It is my desire, in the office of a Christian minister, to do nothing which I cannot do with my whole heart. Having said this, I have said all. Ralph Waldo Emerson American Poet More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes 54
The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit. Ralph Waldo Emerson American Poet More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes 54
A man's desire is for the woman, but the woman's desire is rarely other than for the desire of the man. Samuel Taylor Coleridge English Poet More Samuel Taylor Coleridge Quotes 4
If you desire to be good, begin by believing that you are wicked. Epictetus Greek Philosopher More Epictetus Quotes 4
Hard times arouse an instinctive desire for authenticity. Coco Chanel French Designer More Coco Chanel Quotes 4
Desire increases when fulfillment is postponed. Pierre Corneille French Dramatist More Pierre Corneille Quotes 3
A memory is a beautiful thing, it's almost a desire that you miss. Gustave Flaubert French Novelist More Gustave Flaubert Quotes 3
I believe that God has planted in every heart the desire to live in freedom. George W. Bush American President More George W. Bush Quotes 3
If you desire many things, many things will seem few. Benjamin Franklin American Politician More Benjamin Franklin Quotes 3
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. Anne Sullivan American Educator More Anne Sullivan Quotes 3
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. C.S. Lewis British Scholar More C.S. Lewis Quotes 3
Success is focusing the full power of all you are on what you have a burning desire to achieve. Wilfred Peterson More Wilfred Peterson Quotes 3
Kindness is an inner desire that makes us want to do good things even if we do not get anything in return. It is the joy of our life to do them. When we do good things from this inner desire, there is kindness in everything we think, say, want and do. Emanuel Swedenborg More Emanuel Swedenborg Quotes 2
The world is burning in the fire of desire, in greed, arrogance and excessive ego. Sri Guru Granth Sahib More Sri Guru Granth Sahib Quotes 2
All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion and desire. Aristotle Ancient Greek Philosopher More Aristotle Quotes 2
True ambition is not what we thought it was. True ambition is the profound desire to live usefully and walk humbly under the grace of God. Bill Wilson More Bill Wilson Quotes 2
Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire. Confucius Chinese Philosopher More Confucius Quotes 2
Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse; it is the principal means of escape from the loneliness which afflicts most men and women throughout the greater part of their lives. Bertrand Russell British Philosopher More Bertrand Russell Quotes 2
We desire an expansion of relations with regional states and the establishment of extensive public contacts. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Iranian Statesman More Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Quotes 2
There is a great interest in comparative religion and a desire to understand faiths other than our own and even to experiment with exotic cults. Emily Greene Balch American Educator More Emily Greene Balch Quotes 1
I have no desire to take all black people back to Africa; there are blacks who are no good here and will likewise be no good there. Marcus Garvey Jamaican Publisher More Marcus Garvey Quotes 1
What everyone in the astronaut corps shares in common is not gender or ethnic background, but motivation, perseverance, and desire - the desire to participate in a voyage of discovery. Ellen Ochoa American Astronaut More Ellen Ochoa Quotes 1
If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War. George Washington American President More George Washington Quotes 1
The desire to die was my one and only concern; to it I have sacrificed everything, even death. Emile M. Cioran Romanian Philosopher More Emile M. Cioran Quotes 1
Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead. Ambrose Bierce American Journalist More Ambrose Bierce Quotes 1