#desire

Our visions begin with our desires. ↗

— Audre Lorde

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I am surprised that I cannot recall whether my desire to become a minister transformed itself into a wish to lead the more militant life of missionary, by a slow process or suddenly. ↗

— Pierre Loti

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It is easier to achieve a desired result in short pieces. ↗

— Gustav Mahler

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We have been frustrated that there are a number of incumbents in Maryland offices who have been in office for years and years and show no movement or desire to pass the torch. ↗

— John Mahoney

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From the beginning, I wanted to live my own life, and patiently I shored up that desire against wind and tide. ↗

— Ella Maillart

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Travel can also be the spirit of adventure somewhat tamed, for those who desire to do something they are a bit afraid of. ↗

— Ella Maillart

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There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

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Our destiny changes with our thought; we shall become what we wish to become, do what we wish to do, when our habitual thought corresponds with our desire. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

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It is psychological law that whatever we desire to accomplish we must impress upon the subjective or subconscious mind. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

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Force is not inevitable. Diplomacy is still the desired means. Pressure is an element of the means. ↗

— Dennis Ross

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