Quotes about Desire
Every act of will is an act of self-limitation. To desire action is to desire limitation. In that sense, every act is an act of self-sacrifice. When you choose anything, you reject everything else.
- GK Chesterton
Thought, backed by strong desire, has a tendency to transmute itself into its physical equivalent.
- Napoleon Hill
Everything I desire is within me.
- Deepak Chopra
Desire reveals design, and design reveals destiny.
- John Eldredge
A 'whim' is a desire experienced by a person who does not know and does not care to discover its cause.
- Ayn Rand
You don't give up the intention, and you don't give up the desire. You give up your attachment to the results.
- Deepak Chopra
Inherent in every intention and desire are the mechanics for its fulfillment.
- Deepak Chopra
From a pure heart anything can be accomplished. If you ask what the universe is doing, it is eavesdropping on your every desire.
- Deepak Chopra
I made you, dear, and all I make is perfect. Please come close, for I desire you.
- Teresa of Avila
Part of my driving desire as a pastor is to remove every obstacle except the cross that would keep people from coming to faith in Christ.
- Mark Batterson
Expectation ... quickens desire, while possession deadens it.
- Hannah More
Immense wealth, and its lavish expenditure, fill the great house with all that can please the eye, or tempt the taste. Here, appetite, not food, is the great desideratum.
- Frederick Douglass