When you want it, you cant get it, and when you get it, you dont want it.

Quote by H Emilie Cady

Topics: Desire Quotes

Desire is the thing you want in incipiency.

Desire is the thing you want in incipiency.

In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or...

In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or...

Our destiny changes with our thought; we shall become what we wish to become, do...

Our destiny changes with our thought; we shall become what we wish to become, do...

The desire to know is natural to good men.

The desire to know is natural to good men.

The fundamental desire of life is the desire to exist.

The fundamental desire of life is the desire to exist.

If we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards...

If we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards...

A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to...

A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to...

The desire to write grows with writing.

The desire to write grows with writing.

All human activity is prompted by desire

All human activity is prompted by desire

The desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman...

The desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman...

I want to have fun. I want to shine like the sun. I want to...

I want to have fun. I want to shine like the sun. I want to...

Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more...

Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more...

You're not my life but you're the one I want to spend it with. You're...

You're not my life but you're the one I want to spend it with. You're...

Wealth and rank are what people desire, but unless they are obtained in the right...

Wealth and rank are what people desire, but unless they are obtained in the right...

Dictatorship is a constant lecture instructing you that your feelings, your thoughts and desires are...

Dictatorship is a constant lecture instructing you that your feelings, your thoughts and desires are...

What we desire our children to become, we must endeavor to be before them

What we desire our children to become, we must endeavor to be before them

A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to...

A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to...

To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life,...

To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life,...

I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.

I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.