Desire Quotes - Page 66

Dreams come true when desire transforms into concrete actions.

To increase desires to an unbearable level whilst making the fulfillment of them more and more inaccessible: this was the single principle upon which Western society was based.

Hollywood desires money but they could not stand the political content.

Since science is essentially objective, involving the study of how things actually are, "materialism" would therefore seem to be its antithesis, since its starting point is the desire to impose upon the natural world a particular and limited way of looking at it.

The stronger and more intense my desire becomes to capture and record that which is unsayable, the more tightly my mouth stays shut.

God's Word must be the guide of your desires and the ground of your expectations in prayer.

If the desires are not controlled now, later they will control you.

And so you try your best. Sometimes you go in with one thing, with one desire and come out with something else. In the case of 'The Aviator' it was to create a Hollywood spectacle, but by about the second or third week of shooting you just want to literally survive it. Because don't forget, I also go through the editing process too, and when the film is released I have to talk about it. So, I take all of that very seriously.

Going after the unknown is always fascinating, I think. It becomes part of your life, this desire to know.

The desire to be singular and to astonish by ways out of the common seems to me to be the source of many virtues.

One must desire something to be alive.

There's nothing like desire to prevent the things one says from having any resemblance to the things in one's mind.

I feel that God wants me to coach; otherwise, he wouldn't have put the desire in me.

Music is the career Im lucky enough to get paid for, but I have other desires and passions.

The sage seeks freedom from desire. He does not collect precious things. He learns not to hold on to ideas. He brings men back to what they have lost.

Without desire there is stillness, and the world settles by itself.

The cause of freedom is identified with the destinies of humanity, and in whatever part of the world it gains ground by and by, it will be a common gain to all those who desire it.

Desire for God without doctrine is blind; doctrine without desire is empty.

A problem only exists if there is a difference between what is actually happening and what you desire to be happening.

The territorialism and desire to possess things comes directly from the ego, which strives to own and control things. Your spirit already knows you own nothing. It is a matter of realizing that your happiness does not depend on your ownership of things. They help you in your journey but they are not the journey itself.

Striving for longevity through versatility facilitates what we might call an ecological or true materialism. ... we are not truly materialist because we fail to invest deep or sacred meanings in material goods. Instead, our materialism connotes an unbounded desire to acquire followed by a throwaway mentality. True materialism could become part of a new ecological consciousness.

... our natural Will is to have God, and the Good Will of God is to have us; and we may never cease from willing nor from longing till we have Him in fullness of joy: and then may we no more desire.

When we enter into a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, something wonderful happens: God begins to change our desires, and we want to be more like Him.

Wisdom in relationships involves a selfless desire to do what's best for the other person.

Her desire for fame is like her hair. It keeps getting bigger. [on Diana Ross