Force Quote by Sigmund Freud

At the heart of every frustration lies a basic structure: the collision of a wish with an unyielding reality.

— Alain de Botton

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

— George Eliot

Within every desire is the mechanics of its fulfillment.

— Deepak Chopra

The fulfillment of every desire only reveals its inadequacy.

— Swami Prabhavananda

Inherent in every intention and desire are the mechanics for its fulfillment.

— Deepak Chopra

Your fervent wishes can only find fulfillment if you succeed in attaining love and understanding of men, and animals, and plants, and stars, so…

— Albert Einstein

“Because of our strong attachment to the fulfilment of our own wishes, whenever our wishes – especially those we consider important – are not…

— Kelsang Gyatso

But nothing is more insidious than the evolution of wishes from mere fancies, and of wants from mere wishes.

— Thomas Hardy

Unsatisfied desire is the characteristic feature of human life. That is the common fact out of which both pessimism and optimism are constructed. Dwell…

— William DeWitt Hyde

To seek fulfillment is to invite frustration.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

“They strive to attain their wishes by every available means, instructing and compelling themselves to dishonest and difficult acts. And when their labour is…

— Seneca

Feeling and longing are the motive forces behind all human endeavor and human creations.

— Albert Einstein