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126 Our Desires quotes by 110 unique authors

Sometimes we do that to ourselves -- we pit our desires against one another. We insist unnecessarily on seeing one aspect of our personality as… — Julia Serano
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
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
When life follows the course of our desires, it is easy to be swept along without thought. — Elizabeth Blackwell
As long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than on their benefactors, the thirst of military glory will ever… — Edward Gibbon
A warlike nation like the Germans, without either cities, letters, arts, or money, found some compensation for this savage state in the enjoyment of liberty.… — Edward Gibbon
We must remember that much spiritual growth does not occur suddenly but rather through time and experience. The encouraging message of the gospel is that… — Brent L. Top
The flourishing life cannot be achieved until we moderate our desires and see how superficial and fleeting they are. — Epictetus
If our principal treasure be as we profess, in things spiritual and heavenly, and woe unto us if it be not so! on them will… — John Owen
Time changes everything, but with patience we can keep our desires relatively constant. If we can just hang on long enough, time will eventually create… — Denis Waitley
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
The world is not a burden; we make it a burden by our desires. When the desires are removed, the world is as light as… — Baba Hari Dass
When we come into the present, we begin to feel the life around us again, but we also encounter whatever we have been avoiding. We… — Jack Kornfield
The problem for us is not are our desires satisfied or not. The problem is how do we know what we desire. — Slavoj Å½iÅ¾ek
We create an image of who we are inside our self. The image then becomes very deeply entrenched, and it becomes the thing that we… — Douglas Hofstadter
We have a dangerous tendency to misunderstand, minimize, and even manipulate the gospel in order to accommodate our assumptions and our desires. — David Platt
Our desires always disappoint us; for though we meet with something that gives us satisfaction, yet it never thoroughly answers our expectation. [However disappointment can… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Either we conform our desires to the truth or we conform the truth to our desires. — Os Guinness
The world makes us look towards ourselves, our possessions, our desires.The Gospel invites us to be open to others, to share with the poor. — Pope Francis
Not every one of our desires can be immediately gratified. We’ve got to learn to wait patiently for our dreams to come true, especially on… — Sarah Ban Breathnach
Good leaders hold positive, views of the future. We believe God fulfills our dreams, and our dreams are enlarged. Our desires exceed what we currently… — Phil Pringle
The main point here is that we are to desire something before faith can come into play. Our desires are of value to God. It’s… — Phil Pringle
We are afraid that our adult sexuality will somehow damage our kids, that it’s inappropriate or dangerous. But whom are we protecting? Children who see… — Esther Perel
Grace does not demonize our desires nor destroy them nor lead us to deny them. Grace is the work of the Holy Spirit in transforming… — Sam Storms
Self-confidenc e, poise, consciousness of possessing the power to accomplish our desires, with renewed lively interest in life are the natural results of the practice… — Joseph Pilates

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