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Our opponents maintain that we are confronted with insurmountable political obstacles, but that may be said of the smallest obstacle if one has no desire to surmount it. ↗

— Theodor Herzl

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It is not Kafka's fault that his wonderful writings have lately turned into a fad, and are read by people who have neither the ability nor the desire to absorb literature. ↗

— Herman Hesse

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You know that we have a great variety of ways to gratify our own desires. ↗

— Elias Hicks

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And if we are in this state, if we had an eternity of probation, what reason have we to suppose that we should profit by it - if we had ever so long a time to chose for ourselves we should pursue our own will, to gratify our carnal I desires. ↗

— Elias Hicks

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That I feel a desire, my friends, that we in this latter day of the world, in which light is fast spreading, that we should be willing to attend to those portions of the Scriptures of truth that direct us home to the foundation. ↗

— Elias Hicks

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Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything. ↗

— Napoleon Hill

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There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it. ↗

— Napoleon Hill

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Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win - essential to success. ↗

— Napoleon Hill

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Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you ready or not, to put this plan into action. ↗

— Napoleon Hill

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The starting point of all achievement is desire. ↗

— Napoleon Hill

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