A BURNING DESIRE TO BE, AND TO DO is the starting point from which the dreamer must take off. Dreams are not born of indifference, laziness, or lack of ambition.

Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires.

Every desire bears its death in its very gratification. Curiosity languishes under repeated stimulants, and novelties cease to excite and surprise, until at length we cannot wonder even at a miracle.

Desires are seeds waiting for their season to sprout. From a single seed of desire, whole forests grow.

Happiness can be defined, in part at least, as the fruit of the desire and ability to sacrifice what we want now for what we want eventually.

Expectation ... quickens desire, while possession deadens it.

He who is drawn to something desirable does not desire to have it as a thought but as a thing.

Don't give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you.

GOALS are dreams with deadlines, and without those deadlines, our dreams are dead in the water.

A chance of hope is no pacifier against a sure tragedy.

I'm convinced every person has a longing that will never be fulfilled and it's our job to let it live and breathe and suffer within it as a way of developing our character.

Some people think of it as the longing for God, and I think they're on to something. In my opinion, though, that longing will never be satisfied in our lifetime. In other words, I'm convinced every person has a longing that will never be fulfilled and it's our job to let it live and breathe and suffer within it as a way of developing our character.