desire) because what you seek might be to your… — Unknown Author
Knowledge is not to be taken from four types of people: a foolish person who openly acts foolish, even if he reports the most narrations;… — Malik ibn Anas
Your nafs (soul/desires) is your first battlefield. If you are victorious over it, then you will find the other battlefields easier. — Hassan al-Banna
A person is truly a human if he or she learns, and teaches, and inspires others. It is difficult to regard as truly human someone… — Fethullah Gulen
Whoever desires to purify his heart, then let him prefer Allah to his desires — Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya
Your desire to withdraw from everything when Allah has involved you in the world of means is a hidden appetite. Your desire for involvement with… — Ahmad ibn Ajiba
True devotion is for itself: not to desire heaven nor to fear hell. — Rabia Basri
That is love, to give away everything, to sacrifice everything, without the slightest desire to get anything in return.3 — Albert Camus
To me, then, true criticism consists in trying to find out the intrinsic worth of the thing itself, and not in attributing a quality to… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
This is no magnificent deed, because I do not want followers, and I mean this. The moment you follow someone you cease to follow Truth.… — Jiddu Krishnamurti

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