“For love is a flattering mischief, that hath denied aged and wise men a foresight of those evils that too often prove to be the children of that blind father; a passion, that carries us to commit errors with as much ease as whirlwinds move feathers, and begets in us an unwearied industry to the attainment of what we desire.” MenChildrenMovingDesirePassionEvilFatherLove IsWiseIndustryProveBlindErrorsCommitEaseCarrieDeniedFeathersAttainmentMischiefBegetsForesightFlattering Book:The Pilgrim's Progress & the Lives of Donne and Herbert Source: The Pilgrim's Progress & the Lives of Donne and Herbert
“I am aware that most people only see me as Shaq... the guy on the court. But there is another side to who I am, Shaquille O'Neal. And Shaquille O'Neal wants to explore every part of life. He wants the opportunity to pursue all of his desires. That includes being a part of the music industry as an MC. Music is and will always be a part of who I am.” PeopleWantDesireGuyOpportunitySidesIndustryBasketballMusic IsCourtWho I AmPursueMusic IndustryParts Of LifeShaq Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“I desire to see the time when education, and by its means, morality, sobriety, enterprise and industry shall become much more general than at present.” MeanDesireIndustryMoralityEnterpriseSobriety Book:Lincoln on Democracy Source: Lincoln on Democracy
“An Italian philosopher said that "time was his estate"; an estate indeed which will produce nothing without cultivation, but will always abundantly repay the labors of industry, and generally satisfy the most extensive desires, if no part of it be suffered to lie in waste by negligence, to be overrun with noxious plants, or laid out for show rather than for use.” IfsSaidUseShowsLyingDesireProduceIndustryOne DayWasteLaborPlantPhilosopherItalianEstatesCultivationNegligence Author:Samuel Johnson
“When the desire of wealth is taking hold of the heart, let us look round and see how it operates upon than whose industry or fortune has obtained it. When we find them oppressed with their own abundance, luxurious without pleasure, idle without ease, impatient and querulous in themselves, and despised or hated by the rest of mankind, we shall soon be convinced that if the real wants of our condition are satisfied, there remains little to be sought with solicitude or desired with eagerness.” IfsWantLooksHeartLittlesRealDesireWealthPleasureConditionsMankindIndustryRemainsFortuneRoundsConvincedSatisfiedEaseHatedAbundanceIdleOppressedImpatientDespisedEagernessLuxuriousSolicitude Author:Samuel Johnson
“That those tribes [the Sac and Fox Indians] cannot exist surrounded by our settlements and in continual contact with our citizensis certain. They have neither the intelligence, the industry, the moral habits, nor the desire of improvement which are essential to any favorable change in their condition.” DesireCertainMoralConditionsIndustryHabitEssentialsImprovementContactNativeNative AmericanTribesFoxesSettlement Author:Andrew Jackson