Quotes about Desire
Years of happiness can be lost in the foolish gratification of a momentary desire for pleasure.
— Ezra Taft Benson
Christians are simply pilgrims who acknowledge their lostness and their desire for help in finding the way.
— Philip Yancey
Count not thyself to have found true peace, if thou hast felt no grief; nor that then all is well if thou hast no adversary; nor that this is perfect, if all things fall out according to thy desire.
— Thomas a Kempis
Every sunset I witness inspires me with the desire to go to West as distant and as fair as that which the sun goes down. Eastward I go only by force; but westward I go free.
— Henry David Thoreau
He who is drawn to something desirable does not desire to have it as a thought but as a thing.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
If your desire is to be successful or to make a positive impact on your world, you need to become a person of influence.
— John Maxwell
We continue to build temples. We desire that as many members as possible have an opportunity to attend the temple without having to travel inordinate distances.
— Thomas Monson
The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Sometimes the very presence of God is barred by our presuppositions and our intense and constant desire for triumph.
— Ravi Zacharias
Wonder is the desire for knowledge.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
You will become as small as your controlling desire as great as you dominant aspiration.
— James Allen
If you follow your dreams, it means you follow your heart. If you do follow your heart, I don't think you can go wrong.
— Celine Dion