Quotes About Desire

The desire to be lucky is universal.

To continue to be lucky is my great desire.

Only a great desire for wealth. Besides this, nothing.

Preceding accomplishment must be desire. Thy desires must be strong and definite. General desires are but weak longings. For a man to wish to be rich is of little purpose. For a man to desire five pieces of gold is a tangible desire which he can press to fulfillment.

four buyers rushed out in search of flocks.

he accepts not opportunity when she comes. He waits. He says I have much business right now. Bye and bye I talk to you. Opportunity, she will not wait for such slow fellow. She thinks if a man desires to be lucky he will step quick. Any man not step quick when opportunity comes, he big procrastinator like our friend, this merchant.

El deseo debe preceder a la realización. Vuestros deseos tienen que ser fuertes y bien definidos. Los deseos vagos no son más que débiles deseos.

Wise are thy words, my friend, responded the buyer. Good luck fled from procrastination in both these tales. Yet, this is not unusual. The spirit of procrastination is within all men. We desire riches; yet, how often when opportunity doth appear before us, that spirit of procrastination from within doth urge various delays in our acceptance. In listening to it we do become our own worst enemies.

We are weary of being without gold in the midst of plenty. We wish to become men of means.

This desire is inherent in the human race.

The walls of Babylon were an outstanding example of man's need and desire for protection.

Only a great desire for wealth.

si quería obtener lo que deseaba necesitaría dedicar tiempo y estudio. »En cuanto al tiempo, todos los hombres lo tienen en abundancia.

I desired it be round and full, clinking with the sound of gold.

That is good. And what do you do with the rental?' "I do have a great feast with honey and fine wine and spiced cake. Also I have bought me a scarlet tunic. And some day I shall buy me a young ass upon which to ride.

ACTION will lead thee forward to the successes thou dost desire.

Dejadme escapar de la mentirosa y criminal ilusión de la felicidad! Dadme trabajo, cansancio, dolor y entusiasmo.

Ach, das ist süß. Das unbestimmte Leiden der Seele, die sucht, wartet, sich sehnt, sich selbst nicht kennt, die die Wunder des künftigen Lebens erbaut und die Trümmer des verflossenen wiederaufrichtet, dieses zarte, traurige Streben nach einem unbekannten Gut, das sich nie offenbart und nie erschöpft, all das ist das Leben der Seele. Unglücklich sind diejenigen, die das nicht wissen und ihren Ehrgeiz auf irdische Güter lenken!

Often a heart capable of loving seeks in vain where to bestow its love, and comes forth pure of all earthly passions, perhaps to find a place in heaven. Ah! when God vouchsafes to us on earth that profound, passionate, ineffable sentiment, we must no longer desire or hope for paradise, Juliette; for paradise is the blending of two hearts in a kiss of love. And when we have found it here on earth, what matters it whether it be in the arms of a saint or of one of the damned?

Quoique mon être ait subi des modifications et passé par des phases d'action et de réaction, comme tous les êtres pensants, il est au fond toujours le même : besoin de croire, soif de connaître, plaisir d'aimer.

I'm not a bad guy. If only I could stop hoping. If only I could say to my heart: Give up. Be alone forever. There's always opera. There's angel-food cake and neighborhood children caroling, and the look of autumn leaves on a wet roof. But no. My heart's some kind of idiotic fishing bobber.

That's it for me. I'm fucked. As per usual. Always the bridesmaid, never the bride. Although come to think of it I was never even the freaking bridesmaid. Look, show your cock. It's the shortest line between two points. The world ain't giving away nice lives. You got a trust fund? You a genius? Show your cock. It's what you got.

And then she kissed me with a kiss I can only describe as melting

Show your cock, she says, and dies again.