Famous Quotes & Sayings

The morning inspires scholars to work and also those who desire wealth.

It's just a desire to succeed. Some kids have it and some kids don't. It's the kind of thing you can't coach.

It's never been our desire to push this forward. It's always been our hope that we could resolve this amicably and without litigation.

Peter Jackson

That is precisely just what I don't want to be known as. I just want to go back to my own little filmmaking base, telling small New Zealand stories with my writing partner, Fran Walsh. I have no huge desire to be swallowed up by Hollywood.

Peter Jackson

That is precisely just what I don't want to be known as, ... I just want to go back to my own little filmmaking base, telling small New Zealand stories with my writing partner, Fran Walsh. I have no huge desire to be swallowed up by Hollywood.

Joseph Addison

It must be so - Plato, thou reason'st well! -/ Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, / This longing after immortality?

It's our desire to be involved in the communities we serve ... in a way that's helpful, ... We were so impressed with the need ... and how easy they are to use.

Sathya Baba

Desire plus life is man, Life minus desire is God.

Sathya Baba

Desire makes man forget his real nature and reduces him to be status of a beast.

Desire is the wind in your sails more than it is your destination, so keep your sails wide open, and be amazed.

Desire is a powerful force that can be used to make things happen.

Desire can be violent, hence the arrows. That's the way the ancients thought of desire.

Do not read anything which fills your mind with gloomy images of want and suffering.

It's all their call. When you have a situation like this, they've got to have the desire to get it done. And I think they thought it was about time.

Chris Chelios

It's not his desire, it's how he can handle it physically. He hasn't told me a word.

Jimmie Johnson

For a guy who wants to slow down, Mark Martin hasn't lost his desire or his edge. He's winning and competing. He's really respected in our sport.

I'm not going to give you a map. I can give you only a great passion to discover. Yes, a map is not needed; great passion, great desire to discover is needed. Then I leave you alone. Then you go on your own.

Maurice Clarett

I just want to get in there and work, work my butt off, anything to help the team, running the ball, special teams, anything. . . . I'm not sure if it's more motivation than other people, but I have to say my drive and my desire is very high right now. I can feel the energy.

Michael Palmer

I just want people to get lost in the story and at the end kind of sag and say, 'That was fun.' It's hardly my desire for them to sit and think, 'What a great literary image.'

Michael W. Smith

There's this real desire on our part to be the man and woman of God that He wants us to be, and to do that you have to be a servant.

The review of the timeline is indicative of our desire to be flexible, practical, and pragmatic and to listen to public feedback.

Joni Mitchell

I want to have fun. I want to shine like the sun. I want to be the one that you want to see. I want to knit you a sweater. I want to write you a love letter. I want to make you feel better. I want to make you feel free.

Not to take anything away from the other guys, but Tommy has got a little desire to go after this $1 million. That would be huge for bowling. We would all like to see it happen.

Anouk Aimee

It's so much better to desire than to have... The moment of desire, when you know something is going to happen - that's the most exalting.

Anouk Aimee

It's so much better to desire than to have. . . . The moment of desire, when you know something is going to happen -- that's the most exalting.

It's something intangible. It's a desire to do the right thing.

Mike Magee

It's not a good thing to give away a goal after we scored but we still had the passion and desire to get another one after that.

J. Taylor

No man is poor who does not think himself so. But if in a full fortune with impatience he desires more, he proclaims his wants and his beggarly condition.

Not every one of our desires can be immediately gratified. We've got to learn towait patiently for our dreams to come true, especially on the path we've chosen.

It was plain for everyone to see we showed the desire to keep the unbeaten running which is what the manager went over on Friday. They were very focused on doing that.

John Burns

I want the municipality to be a helping hand to the man with a desire of sympathy, to help the fallen when it is not in their power to help themselves.

Steve Green

It took a lot of hard work and a lot of hours, and it took a lot of heart and dedication. I've never had a whole lot of anything, so I've always had my desires and my dreams.

Samuel Johnson

The two great movers of the human mind are the desire for good, and the fear of evil