Desire Quote by George Bernard Shaw

Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it.

— George Bernard Shaw

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.

— Oscar Wilde

In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.

— Oscar Wilde

In the world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.

— Oscar Wilde

There are two great tragedies in life: one is to fail to achieve one's grandest ambitions, and the other one is to succeed.

— Graham T. Allison

As for life's tragedies, our love will defeat them. Love is the most effective cure. In the crevices of disasters, happiness lies like a…

— Naguib Mahfouz

Tragedies make you realize how selfish you are.

— Tony Dorsett

I knew that the deepest of tragedies was simple: to love, and not to be loved in return.

— Judy Blundell

There are only two potential tragedies in life, and dying young isn't one of them. These are the two real tragedies: If you go…

— John Powell

You have trouble feeling alive, so you stab your own heart just to feel something. It was the emptiness that was killing you. You…

— Yasmin Mogahed

It is selfish to concern oneself with tragedies.

— Rose Kennedy

When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways--either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by using…

— Anonymous