If we desire a society of peace, then we cannot achieve such a society through violence. If we desire a society without discrimination, then we must not discriminate against anyone in the process of building this society. If we desire a society that is democratic, then democracy must become a means as well as an end.
I think that’s what helped us: confidence, respect, the desire to work hard.
Everything is perfect in the universe – even your desire to improve it.
The desire to write grows with writing.
I’ve no desire to do one of those 50-mile races like the Comrades or anything like that.
Seize the moment of excited curiosity on any subject to solve your doubts; for if you let it pass, the desire may never return, and you may remain in ignorance.
In economics, hope and faith coexist with great scientific pretension and also a deep desire for respectability.
The instinct to impersonate produces the actor; the desire to provide pleasure by impersonations produces the playwright; the desire to provide this pleasure with adequate characterization and dialogue memorable in itself produces dramatic literature.
It is not only our duty to pray for others, but also to desire the prayers of others for ourselves.
Once you put everything in the right perspective, even bad times can be an opportunity to refresh your appetite, your desire.
The Bush administration does not desire to see Islam practiced in its pristine purity.
Being a top performer – whether it’s in business or on the athletic field – requires grit and tenacity, as well as the continuous desire to become better.
We desire the good of the world and the happiness of the nations that the bonds of affection and unity between the sons of men should be strengthened… what harm is there in this?… these fruitless strifes, these ruinous wars shall pass away, and the ‘Most Great Peace’ shall come.
You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as you dominant aspiration.
This hour we are stretching forth our hands with the desire to teach the world the true principles of mercy and justice.
I don’t see myself necessarily having a burning desire to write a symphony.
I do not believe in pure idioms. I think there is naturally a desire, for whoever speaks or writes, to sign in an idiomatic, irreplaceable manner.
Only to the extent that men desire peace and brotherhood can the world be made better. No peace even though temporarily obtained, will be permanent, whether to individuals or nations, unless it is built upon the solid foundation of eternal principles.
Our course, then, is clear; if we desire to put an end to pauperism, or to lessen it, we should import everything we can use or sell, in order that we may employ our unemployed hands, in making the goods by which we pay for these imports.
Time for me is double-edged: every day brings me further from the low of my last cancer relapse, but every day also brings me closer to the next cancer recurrence – and eventually, death. Perhaps later than I think, but certainly sooner than I desire.
Failure doesn’t kill you… it increases your desire to make something happen.
I cannot remember a time when the question of why people behave as they do was not intensely interesting to me. The desire to understand was very important. When I was young, I was aware of the fact that much of the time, the reasons a person gave for his actions were not the actual reasons.
It was also important for me to have a burning desire to achieve something worthwhile on that instrument, and I devoted many many many hours with little or no compensation to perfecting whatever I could, because I loved it so much.
I do believe that reading can help you understand what you’re writing and see what others are doing. But sometimes the desire for more information can act as an inhibitor.
All personal achievement starts in the mind of the individual. Your personal achievement starts in your mind. The first step is to know exactly what your problem, goal or desire is.
I always felt there was some kind of nobility centered in my desire and passion for what I do.
I have a desire to create more film, more beauty, more art, more love, but I don’t feel desperate. It’s not about creating or building a career.
People only look at you and say, ‘You are black and you are from the banlieue,’ and all the doors are closed. I had the desire to be something else. If I see a door that is a little open, I will find a way to get through.
Practice means to perform, over and over again in the face of all obstacles, some act of vision, of faith, of desire. Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.
What stands out for me are the chances that Cristiano has created and the desire to score that he always has.
I have no desire to look back, I only want to look forward to the things that are still ahead of me.
Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire.
Desire! That’s the one secret of every man’s career. Not education. Not being born with hidden talents. Desire.
I loved living and breathing theatre so much that I decided I had to find a way to bring my desire to act and my ability to support myself together. I’d run through the possibilities in Washington, so that meant moving to New York.
Desire is the most important factor in the success of any athlete.
It is a waste of money to help those who show no desire to help themselves.
We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.
If you desire many things, many things will seem few.
I have no desire to carry a movie.
The discipline of desire is the background of character.
All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.
Our sincere desire should be to have both clean hands and a pure heart – both a remission of sins from day to day and to walk guiltless before God.
Those who love desire to share with the beloved. They want to be one with the beloved, and Sacred Scripture shows us the great love story of God for his people which culminated in Jesus Christ.
He is lost who is possessed by carnal desire.
Like a lot of business owners out there, I don’t desire to face the continual flogging from government regulators who push burdensome and confusing state tax and employment laws on the business. It creates an unnecessary risk when, as an owner, I can just take it offshore.
Up to his twenty-sixth year, the heart of Ignatius was enthralled by the vanities of the world. His special delight was in the military life, and he seemed led by a strong and empty desire of gaining for himself a great name.
The Dalai Lama has taught me that the best way to live life is to try and avoid desire. Desire is really the basic source of unhappiness.
The difficulty we have in accepting responsibility for our behavior lies in the desire to avoid the pain of the consequences of that behavior.
Do not ever say that the desire to ‘do good’ by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives.
Apart from the desire to produce beautiful things, the leading passion of my life has been and is hatred of modern civilization.
Almost every desire a poor man has is a punishable offence.
I never had any desire to become a well-known actress.
Character is just another word for having a perfectly disciplined and educated will. A person can make his own character by blending these elements with an intense desire to achieve excellence. Everyone is different in what I will call magnitude, but the capacity to achieve character is still the same.
When mankind first saw the necessity of government, it is probable that many had conceived the desire of ruling.
I believe that God has planted in every heart the desire to live in freedom.
As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent; whence must necessarily arise a desire of attaining knowledge with the greatest possible ease.
In whatever I may be thought to have been unnatural, unwise and indelicate, it is now my most fervent desire it may have a suitable impression on you – and on me, a penitent for every wrong thought and step.
Is this not the true romantic feeling; not to desire to escape life, but to prevent life from escaping you.
Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul.
Inside, I’ve got a real purist desire and dream about the music. I like the idea of being able to carve out a kind of magical, colourful, artistic, inspirational life. And the reality just turns out to be quite different, working with the business to bring this thing you have created into the world.
People desire power. I don’t know why they want it so. It seems to me it implies a hugely superior intellect which separates them from most of the populace.
I skate just to satisfy my own desire and not care about other people’s desire for me to do well.
The key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire not things we fear.
My desire to participate in the business is not to make more crap.
Time and memory are true artists; they remould reality nearer to the heart’s desire.
