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Quotes About Desire

When you fall for someone not even reason can help you up.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
I will tell him that I've always thought he was a monster. And that I want to be his bride
~ Yangzee Choo
Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.
~ Ingrid Bergman
May Allah steal from you All that steals you from Him.
~ Rabia Basri
Somebody once said we never know what is enough until we know what's more than enough.
~ Billie Holiday
You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.
~ Andrew Davidson
O Lord... Once I wanted You so much I didn't even dare walk past Your house- And now I am not even worthy to be let in
~ Rabia Basri
It must be obvious...that there is a contradiction in wanting to be perfectly secure in a universe whose very nature is momentariness and fluidity.
~ Shunryu Suzuki
The only real limitation on your abilities is the level of your desires. If you want it badly enough, there are no limits on what you can achieve.
~ Brian Tracy
More! More! is the cry of a mistaken soul.
~ William Blake
Do you know at this very moment you are surrounded by eternity? And do you know that you can use that eternity if you so desire?
~ Carlos Castaneda
The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.
~ Maya Angelou
When you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it.
~ Socrates
Kisses are a better fate than wisdom.
~ e. e. cummings
The root of suffering is attachment
~ Gautama Buddha
Greed is permanent slavery
~ Ali ibn Abi Talib
The poor long for riches, the rich long for heaven, but the wise long for a state of tranquility.
~ Rama Swami
If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.
~ Benjamin Franklin
The biggest human temptation is... to settle for too little.
~ Thomas Merton
It is passion that makes man live; wisdom makes one only last.
~ Nicolas Chamfort
Every evil, harm and suffering in this life comes from the love of riches.
~ St. Catherine of Siena
Your part is to awaken your desire to accomplish your worthy objectives. Then whip your will into action until it follows the way of wisdom that is shown to you.
~ Paramahansa Yogananda
A pain stabbed my heart as it did every time I saw a girl I loved who was going the opposite direction in this too-big world.
~ Jack Kerouac
Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it.
~ George Bernard Shaw