They who overcome their desires once can overcome them always.
Pierre Corneille
One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.
Epictetus
If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.
Epicurus
I've always wanted to be an actor. I've never planned on the acting and the stand-up feeding each other; they've always been separate... →
Jim Gaffigan
Intellects whose desires have outstripped their understanding.
Friedrich August von Hayek
In moderating, not satisfying desires, lies peace.
Ben Hecht
Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.
Frank Herbert
You know that we have a great variety of ways to gratify our own desires.
Elias Hicks
Balancing hopes, desires and an appreciating of the possibilities with a clear-eyed assessment of the limitations: that is the art of choosing.
Sheena Iyengar
Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
Samuel Johnson