#sire

My head’ll explode if I continue with this escapism. ↗

— Jess C. Scott

#books #cool #culture #desire #emotion

The first principle of success is desire - knowing what you want. Desire is the planting of your seed. ↗

— Robert Collier

#first #first principle #knowing #planting #principle

Parenthood is not an object of appetite or even desire. It is an object of will. There is no appetite for parenthood; there is only a purpose or intention of parenthood. ↗

— Robin G. Collingwood

#desire #even #intention #object #only

Our people have proven their desire for continuing with reforms. We complete the march today with those who have an honest patriotic desire for more progress and reform. ↗

— Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

#continuing #desire #honest #march #more

In the street, the gaze of desire is furtive or menacing. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#gaze #menacing #street

When sages commend excess, Desire is sick. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#desire #excess #sages #sick

Thus they have an idol that they petition for victory in war; another for success in their labors; and so for everything in which they seek or desire prosperity, they have their idols, which they honor and serve. ↗

— Hernando Cortes

#desire #everything #honor #idol #idols

The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this method of searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency. ↗

— Quentin Crisp

#character #consists #consuming #deliberately #describe

My father was overbearing. Very controlling. He was always the way he is, even before my success. He was not always a good person. He'd play mind games to make sure I knew my place. I don't see him, which is unfortunate. But I don't have any desire to see him. I vaguely know where he is, and I don't want to know. ↗

— Macaulay Culkin

#any #before #controlling #desire #even

I go farther, and say, that it is plainly our duty to desire pastors and teachers to take the care of such congregations, and that God did raise up such in the church as we see it in the word. ↗

— John Nelson Darby

#church #desire #did #duty #farther