William James Quotes
The desire to gain wealth and the fear to lose it are our chief breeders of cowardice and propagators of corruption.
William James
Quotes to Explore
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Desire is the very essence of man.
Baruch Spinoza
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My desire to curtail undue freedom of speech extends only to such public areas as restaurants, airports, streets, hotel lobbies, parks, and department stores. Verbal exchanges between consenting adults in private are as of little interest to me as they probably are to them.
Fran Lebowitz
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Photography, alone of the arts, seems perfected to serve the desire humans have for a moment - this very moment - to stay.
Sam Abell
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Art never harms itself by keeping aloof from the social problems of the day: rather, by so doing, it more completely realises for us that which we desire.
Oscar Wilde
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Wealth won't give you satisfaction; creating a good product that's well received by users is what matters most.
Ma Huateng
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An anxious unrest, a fierce craving desire for gain has taken possession of the commercial world, and in instances no longer rare the most precious and permanent goods of human life have been madly sacrificed in the interests of momentary enrichment.
Felix Adler
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You cannot entirely control your subconscious mind, but you can voluntarily hand over to it any plan, desire, or purpose which you wish transformed into concrete form.
Napoleon Hill
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If you can’t run, walk; if you can’t walk, crawl, but keep moving forward!
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Bodybuilding is an art, your body is the canvas, weights are your brush and nutrition is your paint. We all have the ability to turn a self portrait into a masterpiece.
Kai Greene
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It's wonderful to feel desired. There's a sense of power in it, really.
Nancy Horan
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There was such a lack of modern, recognizable role models for a young girl in the 1950s. I mean, 'Leave It to Beaver' didn't speak to me. That's why I latched on to music.
Patti Scialfa
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The desire to gain wealth and the fear to lose it are our chief breeders of cowardice and propagators of corruption.
William James