Out of need springs desire and out of desire springs the energy and the will to win.

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is over self.

My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my own sake.

Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill, and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.

Praise shames me, for I secretly beg for it.

The starting point of all achievement is desire.

The desire to reach the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise and most possible.

You don’t become what you want, you become what you believe.

A 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.

Not to get what you have your heart set on is almost as bad as getting nothing at all.

My thought has been shaped by books, my desires by pictures.

Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.

Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly.

Sometimes 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.

There is no fear for one whose mind is not filled with desires.

If you need something desperately and find it, this is not an accident; your own craving and compulsion leads you to it.

All get what they want; they do not always like it.

Negative desires can cause no evil if you do not allow yourself to be seduced by them.

Whatsoever that be within us that feels, thinks, desires and animates is something celestial, divine and consequently imperishable.

Industry need not wish.