Quotes About Desire

Everybody wants to go to heaven; but nobody wants to die.

Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion.

What hunger is in relation to food, zest is in relation to life

You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you might find, you get what you need

A life based on reason will always require to be balanced by an occasional bout of violent and irrational emotion, for instinctual drives must be satisfied

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

Consider any individual at any period of his life, and you will always find him preoccupied with fresh plans to increase his comfort.

Your biggest fantasy is walking away from the life (they think) you lead.

As long as men are liable to die and are desirous to live, a physician will be made fun of, but he will be well paid

There comes a time in every rightly constructed boy's life that he has a raging desire to go somewhere and dig for hidden treasure

The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want.

Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul.

This life is a hospital in which every patient is possessed with a desire to change his bed.

Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else.

The fundamental desire of life is the desire to exist.

Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; the best of life is but intoxication.

One great question underlies our experience, whether we think about it or not: what is the purpose of life? From the moment of birth every human being wants happiness and does not want suffering. Neither social conditioning nor education nor ideology affects this. From the very core of our being, we simply desire contentment. Therefore, it is important to discover what will bring about the greatest degree of happiness.

A happy life is one spent in learning, earning, and yearning.

Kindness is an inner desire that makes us want to do good things even if we do not get anything in return. It is the joy of our life to do them. When we do good things from this inner desire, there is kindness in everything we think, say, want and do.

There are moments in your life when you really miss someone that you want to pick them from your dreams and hug them for real. Hope you dream of that someone.

Dreams are necessary to life.

If there is sin against life, it consists¦ in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life.

I go to sleep to dream because you are my dream. Now, that I have you, my life needs no rest.

Strong hope is a much greater stimulant of life than any realized joy could be.