Pastoral Resources

Every person is a God in embryo. Its only desire is to be born.

We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers themselves, even in those books which they write in contempt of glory, inscribe their names.

The desire to die was my one and only concern; to it I have sacrificed everything, even death.

When mankind first saw the necessity of government, it is probable that many had conceived the desire of ruling.

The good thing about getting older is that, as you become less attractive, so you have less desire to go out and conquer everyone you see.

I used to desire many, many things, but now I have just one desire, and that's to get rid of all my other desires.

Another great evil arising from this desire to be thought rich; or rather, from the desire not to be thought poor, is the destructive thing which has been honored by the name of 'speculation'; but which ought to be called Gambling.

It was the desire to do the complete thing. I only took taking acting lessons because my whole thing, really, was to direct. But my first jobs were acting jobs.

If you start by promising what you don't even have yet, you'll lose your desire to work towards getting it.

I still have the desire to do the job of acting. It's just a matter of whether I'll be allowed to do the job of acting that remains to be seen. There are only so many brick walls that I'm willing to beat my head on.

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

A man's desire is for the woman, but the woman's desire is rarely other than for the desire of the man.

Plant the seed of desire in your mind and it forms a nucleus with power to attract to itself everything needed for its fulfillment.

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

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.

I am not solicitous to examine particularly everything here, which indeed could not be done in fifty years, because my desire is to make all possible discoveries, and return to your Highnesses, if it please our Lord, in April.

Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire.

The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.

I have absolutely no desire and no thought of quitting ever.

Fantasy mirrors desire. Imagination reshapes it.