A Quote by Lionel Shriver

Desire is one of the burning experiences of human life.

Lionel Shriver

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Lionel Shriver
American - Journalist
Born: May 18, 1957

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'.

Paul J. Meyer

A burning desire is the greatest motivator of every human action.

Paul J. Meyer

Nothing constructive and worthy of man's efforts ever has or ever will be achieved except by that which comes from a positive mental attitude, based on a definiteness of purpose and activated by a burning desire, and acted upon until the burning desire is elevated to the level of applied faith.

Napoleon Hill

Desire, burning desire, is basic to achieving anything beyond the ordinary.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

The thing for me is I never had this burning desire to do a solo record my whole life.

Julian Casablancas

If you have the desire, if you really had people with the burning desire to lower taxes, it would be done. We know the Democrats don't want to do it.

Rush Limbaugh

If you're bored with life - you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things - you don't have enough goals.

Lou Holtz

A burning itch to know is higher than a solemn vow to pursue truth. To feel the burning itch of curiosity requires both that you be ignorant, and that you desire to relinquish your ignorance.

Eliezer Yudkowsky

It's the desire to study the human condition, the desire for collaboration, to learn and absorb, and to lead a well-examined life.

Nicole Kidman

Of course, all writers draw upon their personal experiences in describing day-to-day life and human relationships, but I tend to keep my own experiences largely separate from my stories.

Jeffery Deaver

Your ability to use the principle of autosuggestion will depend, very largely, upon your capacity to concentrate upon a given desire until that desire becomes a burning obsession.

Napoleon Hill

Because of my life experiences, I understand that I have an opportunity to help other women. I have the desire and the ability.

Gloria Allred

I have a philosophy, folks, and it's based on my own life. I'm using my own life experiences to philosophize about things in general. It has to do with desire.

Rush Limbaugh

Desire is the strongest human emotion - desire for a hat, desire for a dress; that's what drives people to buy and want things.