Those who restrain their desire do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.

A burning desire is the greatest motivator of every human action. The desire for success implants ''success consciousness'' which, in turn, creates a vigorous and ever-increasing ''habit of success.''

Desire is the essence of a man.

If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice.

It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.

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.

It is not because men's desires are strong that they act ill; it is because their consciences are weak.

For you can only be free when even the desire of seeking freedom becomes a harness to you.

Desires are only the lack of something: and those who have the greatest desires are in a worse condition than those who have none, or very slight ones.

I have a deeply hidden and inarticulate desire for something beyond the daily life.

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

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is the victory over self.

To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition, the end to which every enterprise and labor tends, and of which every desire prompts prosecution.

A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man.