Top 650 Desired Quotes & Sayings - Page 3
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Last updated on April 20, 2025.
What I have desired to do is to make the people of Boston realize that the most important office, and the one which all of us can and should fill, is that of private citizen.
Yesterday one has wished, to-day one attains the madly longed-for object, and to-morrow one will blush to think that one ever desired it.
Effective leaders help others to understand the necessity of change and to accept a common vision of the desired outcome.
My performing and my singing leave much to be desired, but having other people record my songs is the most flattering thing that can happen.
Destiny is something not be to desired and not to be avoided. a mystery not contrary to reason, for it implies that the world, and the course of human history, have meaning.
I gain and lose weight very easily, so it takes me a week to get back into the desired shape.
Small is the worth Of beauty from the light retired: Bid her come forth, Suffer herself to be desired, And not blush so to be admired.
The preaching of Jesus Christ and him crucified on account of sinners is Gods desired way of being God.
MAY it please your Honors: I was desired by one of the court to look into the books, and consider the question now before them concerning Writs of Assistance.
We will continue to count on your unwavering support and commitment to working with leaders of our continent in bringing about the desired renaissance of Africa.
I never desired to really go to Hollywood and make films, and purely because I want my entire control, which I'm used to having.
From time immemorial, man has desired to comprehend the complexity of nature in terms of as few elementary concepts as possible.
Disinformation is more than just lying: it's the denial and twisting of reality in order to present some desired image to the rest of the world.
Man can be conditioned to behave in almost every desired way; but only "almost.
Females carry the marks, language and nuances of their culture more than the male. Anything that is desired or despised is always placed on the female body.
Star voices are not cheap. So if they're not bringing the desired result for the studio, why not pay the VO artists better.
I ended up making my name at Marvel, but I've always desired greater access to the DCU characters. Bottom line: I'm a huge fan.
The old 7 Series, the E38, was an elegant car, an evolution of the classic BMW look. But it wasn't penetrating the luxury market as we desired. It just didn't have the presence to be noticed.
The theory of marketing is solid but the practice of marketing leaves much to be desired.
Anything that is theoretically possible will be achieved in practice, no matter what the technical difficulties are, if it is desired greatly enough.
I have a lot of respect for Ali Karimi and appreciate his football but we cannot get desired results with big names. It won't work.
I see in Jesus matchless charms. I see in Him everything to be desired by the children of men.
I have desired to go
Where springs not fail,
To fields where flies no sharp and sided hail
And a few lilies blow.
Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms.
The first right of every child is to be wanted, to be desired, to be planned for with an intensity of love that gives it its title to being.
If what we are doing with our anger is not achieving the desired result, it would seem logical to try something different.
Systems are complex, so controlling an attack and achieving a desired level of damage may be harder than using physical weapons.
Managers in all too many American companies do not achieve the desired results because nobody makes them do it.
How was your flight? Well, aeronautically it was a great success. Socially, it left quite a bit to be desired.
A man of conviction is often more to be desired than a man of experience.
If governments want to encourage good citizenship, they should try making the desired behavior more fun.
From time immemorial artistic insights have been revealed to artists in their sleep and in dreams, so that at all times they ardently desired them.
I have just put my soul as a blank into the hand of Jesus, my Redeemer, and desired Him to write on it what He pleases; I know it will be His image.
Coaching is effective self-expression in the coach/client relationship so that you catalyze your clients' manifestation of their own desired outcomes.
But how difficult it can be to gain the desired full point against an opponent of inferior strength, when this is demanded by the tournament position!
The greater the value of the object desired, the greater the effort required in its attainment.
Without the necessary humility to worship, I subconsciously desired to be worshiped, not in a crazy Napoleanic manner, but like a modern-day celebrity.
Interestingly, it's as though the gospel story of Jesus is the archetypal heroic journey, the embodiment of the very adventure that all people in every epoch have desired.
I am more interested in the purpose of government than its mechanics-though the means should at least be good enough to lead to the ends desired.
This is the great lesson that we are here to learn through myriads of births and heavens and hells - that there is nothing to be asked for, desired for, beyond one's spiritual Self (atman).
Faith is that quality or power by which the things desired become the things possessed.
Every expression of desired friendship has potential bite. Every smile reveals the teeth.
I don't want to be loved. I want to be desired. Love is safety, but desire is foul.
Reducing the thinking required to take the next action increases the likelihood of the desired behavior occurring unconsciously.
For the record, I believe that women and their doctors should have access to oral contraception when desired by the patient and medically appropriate.
Hope is trust in God's promises, faith that if we act now, the desired blessings will be fulfilled in the future.
...Everything that is, desires to be. As we act, we unfold our being. Enjoyment naturally follows, for a thing desired always brings delight.
Sorcery: the systematic cultivation of enhanced consciousness or non-ordinary awareness & its deployment in the world of deeds & objects to bring about desired results.
Men who neglect philosophy while busying themselves with ordinary affairs are like the Suitors [in the Odyssey] who desired Penelope but went to bed with her maids.
Homelessness is the actor's fate; physical incapacity to attain what is most required and desired by such a spirit as I am a slave to.
There's so much pressure for actresses to constantly work or constantly be desired in terms of a value.
When you want a thing deeply, earnestly and intensely, this feeling of desire reinforces your will and arouses in you the determination to work for the desired object.
Policymakers think that if they get the abstractions right, that will drive behavior in the desired direction. But the world happens in real time.
Requirement completeness: Requirements are sufficient to distinguish the desired behavior of the software from that of any other undesired program that might be designed. .
A woman's manly side is what's sexy--a woman standing strongly, fighting to be desired.
There is no doubt that Stop-and-Frisk does not yield the desired results, and it is apparent that it disproportionately targets minority communities.
I don't think there's anything to be desired in a bunch of people chasing you around, trying to get a piece of your clothing.
Force is not inevitable. Diplomacy is still the desired means. Pressure is an element of the means.
When your brain and body stop working, it turns into hell. Death is at that point desired. It's the best thing that can happen.
My family is so loving and so encouraging. Ever since I was little, it was implanted in my head - and my sister's and my brother's - that we could do anything our heart desired to do, and to not be afraid.
