Desire Quotes - Page 9

• The desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman is for the desire of the man.

  Madame de Stael

  Men, He Man, Personal Desire

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• What I want to know from students, and I ask them right away, is, 'What do you want? I don't care what it is. I want to help you get it.

  Peter Schjeldahl

  Care, Want, Helping

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• A man of but mediocre talent who is furiously driven by deep desire will get somewhere. He who doesn't desire deeply isn't hurt much by failure.

  Harvey Dunn

  Hurt, Men, Talent

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• Merely knowing your craft will never be enough to make a picture. If you ever amount to anything at all, it will be because you were true to that deep desire or ideal which made you seek artistic expression in pictures.

  Harvey Dunn

  Expression, Knowing, Crafts

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• I had the desire to paint the figure without actually painting the figure.

  Nathan Oliveira

  Painting, Paint, Figures

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• People hunger for more attention. Full attention will be the aphrodisiac of the future.

  Linda Stone

  People, Attention, Aphrodisiac

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• Draw and paint the subject the way you want it to be, not as it is.

  Gerald Brommer

  Want, Way, Paint

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• I have a voracious appetite for images I can translate.

  Wanda Koop

  Appetite, Translate, I Can

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• Desires are only the lack of something: and those who have the greatest desires are in a worse condition than those who have none, or very slight ones.

  Plato

  Conditions

  Plato, Catholic Way Publishing (2015). “The Plato Collection [47 Books]”, p.1219, Catholic Way Publishing

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• Every desire bears its death in its very gratification. Curiosity languishes under repeated stimulants, and novelties cease to excite and surprise, until at length we cannot wonder even at a miracle.

  Washington Irving

  Miracle, Curiosity, Bears

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• We pursue that which retreats from us.

  Bill Vaughan

  Retreat, Pursue

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• We trifle when we assign limits to our desires, since nature hath set none.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Nature, Literature, Limits

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• The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire.

  Ferdinand Foch

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  "The 32nd Infantry Division in World War II". Book by Harold Whittle Blakeley, 1957.

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• Ardent love or desire introduced, as passionately longing to please and glorify the Divine Being, to be in every respect conformed to him, and in that way to enjoy him.

  David Brainerd

  Way, Longing, Divine

  David Brainerd (1824). “The Life of the Rev. David Brainerd, Missionary to the Indians, from the Society in Scotland, for Propagating Christian Knowledge: Who Died at Northampton, in New-England, October 9, 1747, in the 30th Year of His Age”, p.291

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• The difficulty we have in accepting responsibility for our behavior lies in the desire to avoid the pain of the consequences of that behavior.

  M. Scott Peck

  Pain, Lying, Responsibility

  M. Scott Peck (2002). “The Road Less Traveled, 25th Anniversary Edition: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values, and Spiritual Growth”, p.42, Simon and Schuster

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• To desire and strive to be of some service to the world, to aim at doing something which shall really increase the happiness and welfare and virtue of mankind - this is a choice which is possible for all of us; and surely it is a good haven to sail for.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Choices, Sailing, World

  Henry Van Dyke (2007). “Counsels by the Way”, p.28, Wildside Press LLC

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• What do you want a meaning for? Life is a desire, not a meaning.

  Charlie Chaplin

  Wicked World, Want, Life Is

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• The desire for success lubricates secret prostitution in the soul.

  Norman Mailer

  Soul, Secret, Prostitution

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• What makes the engine go? Desire, desire, desire.

  Stanley Kunitz

  Football, Passion, Engines

  "The Gardener" by Dana Goodyear, www.newyorker.com. September 1, 2003.

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• There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere.

  Nelson Mandela

  Freedom, Shadow Of Death, Easy

  Nelson Mandela, Robin Malan (1997). “The Essential Nelson Mandela”, David Philip

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• Each man has his own desires; all do not possess the same inclinations.

  Aulus Persius Flaccus

  Men, Inclination

  "The satires of Persius". Book by Persius, 1799.

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• A burning desire is the greatest motivator of every human action. The desire for success implants 'success consciousness' which, in turn, creates a vigorous and ever-increasing 'habit of success'.

  Paul J. Meyer

  Burning, Action, Consciousness

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• Men in general desire the good and not merely what their fathers had.

  Aristotle

  Father, Men

  Aristotle (2016). “Politics”, p.62, Aristotle

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• If you desire many things, many things will seem few.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Poor Richard, Seems, Ifs

  Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac”, p.24, Nayika Publishing

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• Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you ready or not, to put this plan into action.

  Napoleon Hill

  Inspirational, Life, Strength

  Napoleon Hill (2015). “Think and grow rich: Brazilian edition”, p.29, CDG Edições e Publicações LTDA

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