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Definitions and meanings of word "desire"

• Noun: the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state

• Noun: an inclination to want things; example: "a man of many desires"

• Noun: something that is desired

• Verb: feel or have a desire for; want strongly; examples: "I want to go home now", "I want my own room"

• Verb: expect and wish; examples: "I trust you will behave better from now on", "I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise"

• Verb: express a desire for

Featured authors with quotes containing word "desire"

Napoleon Hill
8 quotes about desire
American Writer, Author, Producer
Friday 26 October 1883 - Sunday 8 November 1970
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
9 quotes about desire
French Writer
Sunday 15 September 1613 - Sunday 17 March 1680
Swami Sivananda
3 quotes about desire
Indian Philosopher
Thursday 8 September 1887 - Sunday 14 July 1963
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
2 quotes about desire
English Philosopher, Critic, Poet
Wednesday 21 October 1772 - Friday 25 July 1834
George Bernard Shaw
5 quotes about desire
Irish Dramatist
Saturday 26 July 1856 - Thursday 2 November 1950
Epictetus
4 quotes about desire
Greek Philosopher
55 A.D. - 135 A.D.
Janine Turner
4 quotes about desire
American Actress
Born Thursday 6 December 1962
Emmanuelle Beart
3 quotes about desire
French Actress
Born Saturday 14 August 1965
Samuel Alexander
3 quotes about desire
Australian Philosopher
Thursday 6 January 1859 - Tuesday 13 September 1938
Ayn Rand
3 quotes about desire
Russian Writer, Philosopher, Novelist, Playwright
Thursday 2 February 1905 - Saturday 6 March 1982
Eric Hoffer
3 quotes about desire
American Writer, Author
Friday 25 July 1902 - Saturday 21 May 1983
James Allen
3 quotes about desire
British Author
1864 - 1912

Desire is poverty. Desire is the greatest impurity of the mind. Desire is the motive force for action. Desire in the mind is the real impurity. Even a spark of desire is a very great evil.

Swami Sivananda

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The desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman is for the desire of the man.

Swami Sivananda

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

Swami Sivananda

Words: mans, desire, woman, womans, rarely, other, man
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The man's desire is for the woman; but the woman's desire is rarely other than for the desire of the man.

Swami Sivananda

Words: mans, desire, woman, womans, rarely, other, man
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Out of need springs desire, and out of desire springs the energy and the will to win.

Swami Sivananda

Words: need, springs, desire, energy, will, win
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We must not only cease our present desire for the growth of the state, but we must desire its decrease, its weakening.

Swami Sivananda

Words: must, cease, present, desire, growth, state, decrease, weakening
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We do not succeed in changing things according to our desire, but gradually our desire changes.

Swami Sivananda

Words: succeed, changing, things, according, desire, gradually, changes
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Lust is what keeps you wanting to do it even when you have no desire to be with each other. Love is what makes you want to be with each other even when you have no desire to do it.

Swami Sivananda

Words: lust, keeps, wanting, desire, each, other, love, makes, want
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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.

Swami Sivananda

Words: used, desire, things, now, just, one, get, rid, all, other, desires
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Desire and force between them are responsible for all our actions; desire causes our voluntary acts, force our involuntary.

Swami Sivananda

Words: desire, force, between, responsible, all, actions, causes, voluntary, acts, involuntary
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A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.

Swami Sivananda

Words: creative, man, motivated, desire, achieve, beat
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If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War.

Swami Sivananda

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The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused men to fall.

Swami Sivananda

Words: desire, excessive, power, caused, angels, fall, knowledge, men
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My desire to exit the game is greater than my desire to remain in it. I have searched my heart through and through and feel comfortable with this decision.

Swami Sivananda

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Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.

Swami Sivananda

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Let not a man do what his sense of right bids him not to do, nor desire what it forbids him to desire. This is sufficient. The skillful artist will not alter his measures for the sake of a stupid workman.

Swami Sivananda

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The desire definitely comes from within. There are only a few people who make it to this level and those are the ones who have that innate desire.

Swami Sivananda

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What everyone in the astronaut corps shares in common is not gender or ethnic background, but motivation, perseverance, and desire - the desire to participate in a voyage of discovery.

Swami Sivananda

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Desire! That's the one secret of every man's career. Not education. Not being born with hidden talents. Desire.

Swami Sivananda

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The instinct to impersonate produces the actor; the desire to provide pleasure by impersonations produces the playwright; the desire to provide this pleasure with adequate characterization and dialogue memorable in itself produces dramatic literature.

Swami Sivananda

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