#desire

There are men whom a happy disposition, a strong desire of glory and esteem, inspire with the same love for justice and virtue which men in general have for riches and honors... But the number of these men is so small that I only mention them in honor of humanity. ↗

— Claud-Adrian Helvetius

#disposition #esteem #general #glory #happy

I am, first of all, a Christian and, secondly, a person with very very serious personal opinion, so I'm motivated by many many things and, certainly, not by the need or desire to satisfy other people's ideas of who I am. ↗

— Ken Hensley

#certainly #christian #desire #first #first of all

I began the study of medicine, impelled by a desire for knowledge of facts and of man. The resolution to do disciplined work tied me to both laboratory and clinic for a long time to come. ↗

— Karl Jaspers

#both #clinic #come #desire #disciplined

I still don't know if I'm good enough or if it's a calling or a vocation or something, but the talent part is out. My desire to do it is undoubted. I just love doing this. ↗

— Chris Isaak

#desire #doing #enough #good #i

We don't need fashion to survive, we just desire it so much. ↗

— Marc Jacobs

#fashion #just #much #need #survive

I inherited my father's insatiable desire to meet all the beautiful girls in the world. ↗

— Anthony Kiedis

#beautiful girls #desire #father #i #inherited

From the outset of the war, the Canadian people have clearly shown that it is their desire to help in every way to make Canada's war effort as effective as possible. ↗

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

#canadian #clearly #desire #effective #effort

I am your fairy tale. Your dream. Your wishes and desires, and I am your thirst and your hunger and your food and your drink. ↗

— Klaus Kinski

#desires #dream #drink #fairy #fairy tale

The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment along the way. ↗

— Robert Kiyosaki

#desire #disappointment #dream #handle #how

You are undoubtedly acquainted with my Reputation, and as for my Penmanship it must speak for itself; this is to desire your Approbation to keep a public school. ↗

— Eli Whitney

#approbation #desire #itself #keep #must