Our Desire Quotes
87 quotes by 80 authors
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I believe we have become paralyzed, paralyzed by our desire to be loved. Now our founding fathers had the wisdom to know that social acceptance…
— Chris Christie
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We do not succeed in changing things according to our desire, but gradually our desire changes. The situation that we hoped to change because it…
— Marcel Proust
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In our desire to impose form on the world and our lives we have lost the capacity to see the form that is already there;…
— Colin Gunton
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Consciously or unconsciously, every one of us does render some service or other. If we cultivate the habit of doing this service deliberately, our desire…
— Mahatma Gandhi
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I cannot believe in the immortality of the soul. No, all this talk of an existence for us, as individuals, beyond the grave is wrong.…
— Thomas A. Edison
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Today, as always, the people, no less than the courts, must remain vigilant to preserve the principals of our Bill of Rights, lest in our…
— Earl Warren
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In our desire to have government become our benefactor and sustainer, we have allowed it to become our taskmaster and overlord. As a result, we…
— Chuck Baldwin
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Let us turn our thoughts today to Martin Luther King and recognize that there are ties between us, all men and women living on the…
— James Taylor
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He pours light into our minds, arouses our desire and gives us strength... As the soul is the life of the body, so the Holy…
— Peter Damian
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The power of making war often prevents it, and in our case would give efficacy to our desire of peace.
— Thomas Jefferson
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We have something that is unique. We have our craft. We have our art. We have our desire.
— Branford Marsalis
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Our desire to share the gospel takes all of us to our knees, and it should, because we need the Lord's help.
— Neil L. Andersen
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Means must be subsidiary to ends and to our desire for dignity and value.
— Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
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All the concessions we make to Eros are holes in our desire for the absolute.
— Emile M. Cioran
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Forgiveness and the release of the past open the creative flow of life, supporting all levels of mind, heart, body, emotion, and spirit. This energy…
— Jamie Sams
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I assure you that it is our desire and intention to keep the doors of consultation always and fully open. There must never be a…
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
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As an organizer I start from where the world is, as it is, not as I would like it to be. That we accept the…
— Saul Alinsky
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The intensity of our desire to share the gospel is a great indicator of the extent of our personal conversion.
— Dallin H. Oaks
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Our desire to bring every good thing to our children is a force for good throughout the world. It’s what propels societies forward.
— Melinda Gates
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I believe in empathy. I believe in the kind of empathy that is created through imagination and through intimate, personal relationships. I am a writer…
— Azar Nafisi
Who Wrote These Our Desire Quotes
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