“I'm finding, as I get older, that I'm not much of a believer in redemption. I mean, I believe in redemption in real life - redemption does happen, and it's cool when it does - but I find myself getting leery of my desire for it in stories (especially my own).” BelieveMeanDoeRealStoriesHappensDesireI BelieveMy OwnFindingsI Believe InBelieverReal LifeRedemption Author:George Saunders
“I consistently run into young adults who have quickly turned away from traditional jobs at great companies to try their hand at a start-up. I believe that some of this stems from the desire to strike it big like Mark Zuckerberg, but I also believe it is because starting a company has become far cooler than working in one.” TryingBelieveHandsBigsRunningJobsYoungDesireI BelieveCompanyAdultsMarkStartingYoung AdultStrikesTraditionalConsistentlyStemGreat CompanyZuckerberg Author:Maynard Webb
“I believe that happiness consists in having a destiny in keeping with our abilities. Our desires are things of the moment, often harmful even to ourselves; but our abilities are permanent, and their demands never cease.” BelieveMomentsHappinessDesireI BelieveAbilityDestinyDemandCeasePermanent Author:Madame de Stael
“I believe God has instilled in us a craving, a deep desire to run with Him on a fantastic adventure, yet many of us crawl along in life without even a glimpse of our hidden passion. There has to be a reason for living. There must be a Camelot, a hidden Utopia where we can rest from our personal campaigns. Fantasy opens our eyes to a better place, a shining city we do not yet know. And these stories provide a mental bridge to that city as we pursue horizons we could never distinguish with our physical eyes.” KnowsBelieveReasonStoriesEyeRunningDesirePassionI BelieveCitiesFantasyAdventureShiningCampaignsPursueFantasticBridgesHorizonBelieve In GodGlimpseBetter PlaceCravingUtopiaCamelotDeep Desire Author:Bryan Davis
“I believe that You, O Jesus, are in the most holy Sacrament. I love You and desire You. Come into my heart. I embrace You. Oh, never leave me. May the burning and most sweet power of Your love, O Lord Jesus Christ, I beseech You, absorb my mind that I may die through love of Your love, Who were graciously pleased to die through love of my love.” MindBelieveHeartMayDesireDiesJesusI BelieveChristLordLove YouSweetMy HeartHolyJesus ChristEmbraceBurningSacramentsLeaving MeLord Jesus ChristNever Leave Me Author:Francis of Assisi
“Some people say that music isn't something you are; it's something you do. It's having a constant desire to share and express. But I believe it's something you are. To me it's more inward.” PeopleBelieveDesireI BelieveShareMusic IsConstantInward Author:Negash Ali
“Many people genuinely do not wish to be saints, and it is probable that some who achieve or aspire to sainthood have never felt much temptation to be human beings. If one could follow it to its psychological roots, one would, I believe, find that the main motive for "non-attachment" is a desire to escape from the pain of living, and above all from love, which, sexual or non-sexual, is hard work.” PeopleIfsBelieveHumansHardPainDesireI BelieveWishFeltHuman BeingsAchieveHard WorkRootsSaintPsychologicalTemptationMotiveAttachmentAspireSainthood Book:Our job is to make life worth living, 1949-1950 Source: Our job is to make life worth living, 1949-1950
“Nobody, I believe, will deny, that we are to form our judgment of the true nature of the human mind, not from sloth and stupidity of the most degenerate and vilest of men, but from the sentiments and fervent desires of the best and wisest of the species.” MenMindBelieveHumansFormDesireI BelieveJudgmentSpeciesDenyStupiditySentimentsHuman MindWisestTrue NatureSlothDegeneratesFervent Author:Robert B. Leighton
“Not all the subtilties of metaphysics can make me doubt a moment of the immortality of the soul, and of a beneficent Providence. I feel it, I believe it, I desire it, I hope it, and will defend it to my last breath.” FeelsBelieveSoulMomentsLastsDesireI BelieveDoubtBreathsImmortalityProvidenceMetaphysics Author:Jean-Jacques Rousseau
“As long as I can remember, the compelling force behind my calling is a desire to know Jesus more and to make Him known. I believe I was created for a relationship with Jesus, so growing in my relationship with Him and worshiping Him with all my heart and life is preeminent.” KnowsBelieveHeartLongI CanRememberLife IsDesireJesusForceI BelieveBehindsKnownGrowingMy HeartCallingCompelling Author:Louie Giglio
“What is human in me is not what is best in me. What is human in me is that I desire, and to obtain what I desire, I believe I would crush anything that stood in my way.” WayBelieveHumansDesireI BelieveHuman NatureMy WayCrushAggression Author:Albert Camus
“I endeavor not to conceal that I believe there is a great mixture of desire in the passion which is called love--or rather, without any far-fetched strain on words, it may be called the companion of love.” LoveBelieveMayDesirePassionI BelieveCompanionEndeavorStrainMixtures Author:Sarah Fielding
“I believe everyone should have a broad picture of how the universe operates and our place in it. It is a basic human desire. And it also puts our worries in perspective.” ShouldBelieveHumansDesireUniverseI BelieveWorryPerspectiveShould HaveBroads Author:Stephen Hawking