Quotes About Desire

Joy, grief, desire or fear, whate'er the name The passion bears, its influence is the same; Where things exceed your hope or fall below, You stare, look blank, grow numb from top to toe.

He who has few things to desire cannot have many to fear.

He doesn't mind if he dies... indeed, he would like to die; but yet he fears to fall. He would welcome a long sleep; but not at the price of falling to it.

Where then shall hope and fear their objects find?

To hell with pleasure that's haunted by fear!

Fear can be headier than whiskey once man has acquired a taste for it.

Who has fear? The one who has greed has fear.

One must consider that it is never too late, and as long as you have breath in you to live, you have strength in you to fight for what you really desire in life.

If you do what you need, you're surviving. If you do what you want, you're living.

I think that if we look for love courageously, it reveals itself, and we wind up attracting even more love. If one person really wants us, everyone does. But if we are alone, we become even more alone. Life is strange.

The first step to getting what you want is having the courage to get rid of what you don't.

A life devoted to seeking pleasure, is a life committed to being discontent.

Every time we give, we are experiencing life at its fullest, filled with a desire to do more.

Most people search for miracles, leaving no stone unturned, but never find them. Therefore, losing faith in God. But miracles are defined all around us whether it's through chance or a deep desire of hindrance. Like the miracle of new life; the innocence of a baby in a world full of madness.

If you're not willing to fight for the things you want and deserve in life then you never really wanted or deserved them to begin with.

We may not always get what we desire but we shall always get what we deserve.

Your identity is grounded in your desire to help produce positive, meaningful, and long-lasting change in your life.

Selfishness is not living your life as you wish to live it. Selfishness is wanting others to live their lives as you wish them to.

Money can't buy happiness. But it sure makes misery easier to live with.

Stop chasing what your mind wants and you'll get what your soul needs.

You know all those things you've wanted to do? You should go do them.

You can't lose what yo never had, you can't keep what not yours, and you can't hold on to something that doesn't want to stay.

Sometimes you forgive someone only because you still want them in your life because you can't help but loving them still.

The hardest choice in life is usually between what you want, and what you deserve.