Desire Quotes

7210 Desire quotes by 3487 unique authors

The secret of making something work in your lives is first of all, the deep desire to make it work; then the faith and belief… — Eileen Caddy
The more clear and definite you make your picture then,and the more you dwell upon it, bringing out all its delightful details, the stronger your… — Wallace D. Wattles
Lord Jesu, I ask Thee, give unto me movement in Thy love without measure; desire without limit; longing without order; burning without discretion. Truly the… — Richard Rolle
People do not give from the top of their purses but from the bottom of their hearts. If you desire to become a more generous… — John C. Maxwell
Philanthropy is loving, and ameliorative, revolutionary; it wakens lofty desires, new possibilities, achievements, and energies; ... it touches thought to spiritual issues, systematizes action, and… — Mary Baker Eddy
For the superior morality, of which we hear so much, we too would desire to be thankful: at the same time, it were but blindness… — Thomas Carlyle
The power of making war often prevents it, and in our case would give efficacy to our desire of peace. — Thomas Jefferson
So long as men desire to live together, no man may initiate the use of physical force against others. . . . When a man… — Ayn Rand
Abstinence sows sand all over The ruddy limbs and flaming hair, But desire gratified Plants fruits of life and beauty there. — William Blake
You're meant to have whatever your heart desires. Whatever your heart wants that much is already a part of you. — Francesca Lia Block
When you no longer are compelled by desire and fear . . . when you have seen the radiance in eternity from all forms of… — Joseph Campbell
I want to have a lasting experience with God. Sometimes I feel like I understand the divinity of this world, but then I loose it… — Elizabeth Gilbert
Our conflict is not likely to cease so soon as every good man would wish. The measure of iniquity is not yet filled; and unless… — George Washington
My ardent desire is, and my aim has been . . . to comply strictly with all our engagements foreign and domestic; but to keep… — George Washington
It is an unquestionable truth, that the body of the people in every country desire sincerely its prosperity. But it is equally unquestionable that they… — Alexander Hamilton
The common excuse for those bringing misfortune on others is that they desire their good. — Luc de Clapiers
It is part of the moral tragedy with which we are dealing that words like 'democracy,' 'freedom,' 'rights,' 'justice,' which have so often inspired heroism… — Norman Angell
Love is often gentle, desire always a rage. — Mignon McLaughlin
Whatever is done without ostentation, and without the people being witnesses of it, is, in my opinion, most praiseworthy: not that the public eye should… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
All fashions are charming, or rather relatively charming, each one being a new striving, more or less well conceived, after beauty, an approximate statement of… — Charles Baudelaire
Monarchies, aristocracies, and religions are all based upon that large defect in your race - the individual's distrust of his neighbor, and his desire, for… — Mark Twain
Possibly, more people kill themselves and others out of hurt vanity than out of envy, jealousy, malice or desire for revenge. — Iris Murdoch
My mother has always been my role model, and I believe my survival in the entertainment business is in large part due to my desire… — Marie Osmond
Many divorces are not really the result of irreparable injury but involve, instead, a desire on the part of the man or woman to shatter… — Edward Hoagland
It is vanity to desire a long life and to take no heed of a good life. — Thomas a Kempis

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