#desires

God touches and moves, warns and desires all equally, and He wants one quite as much as another. The inequality lies in the way in which His touch, His warnings, and His gifts are received. ↗

— Johannes Tauler

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Though we may have desires or bold goals, for whatever reason, most of us don't think we can achieve something beyond what we're qualified to achieve. Why, I ask, do we let reality interfere with our dreams? ↗

— Simon Sinek

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Music is the career I'm lucky enough to get paid for, but I have other desires and passions. ↗

— Layne Staley

#desires #enough #get #i #lucky

Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

#every #every man #live #long #man

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. ↗

— Jeremy Taylor

#desires #does #fortune #full #himself

To me that's what art is about - when you don't really have any control over your desires to do it. ↗

— Noah Taylor

#any #art #control #desires #me

In the states we all have this idea, everyone who wants to be the next best singer, next best dancer. Those same wants and desires are in India, too. ↗

— Parvesh Cheena

#dancer #desires #everyone #idea #india

There is no man who desires as passionately as a Russian. If we could imprison a Russian desire beneath a fortress, that fortress would explode. ↗

— Joseph de Maistre

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The butterfly startled at Mary’s gesture and floated up, drifting on the breeze, its wings sparkling blue and bright in the late afternoon sunshine. Silence watched it, enthralled, and then her eyes met Michael’s. A corner of his mouth cocked up. “Welcome home, m’love. ↗

— Elizabeth Hoyt

#mickey #scandalous-desires #silence #love

Beyond all vanities, fights, and desires, omnipotent silence lies. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

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