Desire

Quotes on desire.

War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow man.
- Napoleon Hill

Your ability to use the principle of autosuggestion will depend, very largely, upon your capacity to concentrate upon a given desire until that desire becomes a burning obsession.
- Napoleon Hill

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.
- Mario Andretti

The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential… these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.
- Confucius

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.
- Maya Angelou

Whatever my individual desires were to be free, I was not alone. There were many others who felt the same way.
- Rosa Parks

Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart.
- Rumi

When all your desires are distilled;
You will cast just two votes:
To love more,
And be happy.
- Rumi

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.
- Aristotle

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.
- Aristotle