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Young people are threatened... by the evil use of advertising techniques that stimulate the natural inclination to avoid hard work by promising the immediate satisfaction of every desire. (Quote by - Pope John Paul II)

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

When you relinquish the desire to control your future, you can have more happiness. (Quote by - Nicole Kidman)

When you discover your mission, you will feel its demand. It will fill you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to get to work on it. (Quote by - W Clement Stone)

He's young, with a lot of desire and skills who obviously loves to play [on Theo Walcott] (Quote by - Thierry Henry)

If you greatly desire something, have the guts to stake everything on obtaining it. (Quote by - Brendan Francis Behan)

Time and memory are true artists; they remould reality nearer to the heart's desire. (Quote by - John Dewey)

In economics, hope and faith coexist with great scientific pretension and also a deep desire for respectability. (Quote by - Galbraith)

Every person is a God in embryo. Its' only desire is to be born. (Quote by - Deepak Chopra)

Why then, can one desire too much of a good thing? (Quote by - William Shakespeare)

Candidate Thomas is a sad, sad man, with only one desire: to reunite with his deceased ex-girlfriend. (Quote by - Craig Armstrong)

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion, and desire. (Quote by - Aristotle)

The more you seek security, the less of it you have. But the more you seek opportunity, the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire. (Quote by - Brian Tracy)

Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little away from his need or desire to write at all. In the end he knows all the tricks and has nothing to say (Quote by - Raymond Chandler)

And I hereby distinctly and emphatically declare that I consider myself, and earnestly desire to be considered by others, as utterly divested, now and during the rest of my life, of any such rights, the barbarous relics of a feudal, despotic system. (Quote by - Robert Dale Owen)

Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek. (Quote by - Mario Andretti)

I do desire we may be better strangers. (Quote by - William Shakespeare)

Dwell not upon thy weariness, thy strength shall be according to the measure of thy desire. (Quote by - Arab Proverb)

Consciously or unconsciously, everyone of us does render some service or another. If we cultivate the habit of doing this service deliberately, our desire for service will steadily grow stronger, and it will make not only for our own happiness, but that of the world at large. (Quote by - Mahatma Gandhi)

The first principle of success is desire - knowing what you want. Desire is the planting of your seed. (Quote by - Robert Collier )

The work of the political activist inevitably involves a certain tension between the requirement that position be taken on current issues as they arise and the desire that one's contributions will somehow survive the ravages of time. (Quote by - Angela Davis)

It's not who jumps the highest -- it's who wants it the most (Quote by - Buck Williams)

Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire. (Quote by - Quintilian)

Energy is equal to desire and purpose. (Quote by - Sheryl Adams)

A human being has a natural desire to have more of a good thing than he needs. (Quote by - Mark Twain)

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