Conjugal love, or the friendship of spouses, can persist even after sexual desires have weakened, withered, and disappeared.
Mortimer Adler
Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our powers.
Henri Frederic Amiel
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.
Aristotle
Teens in the '90s had the same basic desires as they do now.
Jay Asher
Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires.
Saint Augustine
Most of us are consumed with our own thoughts and desires and are not always thinking about what other people may want. This is not necessarily being... →
Bo Bennett
My maternal desires are fully satisfied with my dogs.
Elisabetta Canalis
I used to desire many, many things, but now I have just one desire, and that's to get rid of all my other desires.
John Cleese
Unfortunately, however, I have too many desires to make a good Buddhist.
Jim Coleman
My thought has been shaped by books; my desires by pictures.
Mason Cooley