“Do not turn the power of your mind upon others, but turn it upon yourself in such a way that it will make you stronger, more positive, more capable, and more efficient, and as you develop in this manner, success must come of itself. There is only one way by which you can influence others legitimately, and that is through the giving of instruction, but in that case, there is no desire to influence. You desire simply to impart knowledge and information, and you exercise a most desirable influence without desiring to do so.” WayGivingMindDesireTurnsCasesInfluenceInformationExerciseCapableStrongerOne WayInstructionEfficientDesirableImpartMakes You StrongerKnowledge And Information Book:The Optimist Creed Source: The Optimist Creed
“That is the worst moment, when you feel you have lost / The desires for all that was most desirable, / Before you are contented with what you can desire; / Before you know what is left to be desired; / And you go on wishing that you could desire / What desire has left behind.” KnowsFeelsMomentsDesireLostLeftWishBehindsWorstGoes OnDesirableLeft BehindWorst Moments Author:T. S. Eliot
“The end justifies the means only when the means used are such as actually bring about the desired and desirable end.” MeanEndsUsedDesireJustifyDesirableEnds Justify The Means Book:The Later Works, 1925-1953: 1938-1939 Source: The Later Works, 1925-1953: 1938-1939
“All genuine ideals have one thing in common: they express the desire for something which is not yet accomplished but which is desirable for the purpose of the growth and happiness of the individual.” DesirePurposeIndividualGrowthCommonOne ThingIdealsGenuineAccomplishedDesirable Book:Escape from Freedom Source: Escape from Freedom
“The most desirable mode of education, is that which is careful that all the acquisitions of the pupil shall be preceded and accompanied by desire . . . The boy, like the man, studies because he desires it. He proceeds upon a plan of is own invention, or by which, by adopting, he has made his own. Everything bespeaks independence and inequality.” MenMadeDesireBoysStudyPlansHe ManIndependenceCarefulInventionInequalityDesirableAcquisitionPupilsAdopting Author:William Godwin
“The sole evidence it is possible to produce that anything is desirable, is that people do actually desire it.” PeopleDesireProduceEvidenceSoleDesirable Author:John Stuart Mill
“Yet, every now and then, there would pass a young girl, slender, fair and desirable, arousing in young men a not ignoble desire to possess her, and stirring in old men regrets for ecstasy not seized and now forever past.” MenPastYoungDesireGirlForeverRegretFairsYoung ManOld ManEcstasyNow And ThenDesirableStirringSlenderIgnoble Author:Anatole France
“All I desire is, that my poverty may not be a burden to myself, or make me so to others; and that is the best state of fortune that is neither directly necessitous nor far from it. A mediocrity of fortune, with gentleness of mind, will preserve us from fear or envy; which is a desirable condition; for no man wants power to do mischief.” MenWantMindMayStatesDesirePovertyConditionsFortuneBurdenEnvyPreservesMediocrityDesirableGentlenessMischief Author:Seneca the Younger
“Happiness does not consist in things themselves but in the relish we have of them; and a man has attained it when he enjoys what he loves and desires himself, and not what other people think lovely and desirable.” PeopleThinkingMenDoeHappinessDesireEnjoyTasteLovelyDesirableRelish Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld