The American way of life, as I see it, is really the American way of death. Everything is determined by greed and the insatiable desire to be the richest and most powerful. And that desire is limitless.
It is helpful to think of people as having two fundamental motivations: the desire to see ourselves as honest, good people, and the desire to gain the benefits that come from cheating - on our taxes or on the football field.
There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.
By binding image and desire, glamour gives us pleasure, even as it heightens our yearning. It leads us to feel that the life we dream of exists, and to desire it even more.
I desire many things concerning myself; but I desire nothing so much, as to have a heart filled with love to the Lord. I long for a warm personal attachment to Him.
Love is when the desire to be desired takes you so badly that you feel you could die of it.
To lust for something is desire turned selfish and gone mad. To embrace God’s passion is desire turned selfless and gone mindful.
Desire and force between them are responsible for all our actions; desire causes our voluntary acts, force our involuntary.
My desire to exit the game is greater than my desire to remain in it. I have searched my heart through and through and feel comfortable with this decision.
You are what you desire. You may live with desires and determine all that you want; But your actions determine what and how much you receive.
There is no man who desires as passionately as a Russian. If we could imprison a Russian desire beneath a fortress, that fortress would explode.
The desire definitely comes from within. There are only a few people who make it to this level and those are the ones who have that innate desire.
The difference between DREAM and DESIRE is that the dream is what we build for the team and the desire is what we aspire to build for ourselves.
-A man do everything for love, in love but he cant get love according to his desire, there is also involve the desire of someone else-
Desire is creation, is the magical element in that process. If there were an instrument by which to measure desire, one could foretell achievement.
Dwell not upon thy weariness, thy strength shall be according to the measure of thy desire.
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