Out of need springs desire and out of desire springs the energy and the will to win.
Denis WaitleyI count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is over self.
AristotleMy best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my own sake.
AristotlePraise shames me, for I secretly beg for it.
Rabindranath TagoreThe starting point of all achievement is desire.
Napoleon HillNot to get what you have your heart set on is almost as bad as getting nothing at all.
AristotleLove is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.
C. S. LewisDesire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly.
ConfuciusAll get what they want; they do not always like it.
C. S. LewisIndustry need not wish.
Benjamin FranklinLove is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.
Robert FrostI wish to change there minds, not kill them for weaknesses we all posses.
Mahatma GandhiLove is like a child, that longs for everything it can come by.
William ShakespeareWhen I had nothing to lose, I had everything. When I stopped being who I am, I found myself.
Paulo CoelhoDesire of having is the sin of covetousness.
William ShakespeareBy believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired.
Franz KafkaDesire is storm, greed is whirlpool, pride is precipice, attachment is avalanche, ego is volcano. Discard desire and you are liberated.
Sai BabaCreate a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you ready or not to put this plan into action.
Napoleon HillI will indulge my sorrows and give way to all the pangs and fury of despair.
Joseph AddisonWhere sense is wanting, everything is wanting.
Benjamin FranklinBoredom: the desire for desires.
Leo TolstoyA person will sometimes devote all his life to the development of one part of his body - the wishbone.
Robert FrostGod's desire is that we excel.
Joel OsteenIf things do not turn out as we wish, we should wish for them as they turn out.
AristotleWe should aim rather at leveling down our desires than leveling up our means.
AristotleAlways desire to learn something useful.
SophoclesAll that spirits desire spirits attain.
Kahlil GibranEvery person is a God in embryo. Its only desire is to be born.
Deepak ChopraWhat you do not wish upon yourself extend not to others.
ConfuciusA desire presupposes the possibility of action to achieve it, action presupposes a goal which is worth achieving.
Ayn RandBy reading the characteristic features of any man's castles in the air, you can make a shrewd guess as to his underlying desires which are frustrated.
John DeweyDesire leads to ultimate ruin.
Sai BabaCourage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.
Gilbert K. ChestertonDo you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation.
Saint AugustineImagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and, at last, you create what you will.
George Bernard ShawI can only say that there is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do to see a plan adopted for the abolition of slavery.
George WashingtonWhen a person really desires something all the universe conspires to help that person to realize his dream.
Paulo CoelhoDancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.
George Bernard ShawI believe everyone should have a broad picture of how the universe operates and our place in it. It is a basic human desire. And it also puts our worries in perspective.
Stephen HawkingIf the world comes to an end, I want to be in Cincinnati. Everything comes there ten years later.
Mark TwainThere are two ways of being happy: We must either diminish our wants or augment our means - either may do - the result is the same and it is for each man to decide for himself and to do that which happens to be easier.
Benjamin FranklinIt is not the possessions, but the desires of mankind which require to be equalized.
AristotleEverything is perfect in the universe - even your desire to improve it.
Wayne DyerHe who wishes to be rich in a day will be hanged in a year.
Leonardo da VinciIf you start by promising what you don't even have yet, you'll lose your desire to work towards getting it.
Paulo CoelhoIt is much easier to suppress a first desire than to satisfy those that follow.
Benjamin FranklinThe child who desires education will be bettered by it, the child who dislikes it disgraced.
John RuskinCan one desire too much of a good thing?
William ShakespeareMaids want nothing but husbands and when they have, them they want everything.
William ShakespeareAn enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.
Thomas JeffersonThe best kind of wealth is to give up inordinate desires.
Rabindranath TagoreDesire is the worst enemy, it ruins many a human life. Desire, when fulfilled, breeds further desire.
Sai BabaIs it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performance?
William ShakespeareGod sometimes does try to the uttermost those whom he wishes to bless.
Mahatma GandhiMy first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth.
George WashingtonDesire is a bonfire that burns with greater fury, asking for more fuel. Desire is the sole cause of sorrow and distress.
Sai BabaStranger, if you passing meet me and desire to speak to me, why should you not speak to me? And why should I not speak to you?
Walt WhitmanSometimes I think it's possible to mistake desire for clarity, and talking in a no-nonsense way for aggression.
Richard DawkinsThere is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable.
Mark TwainIf we desire to avoid insult we must be able to repel it, if we desire to secure peace one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity it must be known that we are at all times ready for War.
George WashingtonWhen you want something all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.
Paulo CoelhoFancy and Fantasy rule the mind of man. You desire one thing in the morning, at noon you change over to something else. That desire will not persist until evening. If your desire is fulfilled you praise God and parade your devotion. But if it does not prevail you throw God overboard and parade your disbelief!
Sai BabaFor the majority of instances where money is desired for the admitted object of blessing others the real underlying motive is a love of popularity and a desire to pose as a philanthropist or reformer....If your real desire is to do good there is no need to wait for money before you do it, you can do it now this very moment and just where you are.
James AllenDesire destroys devotion, anger destroys wisdom, greed destroys work - hence these bad qualities must be sacrificed. With good and sweet words, keeping desires under check and control (for ultimate removal) one should start on the path of sacrifice.
Sai BabaDesire is like the shadow caused by the morning sun, it gets longer when you run to catch, it makes you a fool.
Sai BabaAnother point, you desire that I should come to your houses, you pray to Me to do so you grieve when I do not come, you start reviling yourself that you are poorer than others, that you are spiritually underdeveloped perhaps and so on. I have no place in My heart for such distinctions and differences.
Sai Baba