Desire Quote by Margaret Fuller

Needs cause motivation. Deep-rooted desires for esteem, affection, belonging, achievement, self-actualization, power, and control motivate us to push for what we want and need…

— Lorii Myers

The more desires you have, the more misery you will create for yourself. Misery is a consequence of desiring - and you go on…

— Anonymous

So endless and exorbitant are the desires of men that they will grasp at all, and can form no scheme of perfect happiness with…

— Jonathan Swift

I don't have the desires of a spoiled child. I never did.

— Princess Stephanie of Monaco

The problem for us is not are our desires satisfied or not. The problem is how do we know what we desire.

— Slavoj Žižek

“People make themselves unhappy by desiring and praising only one thing, by becoming too one-sided in trying to find contentment. If we were just…

— Adalbert Stifter

Christ desires nothing more of us than that we speak of him.

— Martin Luther

It is a happy circumstance that when nature gives us true burning desires, she also gives us the means to satisfy them. Those who…

— Ed Seykota

“The desires of the flesh leads to sin.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

The best kind of wealth is to give up inordinate desires.

— Rabindranath Tagore

My intentions go one way, my desires another. Thus I feel both self-indulgent and deprived.

— Mason Cooley

“Desires and wishes don’t lead to success. Plans and efforts do. Create a vision, chalk out an action plan, put in your best efforts…

— Roopleen