Complicated Quote by Julian Barnes

It is false to suggest that men must turn away from his desires in the interest of a higher duty. Men only responds to…

— Bertrand Russell

A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Desires must be simple and definite. They defeat their own purpose should they be too many, too confusing, or beyond a man's training to…

— George S. Clason

What a man wants to do he generally can do, if he wants to badly enough.

— Louis L'Amour

Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can.

— Martha Graham

He seems like a man who knows what he wants, and the problem is he wants what I want.

— Abbi Glines

Mans desires are limited by his perceptions; none can desire what he has not perceived.

— William Blake

A man can do anything he wants to do in this world, at least if he wants to do it badly enough.

— E. W. Scripps

Believe me, for certain men at least, not taking what one doesn't desire is the hardest thing in the world.

— Albert Camus

A man's not doing much until the cause he works for possesses all there is of him. Desire, when harnessed, is power.

— John Wanamaker

For some men, the stronger their desire, the more difficult it is for them to act.

— Gustave Flaubert

Desire is the essence of a man.

— Baruch Spinoza