Desires Quotes

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The object of our being placed upon this earth is that we may work out an exaltation, that we may prepare ourselves to go back… — Heber J. Grant
Only when we rid ourselves of passions and lust and put the desires of flesh under the control of Spirit, only then we accept the… — Vladimir Aleksandrovich Antonov
Life is made up of desires that seem big and vital one minute, and little and absurd the next. I guess we get what's best… — Alice Hegan Rice
They who overcome their desires once can overcome them always. — Pierre Corneille
All the evils that men cause to each other because of certain desires, or opinions or religious principles, are rooted in ignorance. [All hatred would… — Maimonides
Good advertising does not just circulate information. It penetrates the public mind with desires and belief. — William Bernbach
We live in a world of breathtaking material plenty. That has freed hundreds of millions of people from day-to-day struggles and liberated us to pursue… — Daniel H. Pink
Desires make slaves out of kings and patience makes kings out of slaves. — Al-Ghazali
The truly patient man neither complains of his hard lot nor desires to be pitied by others. He speaks of his sufferings in a natural,… — Saint Francis de Sales
We are moving toward a dictatorship of relativism which does not recognize anything as for certain and which has as its highest goal one's own… — Pope Benedict XVI
I shall consider human actions and desires in exactly the same manner, as though I were concerned with lines, planes and solids. — Baruch Spinoza
All laws which can be violated without doing any one any injury are laughed at. Nay, so far are they from doing anything to control… — Baruch Spinoza
Christianity set itself the goal of fulfilling man’s unattainable desires, but for that very reason ignored his attainable desires. By promising man eternal life, it… — Ludwig Feuerbach
The joyful news for anyone who desires to be rid of the consequences of past poor choices is that the Lord sees weaknesses differently than… — Richard G. Scott
Patience-the ability to put our desires on hold for a time-is a precious and rare virtue. We want what we want, and we want it… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Never stop hoping for all of the righteous desires of your heart. But don't close your eyes and hearts to the simple and elegant beauties… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
I've always been comfortable with my sexual desires and what I like. — Izabella Scorupco
We don't have a clue what it is to be male or female, or if there are intermediate genders. Male and female might be fields… — Kathy Acker
Desires to which we cling closely can easily prevent us from being what we ought to be and can be; and on the other hand,… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
God's Word must be the guide of your desires and the ground of your expectations in prayer. — Matthew Henry
And there is neither beginning nor end, nor past nor future; there is only a present, at the same time static and ephemeral, multiple and… — Remy de Gourmont
People around you, constantly under the pull of their emotions, change their ideas by the day or by the hour, depending on their mood. You… — Robert Greene
Now Eros makes a man really want, not a woman, but one particular woman. In some mysterious but quite indisputable fashion the lover desires the… — C.S. Lewis
For man as an historical creature has desires of indeterminate dimensions. — Reinhold Niebuhr
When life follows the course of our desires, it is easy to be swept along without thought. — Elizabeth Blackwell

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