#desire

A dislike of death is no proof of the want of religion. The instincts of nature shrink from it, for no creature can like its own dissolution. But though death is not desired, the result of it may be, for dying to the Christian is the way to life eternal. ↗

— William Jay

#creature #death #desired #dislike #dissolution

Success - keeping your mind awake and your desire asleep. ↗

— Walter Scott

#awake #desire #keeping #mind #success

My lord, I have some matter of law relating to the indictment, and I desire counsel to speak to it. ↗

— William Kidd

#desire #i #indictment #law #lord

A single man, he said he loved women but preferred engines. ↗

— Colum McCann

#love

Even the distribution of rations leaves much to be desired; the fatigue party, well-intentioned and sympathetic though it be, often finds itself short of provisions. ↗

— Patrick MacGill

#distribution #even #fatigue #finds #itself

The preparation, commitment and desire to win will be no less than the last time I drove a grand prix car in anger. ↗

— Nigel Mansell

#car #commitment #desire #drove #grand

I believe very strongly that when it comes to desire, when it comes to attraction, that things are never black and white, things are very much shades of grey. ↗

— Brian Molko

#believe #black #black and white #comes #desire

The teacher must derive not only the capacity, but the desire, to observe natural phenomena. The teacher must understand and feel her position of observer: the activity must lie in the phenomenon. ↗

— Maria Montessori

#capacity #derive #desire #feel #her

Citizen participation is a device whereby public officials induce nonpublic individuals to act in a way the officials desire. ↗

— Daniel Patrick Moynihan

#citizen #desire #device #individuals #induce

Let others laugh when you sacrifice desire to duty, if they will. You have time and eternity to rejoice in. ↗

— Theodore Parker

#duty #eternity #laugh #others #rejoice