Desire Quotes

7210 Desire quotes by 3487 unique authors

Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little away from his need or desire to write at all.… — Raymond Chandler
Hard times arouse an instinctive desire for authenticity. — Coco Chanel
What do you want a meaning for? Life is a desire, not a meaning. — Charlie Chaplin
If you real desire is to be good, there is no need to wait for the money before you do it; you can do it… — James Allen
You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as you dominant aspiration. — James Allen
To desire is to obtain; to aspire is to achieve. — James Allen
You cannot escape the results of your thoughts. Whatever your present environment may be, you will fall, remain or rise with your thoughts, your vision,… — James Lane Allen
Women desire six things: They want their husbands to be brave, wise, rich, generous, obedient to wife, and lively in bed. — Geoffrey Chaucer
Forbid us something, and that thing we desire. — Geoffrey Chaucer
All teenagers have this desire to somehow run away. — Joan Chen
Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The vulgar man is always the most distinguished, for the very desire to be distinguished is vulgar. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
There's a desire in me to express something - to match what I hear in my head. — Eric Clapton
Every person is a God in embryo. Its only desire is to be born. — Deepak Chopra
Human beings place their desires ahead of the collective good. — Deepak Chopra
I believe we have become paralyzed, paralyzed by our desire to be loved. Now our founding fathers had the wisdom to know that social acceptance… — Chris Christie
We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The desire to die was my one and only concern; to it I have sacrificed everything, even death. — Emile M. Cioran
I used to desire many, many things, but now I have just one desire, and that's to get rid of all my other desires. — John Cleese
You've got some very powerful countries: Poland, the United Kingdom, Sweden and others who have a genuine desire to see the euro zone straighten itself… — Nick Clegg
I think anything is possible if you have the mindset and the will and desire to do it and put the time in. — Roger Clemens
A psychologist once told me that for a boy being in the middle of a conflict between two women is the worst possible situation. There's… — Hillary Clinton
Another great evil arising from this desire to be thought rich; or rather, from the desire not to be thought poor, is the destructive thing… — William Cobbett
When a person really desires something, all the universe conspires to help that person to realize his dream. — Paulo Coelho
When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it. — Paulo Coelho

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