#desires

Boredom: the desire for desires. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

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I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

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If you fear God, always put Him first, and seek His will, He will give you the desires of your heart ↗

— Deborah N. Kabwang

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We read advertisements... to discover and enlarge our desires. We are always ready - even eager - to discover, from the announcement of a new product, what we have all along wanted without really knowing it. ↗

— Daniel J. Boorstin

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We trifle when we assign limits to our desires, since nature hath set none. ↗

— Christian Nestell Bovee

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The petty man is eager to make boasts, yet desires that others should believe in him. He enthusiastically engages in deception, yet wants others to have affection for him. He conducts himself like an animal, yet wants others to think well of him. ↗

— Xun Zi

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A person is born with desires of the eyes and ears, and a liking for beautiful sights and sounds. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to immorality and lack of restriction, and any ritual principles and propriety will be abandoned. ↗

— Xun Zi

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Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achievement muscle. It's a strengthening of his powers of accomplishment. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

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Human beings place their desires ahead of the collective good. ↗

— Deepak Chopra

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God authors desires in your heart, then fulfills His Will by enabling you to realize those desires. ↗

— Edwin Louis Cole

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