#sir

To desire and strive to be of some service to the world, to aim at doing something which shall really increase the happiness and welfare and virtue of mankind - this is a choice which is possible for all of us; and surely it is a good haven to sail for. ↗

— Henry Van Dyke

#choice #desire #doing #good #happiness

Love between a man and a woman is founded on the mating instinct and is not free from desire and self-seeking. But to have a friend and to be true under any and all trials is the mark of a man! ↗

— Charles Alexander Eastman

#be true #between #desire #founded #free

The desire definitely comes from within. There are only a few people who make it to this level and those are the ones who have that innate desire. ↗

— Ashton Eaton

#definitely #desire #few #few people #innate

I have no desire to go in for tyranny or to play the part of King Charles. I hate tyranny in any field of human activity. ↗

— Charles Edison

#any #charles #desire #field #go

I don't see myself necessarily having a burning desire to write a symphony. ↗

— Danny Elfman

#burning desire #desire #having #i #myself

The beginning of wisdom is to desire it. ↗

— Solomon Ibn Gabirol

#desire #wisdom

But I don't have such a strong desire to need to get away from filmmaking. ↗

— Mike Figgis

#desire #filmmaking #get #i #need

If you greatly desire something, have the guts to stake everything on obtaining it. ↗

— Brendan Francis

#everything #greatly #guts #obtaining #something

The genius of the economic machine is in its ability to convert these indulgences into profitability. It converts desire into attention, a grip on our eyeballs and eardrums, which in turn can be marketed to advertisers. ↗

— Todd Gitlin

#attention #convert #converts #desire #economic

A memory is a beautiful thing, it's almost a desire that you miss. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#beautiful #beautiful thing #desire #memory #miss