DESIRE

Desire is individual. Happiness is common. ……Julian Casablancas

He who desires is always poor. ……Clauianus

To Desire is to obtain; to aspire is to achieve. ……James Allen

There are two tragedies in life.
One is not to get your heart's Desire;
The other is to get it. ……George Bernard Shaw

My desire is to walk with God every day …….Janine Turner

Those who restrain desire,
do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained. ……William Blake

When sages commend excess, Desire is sick. ……Mason Cooley

We Desire nothing so much as what we ought not to have. ……Publilius Syrus

The consuming Desire of most human beings is deliberately
to plant their whole life in the hands of some other person. ……Quentin Crisp

DESIRE

Desire is the very essence of man. ……Benedict de Spinoza

Wonder is the Desire for knowledge. …….Saint Thomas Aquinas

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. ……John Adams

Out of need springs Desire;
and out of desire springs the energy and the will to win. ……Denis Waitley

Desire increases when fulfillment is postponed. …….Pierre Corneille

Man is an animal which, alone among the animals,
refuses to be satisfied by the fulfillment of animal desires. ……Alexander Graham Bell

Desire is the key to motivation;
- that will enable you to attain the success you seek. …….Mario Andretti

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. …..Saint Augustine