Desire Quotes (1093 Quotes)

There's a lack of desire to do anything. It's not going to be until March that we get a really good idea about what kind of time table were looking at with Iraq.

If the world were extremely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world, and a desire to enjoy the world. That makes it hard to plan the day.

In history an additional result is commonly produced by human actions beyond that which they aim at and obtain -- that which they immediately recognize and desire. They gratify their own interest but something further is thereby accomplished, latent in the actions in question, though not present to their consciousness, and not included in their design.

Keep out of the Sight of Feasts and Banquets as much as may be for 'tis more difficult to refrain good Cheer, when it's present, than from the Desire of it when it is away the like you may observe in the Objects of all the other Senses.

America is, therefore the land of the future, where, in the ages that lie before us, the burden of the World's history shall reveal itself. It is a land of desire for all those who are weary of the historical lumber-room of Old Europe.

I thought our seniors' focus and desire was excellent. They put it on the line today, but it just wasn't enough.

He's going to play a big part on this team this year. I don't think it's fair to put too much pressure on him but we're looking for him to probably be a No. 1 centre and I think he has what it takes to do it and he certainly has the desire so it's going to be fun to watch him this year.

I think that when John started out, he had the desire to be a voice on the radio, but he didn't anticipate a grueling tour schedule and all that. I don't think he necessarily wanted to play live. I had a book listing the gigs that they played back then, and it was unbelievable. In the late '60s he was still driving to concerts himself.

Two hungry wolves do not do so much havoc to a flock of sheep as greed and desire do to one's religion.

I love to dance. But I don't like being up in front of tons of people. I didn't have the desire to be performing in front of a lot of people. So it wasn't something I ever seriously considered.

Iran is not exactly the type of nation that people just happen to end up in. People seem to have a desire to go there, and our concern is that the desire can be matched by a government that allows them to be there.

s holding them back and move ahead in the creative direction they desire.

The Bible, as a revelation from God, was not designed to give us all the information we might desire, nor to solve all the questions about which the human soul is perplexed, but to impart enough to be a safe guide to the haven of eternal rest.

The more wild and incredible your desire, the more willing and prompt God is in fulfilling it, if you will have it so.

Nabokov manipulates the reader into really experiencing this wild desire, and you forget that Humbert Humbert is lusting after young girls. After finishing the novel, I felt like I'd just eaten an entire box of candy.

I've understood the desire for a sequel, because I hear it all the time from my family and everyone I run into at a Starbucks.

My driving force has always been the desire to win tournaments and my body no longer has what it takes.

I'm not coaching my kids to take the initiative when the step onto the mat and I take the blame for that. I haven't instilled the desire in my kids to take the lead - and it was those close losses that ended up making the difference tonight.

Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.

There is often less danger in the things we fear than in the things we desire.

If I discover within myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world

(Assistant coach Johnny Kidd) put the keys to the game on the board before the game, which is important. But I said, 'You've got to remember, 90 percent of your brain has got to be filled with heart and desire.' You've got to respect the basketball and do the technical things, but you've got to play with a lot of heart.

An original is a creation motivated by desire. Any reproduction of an originals motivated be necessity. It is marvelous that we are the only species that creates gratuitous forms. To create is divine, to reproduce is human.

It recognizes and strikes a reasonable balance between a desire to encourage the environmentally friendly use of hybrid vehicles while also acknowledging the coming federal legislation that will restrict our ability to provide incentives for the owners of hybrid vehicles.

My secret ambition was always to provide music for animation films: something with an Indian theme, either a fairy tale or mythological tale or on the Krishna theme. I still have a very deep desire, but these sorts of chances don't always come.

This has been an excellent opportunity for Mark to meet with the public that has supported him right from the start. It also gave me a chance to talk with people who have clearly expressed a desire to see OPPS in every police agency across this country.

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

It's the desire of Monsanto to pursue global control and total control over the American alfalfa seed industry.

The key that unlocks energy is ''Desire.'' It's also the key to a long and interesting life. If we expect to create any drive, any real force within ourselves, we have to get excited.

The conscious mind is engrossed in sexual desire, anger and Maya.

Work is doing what you now enjoy for the sake of a future which you clearly see and desire. Drudgery is doing under strain what you don't now enjoy and for no end that you can now appreciate.

For me, the desire exists less to get myself a degree than to just go and have the whole college experience, and throw myself into the brain pool and see if I can swim.

It helps to have the world's most beautiful beaches and a community that's willing to support the festivities. We've demonstrated an excitement and a desire to exceed whatever the NCAA expects.

The nature of the movies is different than it was five years ago, and they're all driven by the possibilities of CGI, which means you can make anything happen on screen that you can possibly desire.

It has never been a question that this area should be served by sanitary sewers but as the 1994 Act 537 plan approved by the DEP states this should happen when funding is available. We as supervisors have a desire to resolve the issues in a way that is most beneficial and cost effective.

Desire is individual. Happiness is common.

Those who desire to become rich, desire it at once.

I want everybody to understand that my emotions fuel my competitive desire. They are a source of energy for me. However, I have let my emotions get the best of my judgment.

It is the desire of our hearts, and as we believe God's will under this dispensation, that all the children of God should be gathered together as such, and, consequently, as not of the world.

Chris was very improved, and our No. 2 scorer. He shot well in the second half of the season and made good decisions. He played with a lot of pride and desire. And Jeff had a good season for us. He defended hard and gave his best effort every night. I was very proud of Jeff.

Desire is the essence of a man.

All fashions are charming, or rather relatively charming, each one being a new striving, more or less well conceived, after beauty, an approximate statement of an ideal, the desire for which constantly teases the unsatisfied human mind.

I don't come in with the desire to change anything particular or with a special vision to go anywhere different from where we've been. I want to build on the excellence on what's been there. I'm looking forward to building on what we've had.

I really believe in teamwork and competitiveness. I want competitive people. I want people who want to win. I am really competitive, almost too competitive. So I really want them to be competitive and have the desire to win.

When I started out, I didn't have any desire to be an actress or to learn how to act. I just wanted to be famous.

By far the greatest part of those goods which are the objects of desire, are procured by labour; and they may be multiplied, not in one country alone, but in many, almost without any assignable limit, if we are disposed to bestow the labour necessary to obtain them.

He had the strength and the desire and the passion and all that sort of thing within his game. He also had authority. If he was running with the ball, there was no way that you would even think of taking it off him.

The changing face of pharmacy will be increasingly evident in the next five to 10 years with more women in the work force, the potential for more part-time work by pharmacists and the desire of pharmacists to spend more time on counseling and other patient services.

REASON, v.i. To weight probabilities in the scales of desire.

Self is ingenious, crooked, and, governed by subtle and snaky desire, admits of endless turnings and qualifications, and the deluded worshippers of self vainly imagine that they can gratify every worldly desire, and at the same time possess the Truth