Desire Quotes - Page 94

Lack of desire is the greatest riches.

The greater part of progress is the desire to progress.

No one can have all he desires.

I find that when you see somebody in the tabloids all the time, you have no desire to see them in movies.

I had a desire to prove to myself that I was actually in control - that I wasnt a puppet.

One should cultivate human values for healthy living. this calls for harmony in thought, word and deed. When you cultivate this harmony you will be free from desires and fears.

Study the lives of our great women, who were models of patience, fortitude, compassion and sacrifice. I desire that you should take up the reins of leadership and bring peace and prosperity to the nation by leading ideal lives.

You are still in 100% body con­sciousness. Do not stay with this body conscious­ness. Remove that. What will remain will be Atma-consciousness. Then there will be no anger, no ha­tred, no envy, no jealousy, no hunger, no desire . . . only complete Ananda . . . only bliss, bliss, bliss!

Not every one of our desires can be immediately gratified. We’ve got to learn to wait patiently for our dreams to come true, especially on the path we’ve chosen.

I don't have a driving desire to be all encompassing and world powerful or anything.

I have no desire to maintain a lifestyle. I am a horrible celebrity. If I am out in public I dress like a pig.

A man's desire is for the woman, but the woman's desire is rarely other than for the desire of the man.

An intense anticipation itself transforms possibility into reality; our desires being often but precursors of the things which we are capable of performing.

The present time is seldom able to fill desire or imagination with immediate enjoyment, and we are forced to supply its deficiencies by recollection or anticipation.

It is not the desire of new acquisitions, but the glory of conquests, that fires the soldier's breast; as indeed the town is seldom worth much, when it has suffered the devastations of a siege.

Our desires always increase with our possessions. The knowledge that something remains yet unenjoyed impairs our enjoyment of the good before us.

The desires of man increase with his acquisitions.

Where necessity ends, desire and curiosity begin; and no sooner are we supplied with everything nature can demand than we sit down to contrive artificial appetites.

Repulsion is the sentry that guards the gate to all that we most desire.

Vertigo is the conflict between the fear of falling and the desire to fall.

This very moment I may, if I desire, become the friend of God.

I am who I am and there’s nothing wrong with that. The days continue like they always have. They bring neither excessive desire nor despair. Nothing’s changed. Yet I’m overwhelmed with a sense of fulfillment. I’m right here. You’re over there. If I’m your savior, then you’re mine

In the pursuit of education, individual desire is more influential than institution, and personal faith more forceful than faculty.

Life is for action, and if we desire to know anything, we must make up our minds to be ignorant about much.

I've learned from my experience that desire is 80% of achievement. That if you really, really want something, if you really, really, really want to do something, that the vast majority of achieving it is wanting it. I mean, really wanting it. Not a preference, and not, "Gee, I hope this." I mean really wanting it. It is the desire that makes you do what you have to do to achieve.