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Friday, 21 November 2008
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"There isn't a single human characteristic that can be safely labeled as American." (Twain, Mark - America)

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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.
A desire arises in the mind. It is satisfied immediately another comes. In the interval which separates two desires a perfect calm reigns in the mind. It is at this moment freed from all thought, love or hate. Complete peace equally reigns between two mental waves.
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.
A man must earnestly want.
A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end will point out the means.
A woman never knows what she really wants until she finds out what her husband cannot afford.
All human activity is prompted by desire.
All through nature, you will find the same law. First the need, then the means.
Almost every desire a poor man has is a punishable offence.
An intense anticipation itself transforms possibility into reality; our desires being often but precursors of the things which we are capable of performing.
And desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets. [Ecclesiastes 12:5]
Anything you really want, you can attain, if you really go after it.
As an eagle, weary after soaring in the sky, folds its wings and flies down to rest in its nest, so does the shining Self enter the state of dreamless sleep, where one is freed from all desires.
Be careful what you set your heart upon -- for it will surely be yours.
By annihilating the desires, you annihilate the mind. Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act.
Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's self?
Convince a man of what he wants, and he'll move heaven and earth to get it.
Desire and force between them are responsible for all our actions; desire causes our voluntary acts, force our involuntary.
Desire creates the power.
Desire for security keeps littleness little and threatens the great with smallness.
Desire is a powerful force that can be used to make things happen.
Desire is proof of the availability...
Desire is the essence of a man.
Desire is the key to motivation, but it's the determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal -- a commitment to excellence -- that will enable you to attain the success you seek.
Desire is the most important factor in the success of any athlete.
Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.
Desire is the thing you want in incipiency.
Desire will in due time externalize itself as concrete fact.
Desire! That's the one secret of every man's career. Not education. Not being born with hidden talents. Desire.
Desire, like the atom, is explosive with creative force.
Desires are the pulses of the soul; as physicians judge by the appetite, so may you by desires.
Dreams do come true, if we only wish hard enough, You can have anything in life if you will sacrifice everything else for it.
Events are influenced by our very great desires.
Every human mind is a great slumbering power until awakened by a keen desire and by definite resolution to do.
Every man's road in life is marked by the grave of his personal likings.
First deserve then desire.
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.
From the desert I come to thee, On a stallion shod with fire; And the winds are left behind In the speed of my desire.
He who desires but does not act, breeds pestilence.
I can do whatever I want -- I'm rich, I'm famous, and I'm bigger than you.
I can teach anybody how to get what they want out of life. The problem is that I can't find anybody who can tell me what they want.
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.
I do want to get rich but I never want to do what there is to do to get rich.
I have always believed that anybody with a little guts and the desire to apply himself can make it, can make anything he wants to make of himself.
I honestly believed I would make it. I had the desire. A lot of people have the ability, but they don't put forth the effort.
I know that if I ever go looking for my heart's desire, I'll never go any further than my own back yard. For if it isn't there, I never really lost it.
I learned that if you want to make it bad enough, no matter how bad it is, you can make it.
I never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding.
I was taught that everything is attainable if you are prepared to give up, to sacrifice, to get it. Whatever you want to do, you can do it, if you want it badly enough, and I do believe that. I believe that if I wanted to run a mile is four minutes I could do it. I would have to give up everything else in my life, but I could run a mile in four minutes. I believe that if a man wanted to walk on water and was prepared to give up everything else in life, he could do that.
If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?
If men could regard the events of their own lives with more open minds, they would frequently discover that they did not really desire the things they failed to obtain.
If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.
If you desire many things, many things will seem few.
If you do not develop the hunger and courage to pursue your goal, you will lose your nerve and you will give up on your dream.
If you don't get everything you want, think of the things you don't get that you don't want.
If you really want something you can figure out how to make it happen.
Ignore what a man desires and you ignore the very source of his power
In all ranks of life the human heart yearns for the beautiful; and the beautiful things that God makes are his gift to all alike.
It (racing) is a matter of spirit, not strength. It is a matter of doing your best each little moment. There's never a break. You must have desire, a very intense desire to keep going.
It belongs to the imperfection of everything human that man can only attain his desire by passing through its opposite.
It is much easier to suppress a first desire than to satisfy those that follow.
It is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived.
It is not the greatness of a man's means that makes him independent, so much as the smallness of his wants.
It is said that desire is a product of the will, but the converse is in fact true: will is a product of desire.
It sometimes seems that we have only to love a thing greatly to get it.
It's not who jumps the highest -- it's who wants it the most
Just what you want to be, you will be in the end.
Know what you want. Become your real self.
Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it.
Life is a progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.
Limited in his nature, infinite in his desire, man is a fallen god who remembers heaven.
Listen to what you know instead of what you fear.
Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.
Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need.
Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires.
More than we use is more than we want.