Desire Quotes

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I say that every prince must desire to be considered merciful and not cruel. He must, however, take care not to misuse this mercifulness. — Niccolo Machiavelli
Should one ask: 'how do I cope with a well-ordered enemy host about to attack me?' I reply: seize something he cherishes and he will… — Sun Tzu
I'll never forget the moment I became a dad. It's hard to describe-that level of responsibility, the desire to give such joy, the clarity: Nothing… — Tom Cruise
Freedom is secured not by the fulfillment of one's desires, but by the removal of desire. — Epictetus
Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it. — George Bernard Shaw
If there is some end of the things we do, which we desire for its own sake, clearly this must be the good. Will not… — Aristotle
There is a stream, a succession of states, or waves, or fields (or whatever you please to call them), of knowledge, of feeling, of desire,… — William James
Dreams come true when desire transforms into concrete actions. — Napoleon Hill
Even when I went to the playground, I never picked the best players. I picked guys with less talent, but who were willing to work… — Magic Johnson
Never give up on your dream...Perseverance is all important. If you don't have the desire and the belief in yourself to keep trying after you've… — Tawni O'Dell
If a Coach is determined to stay in the coaching profession, he will develop from year to year. This much is true, no coach has… — Adolph Rupp
Good defensive play is as much a matter of hustle, desire and pride as it is anything else. — Tex Winter
I do not want players who do not have a keen desire to win and do not play hard and aggressively to accomplish that objective. — John Wooden
If you want to touch the other shore badly enough, barring an impossible situation, you will. If your desire is diluted for any reason, you'll… — Diana Nyad
If you don't first handle fear and desire, and you get rich, you'll only be a highpay slave. — Robert Kiyosaki
Happiness can be defined, in part at least, as the fruit of the desire and ability to sacrifice what we want now for what we… — Stephen Covey
I have an irrepressible desire to live till I can be assured that the world is a little better for my having lived in it. — Abraham Lincoln
To desire revival...and at the same time to neglect(personal) prayer and devotion is to wish one way and walk another. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
God does not delay to hear our prayers because He has no mind to give; but that, by enlarging our desires, He may give us… — Anselm of Canterbury
The desire to reach for the sky runs very deep in the human psyche. — Cesar Pelli
We must speak to God as a friend speaks to his friend, servant to his master; now asking some favor, now acknowledging our faults, and… — Ignatius Loyola
For the mind does not require filling like a bottle, but rather, like wood, it only requires kindling to create in it an impulse to… — Plutarch
Meditation is an insight that all goals are false. Meditation is an understanding that desires don't lead anywhere. Seeing that... And this is not a… — Rajneesh
Life may unfold chronologically for the body and for bureaucracies that keep track of such things as births, marriages, deaths, visas, tax returns, expulsions, and… — Ariel Dorfman
In this simple but profound psychological way Scripture tells the history of the fall and of the origin of sin. In this way sin continues… — Herman Bavinck

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