One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent. Epictetus
Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. Aristotle
Everyone desires relationships and community. Most people want to belong to a cohesive, like-minded group. It staves off loneliness. It promotes identity. These are natural and very human instincts. Joshua Ferris
God authors desires in your heart, then fulfills His Will by enabling you to realize those desires. Edwin Louis Cole
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. Aristotle
I had wanted to be a novelist for so long, but I didn't have a story. That story came from the death of my father, and wrestling with how to help my mother. Writing it allowed me to work through my fears, frustrations and desires. I wanted control over the situation. And I wasn't sure I would have any in real life. Robert Crais
If you're too scared to put your dreams, thoughts, desires, fantasies on paper and share them with the world, then being an author isn't the right career for you. P.C.Cast
There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires.Nelson Mandela
Were there no desire there would be no virtue, and because one man desires what another does not, who shall say whether the child of his desire be Vice or Virtue? Edgar Rice Burroughs