Desires Quotes

1790 Desires quotes by 1069 unique authors

When your intention is great enough you will ALWAYS find the time and energy to accomplish your desires. You can state excuses to the contrary,… — James Arthur Ray
May all your expectations be frustrated, may all your plans be thwarted, may all your desires be withered into nothingness, that you may experience the… — Brennan Manning
My desires seem especially to be after weanedness from the world, perfect deadness to it, and that I may be crucified to all its allurements.… — David Brainerd
Of late God has been pleased to keep my soul hungry almost continually, so that I have been filled with a kind of pleasing pain.… — David Brainerd
Thirsting desires and longings possessed my soul after perfect holiness. God was so precious to my soul that the world with all its enjoyments appeared… — David Brainerd
To be true to ourselves, however, is not an easy task. We must break free of the seductions of society and live life on our… — Robin Sharma
Paul said in the second epistle...the time is coming when people will not put up with sound doctrine...they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit… — Jan Karon
A man desires praise that he may be reassured, that he may be quit of his doubting of himself; he is indifferent to applause when… — Alec Waugh
In the depth of your hopes and desires lies your silent knowledge of the beyond... — Khalil Gibran
And so, lifting as we climb, onward and upward we go, struggling and striving, and hoping that the buds and blossoms of our desires will… — Mary Church Terrell
Breath is the vehicle of consciousness and so, by its slow measured observation and distribution, we learn to tug our attention away from external desires… — B.K.S. Iyengar
And fathers, . . . listen to [your returned missionary sons], and connect with them in regular, focused conversation. Talk with them in depth about… — M. Russell Ballard
When anyone is going wrong, it is a mistake to warn him not to go further. It is also a mistake to leave him alone.… — Christian D. Larson
All you want is to be happy. All your desires, whatever they may be, are longing for happiness. Basically, you wish yourself well...desire by itself… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
I will be led and taught of the Holy Spirit. God desires full development, use and activity of our faculties. The Holy Spirit can and… — Unknown Author
A man will teach his wife what is needed to arouse his desires. And there is no reason for a woman to know any more… — Barbara Cartland
Since every man desires happiness, it is evidently no small matter whether he conceives of happiness in terms of work or of enjoyment. — Irving Babbitt
As all-consuming as a young girl's fancies were ... a woman's desires could be twice as dangerous. — Teresa Medeiros
When you believe, or are led to believe, you are unable to act upon the greatest desires of the soul, the result is mental and… — Iyanla Vanzant
Thoughts are to the Desires as Scouts and Spies, to range abroad, and find the way to the things Desired. — Thomas Hobbes
He who desires to become a spiritual man must not be ever taking note of others, and above all of their sins, lest he fall… — Johannes Tauler
Despite Japan's desires and efforts, unfortunate differences in the ways that Japan, England, the United States, and China understood circumstances, together with misunderstandings of attitudes,… — Hideki Tojo
It struck me as I listened to those two men that a truer nomination (name) for our species than Homo sapiens might be Homo narrans,… — Henning Mankell
All the arts serving human desires and needs are derived from the breath that Godsent into the human body. — Hildegard of Bingen
Do not allow yourselves to be made to feel inadequate or frustrated because you cannot do everything others seem to be accomplishing. Only you and… — Marvin J. Ashton

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