Desires Quotes
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Who is unhappy with little, won't be with much; who doesn't appreciate the small won't be able to take care of the large; who doesn't have enough with enough is at the margin or virtue, for the physical body lives from one day to another and if it gets what it really needs, there will be time for meditation, as long as if we try to give it everything it desires, endless will be the task.
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To the novice, it doubtless seems a conundrum that lies can have their basis in fact. Consider, however, the individual’s need to have his or her desires met. This is fact. If lies are clever enough to fulfill this desire, they become a truth and, therefore, that much harder to dispel.
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Whoever desires is always poor.
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I never knew a man who wished to be himself a slave. Consider if you know any good thing, that no man desires for himself.
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* Recognize that God is with you. * Acknowledge God knows what He's doing. * Search for God's will: the path He desires you to take in life. * Consider what God did for you when He sent Jesus to die on the cross (forgiveness and righteousness)
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We set forth our petitions before God, not in order to make known to Him our needs and desires, but rather so that we ourselves may realize that in these things it is necessary to turn to God for help.
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Riches and honor are what everyone desires, but if they can be gained only by doing evil, they must not be held. Don't worry about not being in office, worry about qualifying yourself for office. Don't worry that no one knows you, but seek to be worthy of being known.
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Most software has a tiny essence that justifies its existence, everything after that is wants and desires mistaken for needs and necessities.
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Men are more ready to offend one who desires to be beloved than one who wishes to be feared.
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Hell is full of good wishes or desires.
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Those who restrain their desires, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.
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The Bhagavad-Gita calls on humanity to dedicate body, mind and soul to pure duty and not to become mental voluptuaries at the mercy of random desires and undisciplined impulses.
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Destroy my desires, eradicate my ideals, show me something better, and I will follow you.
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Men love to trust God (as they profess) for what they have in their hands, in possession, or what lies in an easy view; place their desires afar off, carry their accomplishment behind the clouds out of their sight, interpose difficulties and perplexities -- their hearts are instantly sick. They cannot wait for God; they do not trust Him, nor ever did. Would you have the presence of God with you? Learn to wait quietly for the salvation you expect from Him.
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Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire brings a small amount of heat.
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No man is born without ambitious worldly desires.
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And whereas this House desires to obtain a full knowledge of all the facts which go to establish whether the particular spot of soil which the blood of our citizens was so shed was, or was not, our own soil.
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So endless and exorbitant are the desires of men that they will grasp at all, and can form no scheme of perfect happiness with less.
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When the mind is full of worldly desires, it is their very nature to confuse the mind. Withdraw the mind from outer things and turn it inwards.
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Geometry alone is not enough to portray human desires, expressions, aspirations, joys. We need more.
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Just because women whore doesn’t mean they don’t have hopes or dreams or desires of their own. There is little glamour in taking strange men into your bed.
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If desires are not uprooted, sorrows grow again in you.
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God, grant us our desires, and grant them quickly.
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People will help you do almost anything if you want to do it badly enough. The desire has to be intense, but I would encourage people to search their desires, to pick out one, and then get out and do it!
