#desire

I work with the options I have in front of me and my reasons for choosing a job can vary enormously depending on the circumstances. Sometimes I take a job because it's a group of people I'm dying to work with, and sometimes it can be a desire to shake things up a bit and not to take myself too seriously. ↗

— Colin Firth

#bit #choosing #circumstances #depending #desire

The man's desire is for the woman; but the woman's desire is rarely other than for the desire of the man. ↗

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

#man #other #rarely #than #woman

They who overcome their desires once can overcome them always. ↗

— Pierre Corneille

#desires #once #overcome #their #them

I didn't get into making music for the fame aspect. There are people who do desire that. ↗

— Sheryl Crow

#desire #fame #get #i #into

This desire for equity must not lead to an excess of welfare, where nobody is responsible for anything. ↗

— Jacques Delors

#desire #equity #excess #lead #must

Good means not merely not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong. ↗

— Democritus

#good #means #merely #rather #wrong

Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire. ↗

— Jean de La Fontaine

#desire #easily #everyone #fear #very

A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease. ↗

— Elizabeth Gaskell

#action #advisor #become #cease #desire

Most of us have considerable prosperity in our lives. Often, we are so busy pursuing our unmet desires that we are unable to enjoy all that we already have. Allowing ourselves to really appreciate the prosperity we have created is a big step toward opening to even greater fulfillment. ↗

— Shakti Gawain

#already #appreciate #big #busy #considerable

Every man makes a god of his own desire. ↗

— Virgil

#every #every man #god #his #makes