Quotes about Desire

Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities. They vary in their desires to reach their potential.

If I wanted to make a difference… Wishing for things to change wouldn't make them change. Hoping for improvements wouldn't bring them. Dreaming wouldn't provide all the answers I needed. Vision wouldn't be enough to bring transformation to me or others. Only by managing my thinking and shifting my thoughts from desire to deeds would I be able to bring about positive change. I needed to go from wanting to doing.

Nothing much happens without a dream. For something really great to happen, it takes a really great dream.

Ours is a world where people don't know what they want and are willing to go through hell to get it. —DON MARQUIS

An attitude that really works against people is the desire for equality that feeds petty jealousy. For

So often we lack desire because our delight is not great enough. God promises us that if we delight in him, we will desire things we need, and he will give them to us.

Contentment is not a popular concept. Our culture actually discourages the idea. People are continually bombarded with the message, "What you have isn't enough. You need more—a bigger house, a better car, a larger salary, whiter teeth, sweeter breath, nicer clothes . . ." The list is endless. But the truth is that possessing healthy contentment is essential to being able to withstand failure. —Failing Forward DECIDE TODAY THAT WHAT YOU HAVE IS ENOUGH.

One of the reasons people don't achieve their dreams is that they desire to change their results without changing their thinking.

You can't help people become winners unless they want to win. Champions become champions from within, not from without.

The Inner Voice: Vision starts within. Do you know your life's mission? What stirs your heart? What do you dream about? If what you're pursuing in life doesn't come from a desire within—from the very depths of who you are and what you believe—you will not be able to accomplish it.

What do I really want? What will it cost? Am I willing to pay the price? When should I start paying the price?

Isn't the fulfillment of our duty towards our neighbor an expression of deepest desire?