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This is the monstrosity in love, lady, that the will is infinite and the execution confined; that the desire is boundless, and the act a slave to limit. William Shakespeare Desires 225
Supply always comes on the heels of demand. Robert Collier Desires 219
Want is a growing giant whom the coat of Have was never large enough to cover. Ralph Waldo Emerson Desires 198
Desire, like the atom, is explosive with creative force. Paul Vernon Buser Desires 193
There is nothing capricious in nature and the implanting of a desire indicates that its gratification is in the constitution of the creature that feel it. Ralph Waldo Emerson Desires 188
What most men desire is a virgin who is a whore. Edward Dahlberg Desires 156
The desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman is for the desire of the man. Germaine De Stael Desires 136
He begins to die that quits his desires. George Herbert Desires 131
He who desires but does not act, breeds pestilence. William Blake Desires 120
It is much easier to suppress a first desire than to satisfy those that follow. Benjamin Franklin Desires 120
The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall. Francis Bacon Desires 117
Intellects whose desires have outstripped their understanding. Friedrich August von Hayek Desires 116
I desire not to desire, for my will is without value, since I am ignorant in any case. Therefore choose Thou for me what thou knowest to be best and do not put my perdition in what my autonomy and free choice prefer. Bayazid AlBistami Desires 110
Through some strange and powerful principle of mental chemistry which she has never divulged, nature wraps up in the impulse of strong desire, that something which recognizes no such word as impossible, and accepts no such reality as failure. Napoleon Hill Desires 109
One essential to success is that your desire be an all-obsessing one, your thoughts and aim be coordinated, and your energy be concentrated and applied without letup. Claude M. Bristol Desires 102
The intensity of your desire governs the power with which the force is directed. John D. MacDonald Desires 102
A burning desire is the greatest motivator of every human action. The desire for success implants success consciousness which, in turn, creates a vigorous and ever-increasing habit of success. Paul J. Meyer Desires 101
In this world there are only two tragedies: One is not getting what one wants, and the second is getting it. Oscar Wilde Desires 99
You are what your deep driving desire is. Brihadaranyaka Upanishad Desires 97
More than we use is more than we want. Scottish Proverbs Desires 95
The keener the want the lustier the growth. Wendell Phillips Desires 95
It sometimes seems that we have only to love a thing greatly to get it. Robert Collier Desires 92
All through nature, you will find the same law. First the need, then the means. Robert Collier Desires 89
A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end will point out the means. William Hazlitt Desires 89
First the stalk -- then the roots. First the need -- then the means to satisfy that need. First the nucleus -- then the elements needed for its growth. Robert Collier Desires 88
Events are influenced by our very great desires. William James Desires 88
Desire is proof of the availability... Robert Collier Desires 87
Appetite, with an opinion of attaining, is called hope; the same without such opinion, despair. Thomas Hobbes Desires 87
It belongs to the imperfection of everything human that man can only attain his desire by passing through its opposite. Soren Kierkegaard Desires 87
Desire is the thing you want in incipiency. Emilie Cady Desires 86
It is not the man who has little, but he who desires more, that is poor. Seneca Desires 86
Whenever we confront an unbridled desire we are surely in the presence of a tragedy-in-the-making. Quentin Crisp Desires 86
Some people wanted champagne and caviar when they should have had beer and hot dogs. Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower Desires 86
One great, difference between a wise man and a fool is, the former only wishes for what he may possibly obtain; the latter desires impossibilities. Democritus Desires 85
The desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee. Isaiah 26:8 Bible Desires 84
Lust is to the other passions what the nervous fluid is to life; it supports them all, lends strength to them all ambition, cruelty, avarice, revenge, are all founded on lust. Marquis De Sade Desires 84
Getting anything changes it from being desirable to just being taken for granted. Source Unknown Desires 84
Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires. Lao Tzu Desires 83
We never desire strongly, what we desire rationally. Francois de la Rochefoucauld Desires 81
There is a vast difference in some instances between what we really need and that which we think we must have, and the realization of this truth will greatly lessen the seeming discomfort in doing without. William M. Peck Desires 81
The greatest provocations of lust are from our apparel. Robert Burton Desires 80
Desire will in due time externalize itself as concrete fact. Thomas Troward Desires 80
If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world. C.S. Lewis Desires 79
If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated? Henry David Thoreau Desires 79
To desire is to obtain; to aspire is to achieve. James Allen Desires 79
It is no longer enough to be lusty. One must be a sexual gourmet. George Will Desires 79
We accomplish things by directing our desires, not by ignoring them. Source Unknown Desires 78
The more wild and incredible your desire, the more willing and prompt God is in fulfilling it, if you will have it so. Coventry Patmore Desires 77
O lyric Love, half angel and half bird. And all a wonder and a wild desire. Robert Browning Desires 76
Unbridled gratification produces unbridled desire. Proverbs Desires 75

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