Personal Desire Quotes

• We experience ourselves our thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest. A kind of optical delusion of consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Nature

  Albert Einstein (2015). “Bite-Size Einstein: Quotations on Just About Everything from the Greatest Mind of the Twentieth Century”, p.15, St. Martin's Press

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• We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.

  Francois Rabelais

  Long, Forbidden Love, Desire

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• Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement.

  W. Clement Stone

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  "Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude". Book by W. Clement Stone and Napoleon Hill (Chapter 2: You Can Change Your World), 1960.

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  A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Beauty, Spiritual

  Letter of 1950, as quoted in "The New York Times", March 29, 1972.

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• Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek.

  Mario Andretti

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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• Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Gene Griessman, Abraham Lincoln (1998). “The Words Lincoln Lived By: 52 Timeless Principles to Light Your Path”, p.17, Simon and Schuster

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  The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment along the way.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Strength, Inspiring, Dream

  FaceBook post by Robert Kiyosaki from May 10, 2012

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• Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.

  Napoleon Hill

  Inspirational, Success, Dream

  "The Law of Success". Book by Napoleon Hill, 1928.

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  The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Positive, Success

  As quoted in"Be Free!: Keys to Success and Happiness in Every Aspect of Your Life" by Slavica Bogdanov, (p. 45), October 12, 2012.

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• One of the strongest motives that lead men to art and science is escape from everyday life with its painful crudity and hopeless dreariness, from the fetters of one's own ever-shifting desires. A finely tempered nature longs to escape from the personal life into the world of objective perception and thought.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Albert Einstein (2011). “Essays in Science”, p.11, Open Road Media

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• A finely tempered nature longs to escape from the personal life into the world of objective perception and thought.

  Albert Einstein

  Life, Wise, Nature

  Albert Einstein (2013). “Einstein's Essays in Science”, p.2, Courier Corporation

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• 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, Desire, He Man

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• A life directed chiefly toward the fulfillment of personal desires will sooner or later always lead to bitter disappointment.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Life, Disappointment

  Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.232, Princeton University Press

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• We have to have a purpose greater than the endless struggle to satisfy personal desires.

  Eknath Easwaran

  Struggle, Desire, Purpose

  Eknath Easwaran (2010). “Conquest of Mind: Take Charge of Your Thoughts & Reshape Your Life Through Meditation”, p.183, Nilgiri Press

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• To act well in this world, one must sacrifice all personal desires. The people who become missionaries of religious thought have no other Fatherland than this thought. Man is not on Earth merely to be happy, nor even simply to be honest. He is here to realize great things for humanity, to attain nobility, and to surmount the vulgarity of nearly every individual.

  Ernest Renan

  Religious, Sacrifice, Men

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• Fetish is the exploration of sex as art, and the refinement of one’s personal desires. Anything can be fetishised...There’ll be new fetishes forever. I feel that the 21st century is all about fetish.

  Rick Castro

  Art, Sex, Forever

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• After the demands of the ego and its greed surrendered, the struggle for fulfillment of personal desires lessens; life takes on a new zest like a breath of fresh air.

  Sivananda Radha Saraswati

  Struggle, Yoga, Air

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• Personal desire, age, and my health do not allow me to personally have a role in running the country [i.e. Iran] after the fall of the current system [of the Shah].

  Ruhollah Khomeini

  Running, Country, Fall

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• Everything that is in agreement with our personal desires seems true; everything that is not puts us in a rage.

  Andre Maurois

  Anger, Agreement, Desire

  "The Art of Living". Book by Andre Maurois, 1939.

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• It really does no good to ask questions that reflect opposition to the will of God. Rather ask, What am I to do? What am I to learn from this experience? What am I to change? Whom am I to help? How can I remember my many blessings in times of trial? Wiling sacrifice of deeply held personal desires in favor of the will of God is very hard to do. Yet, when you pray with real conviction, "Please let me know Thy will" and "May Thy will be done," you are in the strongest position to receive the maximum help from your loving Father.

  Richard G. Scott

  Father, Real, Sacrifice

  "Trust in the Lord". Talk by Richard G. Scott, www.lds.org. October 1995.

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• Man is, at one and the same time, a solitary being and a social being. As a solitary being, he attempts to protect his own existence and that of those who are closest to him, to satisfy his personal desires, and to develop his innate abilities. As a social being, he seeks to gain the recognition and affection of his fellow human beings, to share in their pleasures, to comfort them in their sorrows, and to improve their conditions of life.

  Albert Einstein

  Men, Sorrow, Desire

  Albert Einstein (2011). “Out of My Later Years: The Scientist, Philosopher, and Man Portrayed Through His Own Words”, p.32, Open Road Media

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• I don't care for the applause one gets by saying what others are thinking; I want actually to change people's thoughts. Power over people's minds is the main personal desire of my life; and this sort of power is not acquired by saying popular things.

  Bertrand Russell

  Thinking, People, Mind

  Bertrand Russell (2014). “The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell”, p.285, Routledge

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• It is a mere illusion that, above a certain income, the personal desires will be satisfied and leave a wider margin for the generous impulse.

  Robert Louis Stevenson

  Desire, Income, Wealth

  Robert Louis Stevenson (2016). “Familiar Studies of Men and Books: Stevenson's Vol. 16”, p.62, VM eBooks

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• Once you're a mom, all of your personal desires come secondary as the survival of the child becomes your life's priority, which leads you to worry each day and every night the little one turn out right.

  Kimberly Guilfoyle

  Mom, Children, Night

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• There is an urgent need to-day for the citizens of a democracy to think well. It is not enough to have freedom of the Press and parliamentary institutions. Our difficulties are due partly to our own stupidity, partly to the exploitation of that stupidity, and partly to our own prejudices and personal desires.

  Susan Stebbing

  Thinking, Stupidity, Desire

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