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| A desire presupposes the possibility of action to achieve it; action presupposes a goal which is worth achieving. | | Ayn Rand | |
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| Desire is half of life; indifference is half of death. | | Kahlil Gibran | |
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| If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War. | | George Washington | |
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| If you desire to drain to the dregs the fullest cup of scorn and hatred that a fellow human being can pour out for you, let a young mother hear you call dear baby "it." | | T.S. Eliot | |
| It is impossible to abolish either with a law or an ax the desires of men | | Walter Lippmann | |
| It sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents. | | Eric Hoffer | |
| Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired. | | Robert Frost | |
| That a national university in this country is a thing to be desired, has always been my decided opinion | | George Washington | |
| The love of glory, the fear of disgrace, the incentive to succeed, the desire to live in comfort, and the instinct to humiliate others are often the cause of that courage so renowned among men | | François de la Rochefoucauld | |
| The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. | | Carl Sandburg | |
| There is, first, the desire for strength, for achievement, for adequacy, for confidence in the face of the world, and for independence and freedom. Secondly, we have what we may call the desire for reputation or prestige (defining it as respect or es | | Abraham Maslow | |
| Those who restrain desire, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained. | | William Blake | |
| Wealth and rank are what people desire, but unless they are obtained in the right way they may not be possessed. | | Confucius | |
| When you feel in your gut what you are and then dynamically pursue it - don't back down and don't give up - then you're going to mystify a lot of folks. | | Bob Dylan | |
