Quotes About Desire

In the desire of the One to know Himself, We exist.

Love is the effort and desire to make someone else everything they were created to be.

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

Art is not only the desire to tell one's secret; it is the desire to tell it and hide it at the same time.

The desire to be self-supporting and financially independent is a divine desire

The discipline of desire is the background of character.

What is the single most important quality in a tennis champion? I would have to say desire, staying in there and winning matches when you are not playing that well.

Free from desire, you realize the mystery, caught in the desire, you see only the manifestations.

Properly understood, then, the desire to act justly derives in part from the desire to express most fully what we are or can be, namely free and equal rational beings with the liberty to choose.

The end of desire is the end of sorrow.

Capture the feeling associated with your realized wish by assuming the feeling that would be yours were you already in possession of the thing you desire, and your wish will objectify itself.

In retrospect I can see that my desire to create abstractions has become more and more radical. Art should not be delivering a report on reality, but should be looking at what's behind something.

I always feel the desire to look for the extraordinary in ordinary things; to suggest, not to impose, to leave always a slight touch of mystery in my paintings.

I have the normal desire, experienced by everybody who's ever flown an airplane with a certain amount of zoom capability, to go a little bit higher and a little bit faster.

Jesus, I live for Thee, I labor for Thee, I desire only Thee. Thou in me and I in Thee; Thou with me and I with Thee; Thou all mine and I all Thine.

I had that hunger, that desire, to be successful and I wasn't going to let anything stand in my way.

The will to prepare, the guts to risk, and the desire to be the best. These are trademarks of champions.

God alone and the desire of His glory - nothing else matters.

We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us.

...Everything that is, desires to be. As we act, we unfold our being. Enjoyment naturally follows, for a thing desired always brings delight.

Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire brings a small amount of heat.

How much I desire! Inside my little satchel, the moon, and flowers

Singing is as much the language of holy joy as praying is of holy desire.

Motivation comes from within each individual. It's a personal thing. It's pride, guts, desire, whatever you want to call it; some people have it in their bellies, and some don't.