Quotes About Desire

Wanting is the beginning of getting.

I still remember the five points of salesmanship: attention, interest, conviction, desire and close.

The secret to desire in a long-term relationship

We are formed by what we desire

A child's appetite for new toys appeal to the desire for ownership and appropriation: the appeal of toys comes to lie not in their use but in their status as possessions.

A wish is a desire without energy

Complete adaptation to environment means death. The essential point in all response is the desire to control environment.

Every artist would like to live in the central organ of creation... Not all are destined to get there... but our beating hearts drive us deep down, right into the pit of creation.

I am dragged along by a strange new force. Desire and reason are pulling in different directions. I see the right way and approve it, but follow the wrong.

Combine your mental images with the emotion of desire to accelerate their realization.

Say to yourself, 'I'm here on purpose, I can accomplish anything I desire, and I do it by being in harmony with the all-pervading creative force in the universe.

Men freely believe that which they desire.

I spin worlds where we could be together. I dream you. For me, imagination and desire are very close.

If men could regard the events of their own lives with more open minds, they would frequently discover that they did not really desire the things they failed to obtain.

When the desire is on for one particular person, nobody else will do.

The desire for gold is the most universal and deeply rooted commercial instinct of the human race.

If you have a burning ambition and desire, absolutely anything can be achieved.

This missile test reflects India's mindset, ... India's desire to control the subcontinent will never become a reality.

To increase desires to an unbearable level whilst making the fulfillment of them more and more inaccessible: this was the single principle upon which Western society was based.

If we discover a desire within us that nothing in this world can satisfy, also we should begin to wonder if perhaps we were created for another world.

The forces you are struggling with, that you feel are holding you back - are illusions. They are not real - they never have been. See only the good that you desire in your mind.

Sensuality reconciles us with the human race. The misanthropy of the old is due in large part to the fading of the magic glow of desire.

Anyone can desire anything, but if you're not going to commit, you're not getting it.

Within every desire is the mechanics of its fulfillment.