Quotes about Desire
Though I do not believe that my desire for Paradise proves that I shall enjoy it, I think it a pretty good indication that such a thing exists and that some men will.
- CS Lewis
I always loved that old song Banks of the Ohio - it was always such a man's song, so I've always wanted to record it.
- Dolly Parton
Just as a man does not desire food until he is hungry, so does he not desire the salvation of Christ until he knows why he needs Christ.
- Ezra Taft Benson
Men rush toward complexity; but yearn for simplicity.
- GK Chesterton
A man who wants to control his animal passions easily does so if he controls his palate.
- Mahatma Gandhi
Where the banana grows man is sensual and cruel.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Great sins are great possessions; but levities and vanities possess us too; and men had rather part with Christ than with any possession.
- John Donne
None but such as are good men can give good things, and that which is not good, is not delicious to a well-govern'd and wise appetite.
- John Milton
Money is numbers and numbers never end. If it takes money to be happy, your search for happiness will never end.
- Bob Marley
Lack of money is the root of of all evil.
- George Bernard Shaw
If you real desire is to be good, there is no need to wait for the money before you do it; you can do it now, this very moment, and just where you are.
- James Allen
Washington is a pool of money surrounded by people who want some.
- David Brinkley