Desire Quotes

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  In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.

  Bill Cosby

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Twitter post from Nov 18, 2009

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• He who has enough for his wants should desire nothing more.

  Horace

  Want, Enough, Should

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• As desire abates, generosity is born. When we are connected and present, what else is there to do but give?

  Jack Kornfield

  Generosity, Giving, Born

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• When we free ourselves of desire, we will know serenity and freedom.

  Gautama Buddha

  Serenity, Contentment, Knows

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• Three enemies that will weaken your ministry over time: Self-indulgence, bitterness, and carelessness. Strong people discipline their desires, restrain their reactions, and keep their commitments.

  Rick Warren

  Strong, Commitment, Self

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• Desire is the root of selfishness; clear your heart of desire and be selfless. Selflessness is the key to inner peace.

  Christofer Drew

  Heart, Roots, Keys

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• After you get what you want you don't want it.

  Irving Berlin

  Life, Want, Gale

  Song: After You Get What You Want

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• Be suspicious of what you want.

  Rumi

  Inspirational, Want, Sufi

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• The less you want, the richer you are. The more you need in order to be happy, the more miserable you’ll be.

  Yanni

  Inspirational, Happiness, Happy

  Yanni, David Rensin (2003). “Yanni in Words”, Miramax Books

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• Needing nothing attracts everything.

  Russell Simmons

  Inspirational, Law Of Attraction, Expectations

  FaceBook post by Russell Simmons from Feb 09, 2014

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• Inner peace doesn't come from getting what we want, but from remembering who we are.

  Marianne Williamson

  Inspirational, Motivational, Spiritual

  FaceBook post by Marianne Williamson from Oct 09, 2011

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• Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.

  Dale Carnegie

  Love, Inspirational, Funny

  Dale Carnegie (2017). “How to enjoy your life and your job”, p.102, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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• Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Life, Wisdom, Philosophical

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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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• The starting point of all achievement is desire.

  Napoleon Hill

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Napoleon Hill (2007). “The Prosperity Bible: The Greatest Writings of All Time on the Secrets to Wealth and Prosperity”, p.142, Penguin

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• The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.

  Ben Stein

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Ben Stein (2010). “How Successful People Win: Using Bunkhouse Logic to Get What You Want in Life”, p.18, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Lust is what keeps you wanting to do it even when you have no desire to be with each other. Love is what makes you want to be with each other even when you have no desire to do it.

  Judith Viorst

  Love, Relationship, Lust

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  Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.

  Plato

  Plato, Three, Flow

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• If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.

  Simone Weil

  Meditation, Awareness, Ifs

  Simone Weil (2002). “Gravity and Grace”, p.22, Psychology Press

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• Ultimately, it is the desire, not the desired, that we love.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

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• When you relinquish the desire to control your future, you can have more happiness.

  Nicole Kidman

  Happiness, Wisdom, Future

  FaceBook post by Nicole Kidman from Dec 14, 2016

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• Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse; it is the principal means of escape from the loneliness which afflicts most men and women throughout the greater part of their lives.

  Bertrand Russell

  Love, Life, Wedding

  Bertrand Russell (2009). “Marriage and Morals”, p.79, Routledge

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• There is no calamity greater than lavish desires. There is no greater guilt than discontent. And there is no greater disaster than greed.

  Laozi

  Money, Greed, Guilt

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• Above all, do not lose your desire to walk.

  Soren Kierkegaard

  Hiking, Entrepreneur, Feet And Walking

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• Be careful what you set your heart upon - for it will surely be yours.

  James A. Baldwin

  Inspirational, Success, Broken Heart

  "James Baldwin's much anticipated new novel - archive" by Hugh Hebert, www.theguardian.com. June 18, 2016.

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