Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.
- Topic: Desire, Goals
- Location: Lake Tahoe
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Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.
No man can afford to express, through words and acts, that which is not in harmony with his own beliefs, and if he does so, he may pay by the loss of his ability to influence others.
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A human being has a natural desire to have more of a good thing than they need.
It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.
For you can only be free when even the desire of seeking freedom becomes a harness to you.
If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice.
Desire is the essence of a man.
No matter who you are or what your position you must keeping fighting for whatever it is you desire to achieve.
There are two ways to get enough: One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.
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.
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.
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.
An aspiration is a joy forever, a possession as solid as a landed estate, a fortune which we can never exhaust and which gives us year by year a revenue of pleasurable activity.
If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
A winner never taught me how to quit.
There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, there are no limits.
Most men die at 27, we just bury them at 72.
Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he as imagined, he will meet with success unexpectedly in common hours.
There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.
