Quotes of: Burning-desire Keyword

I had a very strong desire to be successful at something.

Nelson DeMille

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

Napoleon Hill

Desire! That's the one secret of every man's career. Not education. Not being born with hidden talents. Desire.

Bobby Unser

We've all had that fear, that despair of losing someone, or this fierce desire because it's not reciprocated. The less reciprocation there is, the more desire we have.

Emmanuelle Beart

The less we read the Word of God, the less we desire to read it, and the less we pray, the less we desire to pray.

George Muller

If you pour your life into songs, you want them to be heard. It's a desire to communicate. A deep desire to communicate inspires songwriting.

Bono

I think there is some overlap in terms of artistic desires and Christian desires.

Craig Thompson

If the desire to write is not accompanied by actual writing, then the desire must be not to write.

Hugh Prather

Out of need springs desire, and out of desire springs the energy and the will to win.

Denis Waitley

Artists are people driven by the tension between the desire to communicate and the desire to hide.

D.W. Winicott

All desirable things... are desirable either for the pleasure inherent in themselves, or as a means to the promotion of pleasure and the prevention of pain.

John Stuart Mill

It is said that desire is a product of the will, but the converse is in fact true: will is a product of desire.

Denis Diderot

A man who was always complaining was quite rightly sent to hell. "Why are you burning damp wood?" was his first comment.

Arabian

Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense.

Chinese

The pursuit of joy in God is not optional. It is not an “extra” that a person might grow into after he comes to faith. It is not simply a way to “enhance” your walk with the Lord. Until your heart has hit upon this pursuit, your “faith” c...

Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist

A cow gave birth to a fire; she wanted to lick it, but it burned; she wanted to leave it, but she could not because it was her own child.

Ethiopian

It’s hard to feel desire when you don’t feel desirable

Safe Harbor

The desire to be cool is—ultimately—the desire to be rescued.

Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto

... misfortune and creativity go together.

The House of True Desire: Essays on Life and Literature

free from desire, you realize the mystery caught in the desire, you see only the manifestations.

Lao Tzu

The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.

Maya Angelou