Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.
Desire Quotes
Lord grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.
Burning desire to be or do something gives us staying power – a reason to get up every morning or to pick ourselves up and start in again after a disappointment.
Better murder an infant in its cradle than nurse an unacted desire
He who desires but acts not, breeds pestilence.
We trifle when we assign limits to our desires, since nature hath set none.
Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp – or what’s a heaven for?
We grow weary of those things (and perhaps soonest) which we most desire.
There’s more glory in subduing our wild desires, than an embattl’d foe.
The thirst of desire is never filled, nor fully satisfied.
