Things have dropped from me. I have outlived certain desires; I have lost friends, some by death. . . others through sheer inability to cross the street.
Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.
I don't think Republicans will be fooled into taking this necessary spending and using it to oppose pro-growth tax cuts, using this tragedy and those deaths for his own political desires.
Our vanity desires that what we do best should be considered what is hardest for us.
Desires dictate our priorities, priorities shape our choices, and choices determine our actions.
Moral conduct includes every thing in which men are active and for which they are accountable. They are active in their desires, their affections, their designs, their intentions, and in every thing they say and do of choice; and for all these things they are accountable to God.
Geometry alone is not enough to portray human desires, expressions, aspirations, joys. We need more.
Let him that desires to see others happy, make haste to give while his gift can be enjoyed, and remember that every moment of delay takes away something from the value of his benefaction.
Jealousy, in spite of the mad frenzy of its most splendid displays, is a vice of weakness; it arises from a mind whose aspirations and desires are inferior to its accomplishments; it is the child of baulked vanity and failure of courage.
That man is truly free who desires what he is able to perform, and does what he desires.
God takes men's hearty desires and will, instead of the deed, where they have not power to fulfill it; but he never took the bare deed instead of the will.
A human being is bound by emotion, enslaved by their desires. A person is never really at peace with themselves because they live in the spectrum of human consciousness.
Our desires, be they spiritual or temporal, should be rooted in a love of the Lord.
Destroy my desires, eradicate my ideals, show me something better, and I will follow you.
Democratic institutions form a system of quarantine for tyrannical desires.
All the arts serving human desires and needs are derived from the breath that Godsent into the human body.
Regardless of the staggering dimensions of the world about us, the density of our ignorance, the risks of catastrophes to come, and our individual weakness within the immense collectivity, the fact remains that we are absolutely free today if we choose to will our existence in its finiteness, a finiteness which is open on the infinite. And in fact, any man who has known real loves, real revolts, real desires, and real will knows quite well that he has no need of any outside guarantee to be sure of his goals; their certitude comes from his own drive.
Beyond all vanities, fights, and desires, omnipotent silence lies.
The great thing about fairy tales and myths is that they go beyond character. They're not about character. They're about more basic things. They're about basic fears or longings or desires or fantasies, and stuff like that.
There are some things that are as ancient as time, and knowing when a man desires you is one of those.