Out of need springs desire and out of desire springs the energy and the will to win.
Denis WaitleyMy 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 HillThe desire to reach the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise and most possible.
Maya AngelouYou don’t become what you want, you become what you believe.
Oprah WinfreyA child can teach an adult three things: to be happy for no reason, to always be busy with something, and to know how to demand with all his might that which he desires.
Paulo CoelhoNot to get what you have your heart set on is almost as bad as getting nothing at all.
AristotleMy thought has been shaped by books, my desires by pictures.
Mason CooleyDesire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly.
ConfuciusSometimes I need to be a stranger to myself. Only then my soul can show me not what I want, but what I need to see.
Paulo CoelhoThere is no fear for one whose mind is not filled with desires.
BuddhaNegative desires can cause no evil if you do not allow yourself to be seduced by them.
Paulo CoelhoWhatsoever that be within us that feels, thinks, desires and animates is something celestial, divine and consequently imperishable.
AristotleIndustry need not wish.
Benjamin FranklinI wish to change there minds, not kill them for weaknesses we all posses.
Mahatma GandhiWhen I had nothing to lose, I had everything. When I stopped being who I am, I found myself.
Paulo CoelhoPeace above all things is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms.
Andrew JacksonWhen God desires to destroy a thing he entrusts its destruction to the thing itself. Every bad institution of this world ends by suicide.
Victor HugoI wish I could write as mysterious as a cat.
Edgar Allan PoeFreedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem.
Jiddu KrishnamurtiEvery time you state what you want or believe, you're the first to hear it. It's a message to both you and others about what you think is possible. Don't put a ceiling on yourself.
Oprah WinfreyOur destiny changes with our thought, we shall become what we wish to become, do what we wish to d,o when our habitual thought corresponds with our desire.
Orison Swett MardenBy 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 BabaBeauty is desired in order that it may be befouled, not for its own sake but for the joy brought by the certainty of profaning it.
Tom StoppardCreate a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you ready or not to put this plan into action.
Napoleon HillA refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
Francois de La RochefoucauldAmbition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead.
Ambrose BierceFreedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires.
Bertrand RussellCuriosity n. An objectionable quality of the female mind. The desire to know whether or not a woman is cursed with curiosity is one of the most active and insatiable passions of the masculine soul.
Ambrose BierceI will indulge my sorrows and give way to all the pangs and fury of despair.
Joseph AddisonA great many men's gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more valuable kindnesses hereafter.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWhere sense is wanting, everything is wanting.
Benjamin FranklinBoredom: the desire for desires.
Leo TolstoyWe 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 GibranWhat 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 RandHuman behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion and knowledge.
PlatoBy 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 BabaEvery man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old.
Jonathan SwiftDo 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 AugustineA lie does not consist in the indirect position of words, but in the desire and intention, by false speaking to deceive and injure your neighbour.
Jonathan SwiftImagination 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 WashingtonDesire and force between them are responsible for all our actions, desire causes our voluntary acts, force our involuntary.
Blaise PascalWhen 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 ShawFantasy mirrors desire. Imagination reshapes it.
Mason CooleyI 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 TwainDuty - that which sternly impels us in the direction of profit along the line of desire.
Ambrose BierceWe are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.
Eric HofferIt 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 DyerIf you start by promising what you don't even have yet, you'll lose your desire to work towards getting it.
Paulo CoelhoAlmost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.
Victor HugoIt is much easier to suppress a first desire than to satisfy those that follow.
Benjamin FranklinTime and memory are true artists, they remold reality nearer to the heart's desire.
John DeweyHard times arouse an instinctive desire for authenticity.
Coco ChanelEvery man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
Samuel JohnsonI prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest with visions to be realized, than lord among those without dreams and desires.
Kahlil GibranCan one desire too much of a good thing?
William ShakespeareMaids want nothing but husbands and when they have, them they want everything.
William ShakespeareAll progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.
Samuel ButlerThe best kind of wealth is to give up inordinate desires.
Rabindranath TagoreHe who desires sense gratification must give up all thoughts of acquiring knowledge, and he who seeks knowledge must not hope for sense gratification.
ChanakyaIs it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performance?
William ShakespeareIt sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.
Eric HofferExpectation is the root of all heartache.
William ShakespeareHe who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence
William BlakeBring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit.
AristotleEvery intense desire is perhaps a desire to be different from what we are.
Eric HofferA psychologist once told me that, for a boy, being in the middle of a conflict between two women is the worst possible situation. There's always a desire to please each one.
Hillary ClintonAnd priests in black gowns were walking their rounds, And binding with briars my joys and desires.
William BlakeAsk your child what he wants for dinner only if he's buying.
Fran LebowitzA memory is a beautiful thing, it's almost a desire that you miss.
Gustave FlaubertDesire is a bonfire that burns with greater fury, asking for more fuel. Desire is the sole cause of sorrow and distress.
Sai BabaIf a man could have half of his wishes he would double his troubles.
Benjamin FranklinI have never seen a man as fond of virtue as of women.
ConfuciusAmerica is a Nation with a mission - and that mission comes from our most basic beliefs. We have no desire to dominate, no ambitions of empire. Our aim is a democratic peace - a peace founded upon the dignity and rights of every man and woman.
George W. BushStranger, 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 you desire many things, many things will seem few.
Benjamin FranklinDo not ever say that the desire to "do good" by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives.
Ayn RandDesire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.
Napoleon HillCraving, not having, is the mother of a reckless giving of oneself.
Eric HofferIf 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 WashingtonLearning is like a cow of desire. It like her yields in all seasons. Like a mother it feeds you on your journey. Therefore learning is a hidden treasure.
ChanakyaWhen you want something all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.
Paulo CoelhoLet the wave of memory, the storm of desire, the fire of emotion, pass through without affecting your equanimity.
Sai BabaFancy 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 BabaLenience will operate with greater force in some instances than rigor. It is therefore my first wish to have all of my conduct distinguished by it.
George WashingtonHave no desires to place before GOD whatever HE does with, you however HE treats you is the gift that HE likes best to give you!
Sai BabaDo not be desirous of having things done quickly. Do not look at small advantages. Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly. Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.
ConfuciusFreedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.
EpictetusFame is ultimately about the cycles of desire and how to do away with them or manage them well.
Lady GagaAbstinence sows sand all over The ruddy limbs & flaming hair, But Desire Gratified Plants fruits of life & beauty there.
William BlakeDeath is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets, and from the vagaries of the mind, and from the hard service of the flesh.
Marcus AureliusFor 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 BabaThe stroke of death is as a lover's pinch which hurts and is desired.
William ShakespeareOf all the needs (there are none imaginary) a lonely child has the one that must be satisfied if there is going to be hope, and a hope of wholeness is the unshaken need for an unshakable God.
Maya AngelouA ''Bay Area Bisexual'' told me I didn't quite coincide with either of her desires.
Woody AllenBring me my bow of burning gold! Bring me my arrows of desire! Bring me my spear! O clouds unfold! Bring me my chariot of fire!
William BlakeAs is the desire of Providence so functions one's intellect, one's activities are also controlled by Providence, and by the will of Providence one is surrounded by helpers.
ChanakyaBetter murder an infant in its cradle than nurse an unacted desire.
William BlakeOur necessities never equal our wants.
Benjamin FranklinHe whose hands are clean does not like to hold an office, he who desires nothing cares not for bodily decorations, he who is only partially educated cannot speak agreeably, and he who speaks out plainly cannot be a deceiver.
ChanakyaDesire is like the shadow caused by the morning sun, it gets longer when you run to catch, it makes you a fool.
Sai BabaFriendship is the expression of unshakable LOVE, LOVE that is noble, pure, free from desire or egoism.
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