Desire quotes

“Those who restrain their desires, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.” William Blake

“Energy is an eternal delight, and he who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.” William Blake

“He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.” William Blake

“It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.” Francis Bacon

“The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused men to fall.” Francis Bacon

“I am no longer sure of anything. If I satiate my desires, I sin but I deliver myself from them; if I refuse to satisfy them, they infect the whole soul.” Jean-Paul Sartre

“In giving us children, God places us in a position of both leadership and service. He calls us to give up our lives for someone else's sake - to abandon our own desires and put our child's interests first. Yet, according to His perfect design, it is through this selflessness that we can become truly fulfilled.” Charles Stanley

“I hope the millions of people I've touched have the optimism and desire to share their goals and hard work and persevere with a positive attitude.” Michael Jordan

“A lie does not consist in the indirect position of words, but in the desire and intention, by false speaking, to deceive and injure your neighbour.” Jonathan Swift

“Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old.” Jonathan Swift

“The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.” Jonathan Swift

“Stranger, if you passing meet me and desire to speak to me, why should you not speak to me? And why should I not speak to you?” Walt Whitman

“A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man.” John Adams

“Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets, and from the vagaries of the mind, and from the hard service of the flesh.” Marcus Aurelius

“Curiosity, n. An objectionable quality of the female mind. The desire to know whether or not a woman is cursed with curiosity is one of the most active and insatiable passions of the masculine soul.” Ambrose Bierce

“Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead.” Ambrose Bierce

“Duty - that which sternly impels us in the direction of profit, along the line of desire.” Ambrose Bierce

“By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.” Democritus

“The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment along the way.” Robert Kiyosaki

“Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem.” Jiddu Krishnamurti

“Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the world he lives in.” Amy Lowell