Mobsea Logo
Home

Motivational Quotes

Desire

Every man has business and desire, Such as it is.
- William Shakespeare
Desire Motivational Quotes



Best Quotes about Desire

1.
It is the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it.
Aristotle

2.
The wise man will love; all others will desire.
Afranius

3.
Every man has business and desire, Such as it is.
William Shakespeare

4.
He who desires is always poor.
Claudianus

5.
Dwell not upon thy weariness, thy strength shall be according to the measure of thy desire.
Arab Proverb

6.
Those who restrain desire, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.
William Blake

7.
One must not lose desires. They are mighty stimulants to creativeness, to love, and to long life.
Alexander A. Bogomoletz

8.
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who overcomes his enemies.
Aristotle

9.
We desire nothing so much as what we ought not to have.
Publilius Syrus

10.
In men of the highest character and noblest genius there is to be found an insatiable desire for honour, command, power, and glory.
Cicero

11.
There is no calamity greater than lavish desires. There is no greater guilt than discontentment. And there is no greater disaster than greed.
Lao-tzu

12.
Man is an animal which, alone among the animals, refuses to be satisfied by the fulfilment of animal desires.
Alexander Graham Bell

13.
While we don't have much say over the desires that we have, we certainly can decide which we prefer-and then search for ways to act on that basis.
Daniel Akst

14.
Let your desires be ruled by reason. (Appetitus Rationi Pareat)
Cicero

15.
A human being has a natural desire to have more of a good thing than he needs.
Mark Twain

16.
Desire creates the power.
Raymond Holliwell

17.
Some prices are just too high, no matter how much you may want the prize. The one thing you can't trade for your heart's desire is your heart.
Lois McMaster Bujold

18.
If you greatly desire something, have the guts to stake everything on obtaining it.
Brendan Francis

19.
Man is the only animal whose desires increase as they are fed; the only animal that is never satisfied.
Henry George

20.
Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul.
Rebecca West

21.
Again, men in general desire the good, and not merely what their fathers had.
Aristotle


Daily Inspirational Quotes on

The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by Motivational Quotes.
Quotes on Ability
Achievement
Acting and actors
Action
Adversity
Quotes on Advertising
Advice
Age
Age and aging
Alcohol and alcoholism
Quotes on Ambition
America
Anger
Animals
Appearance
Quotes on Argument
Art
Atheism
Attitude
Beauty
Quotes on Belief
Body
Books
Books - reading
Bores and boredom
Quotes on Business
Change
Character
Charity
Children
Quotes on Choice
Christians and christianity
Churches
Civilization
Colleges and universities
Quotes on Commitment
Common sense
Communication
Communism and socialism
Competition
Quotes on Complaints and complaining
Computers
Concentration
Confidence
Conflict
Quotes on Contentment
Control
Conversation
Cooperation
Courage
Quotes on Creativity
Crime and criminals
Criticism
Culture
Death
Quotes on Education
Effort
Enemies
Enthusiasm
Equality
Quotes on Evil
Evolution
Example
Excellence
Expectation
Quotes on Experience
Facts
Failure
Faith
Fame
Quotes on Family
Fashion
Fate
Fear
Feminism
Quotes on Fiction
Focus
Food
Food and eating
Fools and foolishness
Quotes on Forgiveness
Freedom
Friends and friendship
Friendship
Genius
Quotes on Giving
Goals
God
Goodness
Gossip
Quotes on Government
Gratitude
Greatness
Grief
Growth
Quotes on Habit
Happiness
Hatred
Health
Heaven
Quotes on Heroes and heroism
History and historians
Hollywood
Home
Honesty
Quotes on Honor
Hope
Humankind
Humility
Humor
Quotes on Ideas
Ignorance
Imagination
Individuality
Integrity
Quotes on Intelligence and intellectuals
Jesus christ
Journalism and journalists
Joy
Judgment and judges
Quotes on Justice
Kindness
Knowledge
Language
Laughter
Quotes on Law and lawyers
Laziness
Leadership
Learning
Liberty
Quotes on Lies and lying
Life
Listening
Literature
Loneliness
Quotes on Losers and losing
Love
Luck
Management
Manners
Quotes on Marriage
Media
Medicine
Memory
Men
Quotes on Mind
Mistakes
Money
Morality
Mothers
Quotes on Motivation
Music
Nations
Nature
Obstacles
Quotes on Opinions
Opportunity
Optimism
Pain
Parents and parenting
Quotes on Passion
Past
Patience
Patriotism
Peace
Quotes on People
Perfection
Perseverance
Persuasion
Philosophers and philosophy
Quotes on Photography
Planning
Pleasure
Poetry and poets
Politics
Quotes on Possibilities
Potential
Poverty and the poor
Power
Praise
Quotes on Prayer
Prejudice
Present
Pride
Problems
Quotes on Procrastination
Progress
Proverbs
Purpose
Quotations
Quotes on Reality
Reason
Relationship
Religion
Reputation
Quotes on Respectability
Responsibility
Riches
Risk
Science
Quotes on Secrets
Security
Self-esteem
Service
Silence
Quotes on Simplicity
Sin
Sleep
Society
Solitude
Quotes on Speakers and speaking
Speech
Spirituality
Success
Suffering
Quotes on Talent
Taxes and taxation
Teacher
The future
Theater
Quotes on Things and little things
Thoughts and thinking
Time
Travel
Trust
Quotes on Truth
Twentieth century
Understanding
Victory
Virtue
Quotes on Vision
War
Wealth
Winners and winning
Wisdom
Quotes on Wives
Women
Words
Work
World
Quotes on Worry
Writers and writing
Writing
Youth

Test your English Language
The Highest Speed Cars in the world
Mehandi Designs For Hands
Best Airlines in the World
Worst Animated Movies Of All Time
Dating Tips For Men
Tips to Remove Pimples on Face
Top Paintings
Chinese Embroidery
Best Wedding Dresses in the World
Abraham Lincoln
Most Dangerous Animal in the World
New Lotus flower Tattoo Designs
Ways To Save Money On Your Dream Wedding
Benefits of Passion fruits
Weird World Record
Rules to play Rowing
Rules to play Rubiks Cube
Rules to play Shot Put