“Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy.”
“There's nothing like desire to prevent the things one says from having any resemblance to the things in one's mind.”
“Want is one only of five giants on the road of reconstruction; the others are Disease, Ignorance, Squalor, and Idleness.”
“The more wild and incredible your desire, the more willing and prompt God is in fulfilling it, if you will have it so.''”
“Desire and force between them are responsible for all our actions; desire causes our voluntary acts, force our involuntary.”
“Dreams do come true, if we only wish hard enough, You can have anything in life if you will sacrifice everything else for it.”
“I honestly believed I would make it. I had the desire. A lot of people have the ability, but they don't put forth the effort.”
“If you do not develop the hunger and courage to pursue your goal, you will lose your nerve and you will give up on your dream.”
“Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.”
“In all ranks of life the human heart yearns for the beautiful; and the beautiful things that God makes are his gift to all alike.”
“Plant the seed of desire in your mind and it forms a nucleus with power to attract to itself everything needed for its fulfillment.”
“I never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding.”
“I can teach anybody how to get what they want out of life. The problem is that I can't find anybody who can tell me what they want.”
“By annihilating the desires, you annihilate the mind. Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act.”
“The battle is all over except the ''shouting'' when one knows what is wanted and has made up his mind to get it, whatever the price may be.”
“I have always believed that anybody with a little guts and the desire to apply himself can make it, can make anything he wants to make of himself.”
“Where there is no power... there is never any desire to do a thing; and where there is strong desire to do a thing... the power to do it is strong.”
“This gift is from God and not of man's deserving. But certainly no one ever receives such a great grace without tremendous labor and burning desire.”
“First the stalk -- then the roots. First the need -- then the means to satisfy that need. First the nucleus -- then the elements needed for its growth.”
“I know that if I ever go looking for my heart's desire, I'll never go any further than my own back yard. For if it isn't there, I never really lost it.”
“There is nothing capricious in nature and the implanting of a desire indicates that its gratification is in the constitution of the creature that feel it.”
“You will live your life secure in that you are no longer manipulated by what other people want you to do and be, but are directed by your own inner desires.”
“An intense anticipation itself transforms possibility into reality; our desires being often but precursors of the things which we are capable of performing.”
“One essential to success is that your desire be an all-obsessing one, your thoughts and aim be coordinated, and your energy be concentrated and applied without letup.”
“Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achievement muscle. It's a strengthening of his powers of accomplishment.”
“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.”
“The desire is thy prayers; and if thy desire is without ceasing, thy prayer will also be without ceasing. The continuance of your longing is the continuance of your prayer.”
“The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.”
“You can have anything you want if you want it desperately enough. You must want it with an inner exuberance that erupts through the skin and joins the energy that created the world.”
“The key that unlocks energy is ''Desire.'' It's also the key to a long and interesting life. If we expect to create any drive, any real force within ourselves, we have to get excited.”