Quotes about Desire
And certainly, the mistakes that we male and female mortals make when we have our own way might fairly raise some wonder that we are so fond of it.
— George Eliot
The wealth required by nature is limited and is easy to procure; but the wealth required by vain ideals extends to infinity.
— Epicurus
The nature of the leadership spirit is the inherent desire of all mankind to control and regulate both environment and circumstance.
— Myles Munroe
All achievement, no matter what may be its nature, or its purpose, must begin with an intense, burning desire for something definite.
— Napoleon Hill
Now he found out a new thing--namely, that to promise not to do a thing is the surest way in the world to make a body want to go and do that very thing.
— Mark Twain
A wish is an attitude of mind to which wings have been attached. You wish and you dream, and your whole nature focuses to bring your wishes and dreams to pass.
— Norman Vincent Peale
Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature .
— Charles Dickens
The perfect joys of heaven do not satisfy the cravings of nature.
— William Hazlitt
The flesh, or human nature, is generally lazy and self-centered.
— Joyce Meyer
Let us give ourselves indiscriminately to everything our passions suggest, and we will always be happy…Conscience is not the voice of Nature but only the voice of prejudice.
— Marquis de Sade
There is not a person we employ who does not, like ourselves, desire recognition, praise, gentleness, forbearance, patience.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Desire to see God, be fearful of losing Him, and find joy in everything that can lead to Him. If you act in this way, you will always live in great peace.
— Teresa of Avila