Quotes about Desire

“All human activity is prompted by desire.”

“Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need.”

“Almost every desire a poor man has is a punishable offence.”

“If you desire many things, many things will seem but a few.”

“Life is a progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.”

“O lyric Love, half angel and half bird. And all a wonder and a wild desire.”

“I do want to get rich but I never want to do what there is to do to get rich.”

“The want of a thing is perplexing enough, but the possession of it, is intolerable.”

“It is said that desire is a product of the will, but the converse is in fact true: will is a product of desire.”

“From the desert I come to thee, On a stallion shod with fire; And the winds are left behind In the speed of my desire.”

“It belongs to the imperfection of everything human that man can only attain his desire by passing through its opposite.”

“To know what you prefer, instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive.”

“A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man.”

“You learnt that, whatever you are doing in life, obstacles don't matter very much. Pain or other circumstances can be there, but if you want to do a job bad enough, you'll find a way to get it done.”

“You gotta be hungry!”

“Desire creates the power.”

“A man must earnestly want.”

“When desire dies, fear is born.”

“Desire is the essence of a man.”

“There is a supply for every demand.”

“Desire is proof of the availability...”

“More than we use is more than we want.”

“You are what your deep driving desire is.”

“Know what you want. Become your real self.”

“Desire is the thing you want in incipiency.”

“Supply always comes on the heels of demand.”

“If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?”

“To desire is to obtain; to aspire is to achieve.”

“Events are influenced by our very great desires.”

“Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is.”