Desire
To long for; to wish for earnestly; to covet.
To express a wish for; to entreat; to request.
To require; to demand; to claim.
To miss; to regret.
The natural longing that is excited by the enjoyment or the thought of any good, and impels to action or effort its continuance or possession; an eager wish to obtain or enjoy.
An expressed wish; a request; petition.
Anything which is desired; an object of longing.
Excessive or morbid longing; lust; appetite.
Grief; regret.
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Desire Quotations
I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end... I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall at least have one friend left, and that friend shall be down inside of me.
Abraham Lincoln
The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.
Confucius
Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire.
Confucius
In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.
Bill Cosby
If you desire many things, many things will seem few.
Benjamin Franklin
It is much easier to suppress a first desire than to satisfy those that follow.
Benjamin Franklin
Desire of having is the sin of covetousness.
William Shakespeare
Is it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performance?
William Shakespeare
Not necessity, not desire - no, the love of power is the demon of men. Let them have everything - health, food, a place to live, entertainment - they are and remain unhappy and low-spirited: for the demon waits and waits and will be satisfied.
Friedrich Nietzsche
The desire to annoy no one, to harm no one, can equally well be the sign of a just as of an anxious disposition.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Desire Translations
desire in Afrikaans is verlang
desire in Dutch is trek hebben in, verkiezen, begeren
desire in Finnish is haluta
desire in Latin is esurio, inhio, cupido, orexis, requiro, cupio
desire in Portuguese is anseio, querer, desejar, desejo
desire in Spanish is codiciar, deseo, desear, tener, gana
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