Desired Quotes

463 quotes by 394 authors

No doubt unity is something to be desired, to be striven for, but it cannot be willed into being by mere declarations. — Theodore Bikel
I am a red man. If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man he would have made me so in the… — Sitting Bull
I cannot but be grieved to go from my native land, and especially from that part of it for whom and with whom I desired… — Donald Cargill
As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked… — Maya Angelou
You must picture me alone in that room in Magdalen, night after night, feeling, whenever my mind lifted even for a second from my work,… — C.S. Lewis
Creative power is that receptive attitude of expectancy which makes a mold into which the plastic yet undifferentiated substance can flow and take the desired… — Thomas Troward
A state of expectancy is a great assetl; a state of uncertainty-one moment thinking "perhaps" and the next moment thinking "I don't know"-will never get… — Ernest Holmes
... we believe in the vocation of communion and participation of our people, who day to day awaken to their political conscience and express their… — Adolfo Perez Esquivel
In the light of eternity we shall see that what we desired would have been fatal to us, and that what we would have avoided… — Francois Fenelon
Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms. — Andrew Jackson
Rhythm, symmetry, and a happy combination of elegance and utility - a blend often desired in later days of hope and struggle - these have… — Marie-Luise Gothein
All who call on God in true faith, earnestly from the heart, will certainly be heard, and will receive what they have asked and desired. — Martin Luther
Pocket all your knowledge with your watch, and never pull it out in company unless desired. — Lord Chesterfield
Every real object must cease to be what it seemed, and none could ever be what the whole soul desired. — George Santayana
Every crisis offers you extra desired power. — William Moulton Marston
Words saturated with sincerity, conviction, faith, and intuition are like highly explosive vibration bombs, which, when set off, shatter the rocks of difficulties and create… — Paramahansa Yogananda
Love is an irreresisistible desire to be irresistibily desired. — Mark Twain
Concentrated thoughts produce desired results. — Zig Ziglar
By his own efforts man could never gain the true and desired riches. — Joseph Franklin Rutherford
Anything that is theoretically possible will be achieved in practice, no matter what the technical difficulties are, if it is desired greatly enough. — Arthur C. Clarke

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