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Perfectionism is not as much the desire for excellence, as it is the fear of failure couched in procrastination .
The men and women, who desire to obtain seats in the celestial kingdom, will find that they must battle everyday.
Only as one is willing to give up his present limitations and identity can he become that which he desires to be.
Act as if everything you desire is already here...treat yourself as if you already are what you'd like to become.
I knew nothing about sales, marketing or how to run a company. Nor did I have a desire to do any of those things.
The desire to be singular and to astonish by ways out of the common seems to me to be the source of many virtues.
The only safe male rebuke to a scornful female is to stay away from her - especially if that is what she desires.
Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.
Reason is no match for desire: when desire is purely and powerfully felt, it becomes a kind of reason of its own.
All joy... emphasizes our pilgrim status; always reminds, beckons, awakens desire. Our best havings are wantings.
The mystical impulse in men is somehow a desire to possess the universe. In women, it's a desire to be possessed.
Shakespeare reveals human nature brilliantly: he shines a light on our instinctive desire to dominate each other.
James Cagney, Steve McQueen, I loved all those guys. I grew up loving the movies but had no desire to be in them.
The fundamental misunderstanding of humanity is believing that we can achieve all our desires without limitation.
Not everything happens as we want or desire. It doesn't matter. I'm a fighter, and I'm ready to fight every time.
I've always believed that the desire must come from within, not as a result of being driven by coaches or parents.
She knew what it felt like to tremble like that before touching someone -- desire so acute that it became despair.
I desire to live in peace and to continue the life I have begun under the motto 'to live well you must live unseen
The volume of credit depends upon three factors: the desire to borrow, the ability to lend and the desire to lend.
Your desires will very often be contradictory and so will your strengths. All of our contradictions make us whole.
My desire to get here [Parliament] was like miners'coal dust, it was under my fingers and I couldn't scrub it out.
Integrity, or the lack of it, touches almost every facet of our lives-everything we say, every thought and desire.
When our desires are fulfilled, and we still feel unhappy - this is the moment we begin the process of letting go.
Whenever you are questioning a person's desire for something, consider what he does, not necessarily what he says.
People think they know what they want but they generally don't. Sometimes if they're lucky they'll get it anyways.
Desire is always followed by boredom. And only love can defeat boredom. Love with a capital L; we all dream of it.
It is a shame for a man to desire honor because of his noble progenitors, and not to deserve it by his own virtue.
A man's calling is written on his true heart, and he discovers it when he enters the frontier of his deep desires.
Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our possessions are the strongest fetters of despotism.
Sometimes, whether a desire is excessive or negative depends on the circumstances or society in which you live in.
The nicest gifts are those left, nameless and quiet, unburdened with love, or vanity, or the desire for attention.
I used to desire many, many things, but now I have just one desire, and that's to get rid of all my other desires.
The will to challenge myself is strong, but I think that's growing, the desire to stretch myself and make it hard.
The less we read the Word of God, the less we desire to read it, and the less we pray, the less we desire to pray.
Write about the things that attract you. Choose your subjects the way you used to choose your toys: out of desire.
No evil dooms us hopelessly except the evil we love, and desire to continue in, and make no effort to escape from.
The true seeker hunts naught but the object of his quest, and the lover has no desire save union with his Beloved.
Your impact on the world is significant whether or not you are aware of it, and even whether or not you desire it.
You can tell the man who rings true from the man who rings false, not by his deeds alone, but also by his desires.
A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.
You want to eliminate your evil desires in order to reveal your Buddha nature, but where will you throw them away?
Experience, as a desire for experience, does not come off. We must not study ourselves while having an experience.
There's nothing like desire to prevent the things one says from having any resemblance to the things in one's mind.
The two things that matter are the desire, and being healthy enough to do it. Everything else to me is a non-issue.
Our ability to receive is a necessary component if we desire to own our power, claim our worth and live fearlessly.
Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the world he lives in.
I find something fascinating about the quiet man in the background who has no desire to be the center of attention.
Only one who liberates himself from his psychological desires and fears indeed in truth qualify as liberation hero.
I have no desire for any type of introspection at all. I don't ever ask myself any questions. I don't want answers.