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

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

Desire is the essence of a man.

All cravings are the mind seeking salvation or fulfillment in external things and in the future as a substitute for the joy of Being.

The heart's earnest and pure desire is always fulfilled.

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.

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.''

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.

There are two ways to get enough: One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.

If you compromise your own conscience, you will weaken your conscience. Soon your conscience will fail to guide you and you never will have real wealth based on peace of mind.

You are the only person who thinks in your mind. You are the power and authority in your world.

The stability of the internal medium is a primary condition for the freedom and independence of certain living bodies in relation to the environment surrounding them.

We all walk in the dark and each of us must learn to turn on his or her own light.

Victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan.

In reading lives of great people, I found the first victory won was over themselves.

Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory there is no survival.

Far better it is to dare might things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they in the gray twilight that knows nor victory nor defeat.

Because no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.

Those disputing, contradicting, and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. They get victory, sometimes, but they never get good will, which would be of more use to them.