Quotes about Desire
The mind controlled by lust has an infinite capacity for rationalization.
— Kent Hughes
We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us
— Francois Rabelais
For every problem or confusion and for every desire or ambition there is an available force waiting for your call.
— Vernon Howard
I've talked to men who feel like they're overly sexual and, therefore, are attracted to any female who walks down the street. I will not excuse his activity with every female just because he feels driven in that direction.
— Tony Evans
The big thing is that you know what you want.
— Earl Nightingale
Thou art to me a delicious torment.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Give all to love; Obey thy heart....
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
A man's power to connect his thought with its proper symbol, and so to utter it, depends on the simplicity of his character, that is, upon his love of truth, and his desire to communicate it without loss.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Those who cannot tell what they desire or expect, still sigh and struggle with indefinite thoughts and vast wishes.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
There's nothing capricious in nature, and the implanting of a desire indicates that its gratification is in the constitution of the creature that feels it.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
All mankind love a lover.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson