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Desire and force between them are responsible for all our...

Desire and force between them are responsible for all our actions, desire causes our voluntary acts, force our involuntary.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about wish, force, police

Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a...

Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.

Quote by Napoleon Hill about wish, hope

Desire creates its own object.

Desire creates its own object.

Quote by Barbara Grizzuti Harrison about wish

Desire is the very essence of man.

Desire is the very essence of man.

Quote by Baruch Spinoza about wish, man

The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall, ...

The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall, the desire of knowledge caused men to fall.

Quote by Francis Bacon about religion, fall, angels, knowledge, power, man

The desire is thy prayers; and if thy desire is without ceasing, thy prayer will also be without ceasing. The continuance of your longing is the continuance of your prayer.

Quote by Augustin de Hipona about longing

Study with desire is real activity; without desire it is...

Study with desire is real activity; without desire it is but the semblance and mockery of activity.

Quote by William Godwin about activity, real estate

A prerequisite for a desired course will be offered only...

A prerequisite for a desired course will be offered only during the semester following the desired course.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about education

To manifest your hearts desires you must BE what your...

To manifest your hearts desires you must BE what your heart desires.

Quote by Joy Page about heart, contentment

All women's dresses, in every age and country, are merely variations on the eternal struggle between the admitted desire to dress and the unadmitted desire to undress.

Quote by Lin Yutang about woman, fight, country, age, olderness

All that I desire to point out is the general principle...

All that I desire to point out is the general principle that Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life.

Quote by Oscar Wilde about art, magic, principle, life

A sentimentalist is simply one who desires to have the...

A sentimentalist is simply one who desires to have the luxury of an emotion without paying for it.

Quote by Oscar Wilde about feelings, emotions

All men by nature desire knowledge.

All men by nature desire knowledge.

Quote by Aristotel about knowledge, nature, man

As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in...

As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked for them

Quote by Maya Angelou about woman, magic, man, books

A person who has sympathy for mankind in the lump, faith in its future progress, and desire to serve the great cause of this progress, should be called not a humanist, but a humanitarian, and his creed may be designated as humanitarianism.

Quote by Irving Babbitt about progress, faith, future, people

Since every man desires happiness, it is evidently no...

Since every man desires happiness, it is evidently no small matter whether he conceives of happiness in terms of work or of enjoyment.

Quote by Irving Babbitt about happiness, joy, work, man

I've had a desire to coach for years. This was something...

I've had a desire to coach for years. This was something I felt I should do.

Quote by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose...

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

Quote by Francis Bacon about power, liberty, self-control, man

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.

Quote by F. Murray Abraham about power, people

A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man.

Quote by John Adams about heart, man

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