Desire Quotes

You retire, but you're still aching to play. But in order to play, you have to resist certain temptations, and train hard. And I just didn't have the desire to do that any more.

I choose not to give energy to the emotions of revenge, hatred or the desire to subjugate.

James Cagney, Steve McQueen, I loved all those guys. I grew up loving the movies but had no desire to be in them.

It is the sincere desire of the writer that our citizens should early understand that the genuine source of correct republican principles is the bible, particularly the New Testament or the Christian religion.

The true way to gain much, is never to desire to gain too much.

I always feel more comfortable in chaotic surroundings. I don't know why that is. I think order is dull. There is something about this kind of desire for order, particularly in Anglo Saxon cultures, that drive out this ability for the streets to become a really exotic, amorphous, chaotic, organic place where ideas can, basically, develop.

The real issue is not talent as an independent element, but talent in relationship to will, desire, and persistence. Talent without these things vanishes and even modest talent with those characteristics grows.

If men could regard the events of their own lives with more open minds, they would frequently discover that they did not really desire the things they failed to obtain.

I began the study of medicine, impelled by a desire for knowledge of facts and of man. The resolution to do disciplined work tied me to both laboratory and clinic for a long time to come.

Means must be subsidiary to ends and to our desire for dignity and value.

I don't have any particular burning desire to go back to being cuddly. Not really.

As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent; whence must necessarily arise a desire of attaining knowledge with the greatest possible ease.

Even as a child I had a strong relationship with yearning and desire. And loss. Those things spoke to me.

Some people are filled by compassion and a desire to do good, and some simply don't think anything's going to make a difference.

Dreams can become a reality when we possess a vision that is characterized by the willingness to work hard, a desire for excellence, and a belief in our right and our responsiblity to be equal members of society.

It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government.

We desire an expansion of relations with regional states and the establishment of extensive public contacts.

If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are not the same as truth.

In every living thing there is the desire for love.

Free nations with different histories, economies and a vast amount of stubborn pride will never achieve complete agreement, even when they desire the same objectives.

You might think that it would he the natural desire of every man to develop as an independent personality, but this does not seem to be true.

Yes, love indeed is light from heaven; A spark of that immortal fire with angels shared, by Allah given to lift from earth our low desire.

It's a great mistake, I think, to put children off with falsehoods and nonsense, when their growing powers of observation and discrimination excite in them a desire to know about things.

I used to desire many, many things, but now I have just one desire, and that's to get rid of all my other desires.

The positives of retiring outweighed the positives of returning and my desire to still play.

One of the things that has always motivated me to write is the desire to get it out and look at it in an objective way, so that it doesn't cause me any serious pain by staying inside.

Good means not merely not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.

We were now back at Smith Landing, and fired with a desire to make another Buffalo expedition on which we should have ampler time and cover more than a mere corner of the range.

I do believe that reading can help you understand what you're writing and see what others are doing. But sometimes the desire for more information can act as an inhibitor.

In economics, hope and faith coexist with great scientific pretension and also a deep desire for respectability.