Great Desire Quotes

34 quotes by 34 authors

Sometimes it's just harder to remind yourself about what you're doing and why you're doing it... Other times, you have a great desire for it,… — Andre Agassi
Sad will be the day for any man when he becomes contented with the thoughts he is thinking and the deeds he is doing -… — Phillips Brooks
You should never feel lonely, neglected, fearful, or defeated when you remember that there are the shining ones. They are watching with keen interest and… — Flower A. Newhouse
I wrote much because I was paid little. I had no great desire to leave a literary name behind me. — Anthony Burgess
Seeing the sun, the moon and the stars, I said to myself, 'Who could be the Master of these beautiful things?' I felt a great… — Josephine Bakhita
Let us therefore give ourselves to God with a great desire to begin to live thus, and beg Him to destroy in us the life… — John Eudes
It is my great desire to reform my subjects, and yet I am ashamed to confess that I am unable to reform myself. — Peter the Great
The great desire of this age is for a doctrine which may serve to condense our knowledge, guide our researches, and shape our lives, so… — George Henry Lewes
I have a lot of energy. I have a great desire to absorb information. I'm not a sponge exactly, but I find that something I… — Martha Stewart
I have found that great ideas come when you have a great desire to have them. — Charlie Chaplin
The revelation of His glory includes seeing One so high (transcendence) who went so low (condescension) to bring us so near (redemption) because we are… — Mike Bickle
My great desire has been to remove from the political arena a question of this kind that is calculated to prevent us getting a verdict… — Charles Tupper
The world is nothing but a great desire to live and a great dissatisfaction with living. — Heraclitus
I guess I've never really had a great desire to be a leading lady, or be seen as an ingenue. — Melanie Lynskey
So dancing was not something I had a great desire to do. — Suzanne Farrell
When I first started acting, I started in opera and had a great desire to play grand, tragic characters. I got sidetracked in musical theater… — Leslie Easterbrook
My father was a naturalist and a very spiritual person, who had a great desire to pass on his knowledge to others, so that they… — Carlos Gracie, Jr.
It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a… — Helen Keller
Freedom was my first great desire. The second, which remains hidden within me to this day, tormenting me, was the desire for sanctity. Hero together… — Nikos Kazantzakis
I, answering in the end, began: 'Alas, how many yearning thoughts, what great desire, have lead them through such sorrow to their fate? — Dante Alighieri

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