1. We soon believe what we desire. 

2. It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty, or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self. 

3. Men do not desire merely to be rich, but to be richer than other men. 

4. All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income. Samuel Butler 

5. The desire to laugh became a compulsion.

6. He has no desire for money.

7. He has expressed a desire to see you.

8. With hindsight, he was overestimating their desire for peace.

9. I desire only to be left in peace.

10. Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself.

11. We all desire happiness and health.

12. Most children have an insatiable desire for knowledge.

13. They had little desire for wealth/to get rich.

14. He has neither talent nor the desire to learn.

15. She repressed her desire to mention his name.

16. I have no desire to discuss the matter further.

17. The people desire peace, security and happiness.

18. Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.

19. She felt an overwhelming desire to return home.

20. He has no desire for wealth.

21. He repressed a sudden desire to cry.

22. She felt an overwhelming desire to hit him.

23. He has to quench his desire for wealth.

24. Strong desire is the starting point of all achievemen.

25. The desire for revenge can be overpowering.

26. Always desire to learn something useful./desire.html Sophocles 

27. Desire causes suffering because it can never be completely gratified.

28. If the eye do no admire,() the heart will not desire. 

29. The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire, the size of your dream, and how you handle disappointment along the way.

30. When I wake up every morning, the greatest joy is gazing upon you and sunshine, that is the future I desire.

1. The desire to laugh became a compulsion.

2. He has no desire for money.

3. He has expressed a desire to see you.

4. With hindsight, he was overestimating their desire for peace.

5. I desire only to be left in peace.

6. Most children have an insatiable desire for knowledge.

7. She repressed her desire to mention his name.

8. I have no desire to discuss the matter further.

9. She felt an overwhelming desire to return home.

10. He has no desire for wealth.

11. He repressed a sudden desire to cry.

12. She felt an overwhelming desire to hit him.

13. The desire for revenge can be overpowering.

14. Her interest in politics began to overshadow her desire to be a poet.

15. What annoys me about these girls is their complacency - they seem to have no desire to expand their horizons.

16. The desire for joy lies deep within the human spirit .

17. I had a strong desire to help and care for people.

18. In the contemporary western world, rapidly changing styles cater to a desire for novelty and individualism.

19. I was suddenly overcome with an uncontrollable desire to hit him.

20. Would you say that he was motivated solely by a desire for power?

21. Like so many politicians, he had an insatiable appetite/desire/hunger for power.

22. It was Harold's desire that he should be buried next to his wife.

23. It's difficult to reconcile the demands of my job and the desire to be a good father.

24. There is a desire for peace universally.

25. They were actuated by desire.

26. The desire for freedom is inherent in us all.

27. A bonny, bouncing baby, Freddie was her heart's desire and joy.

28. The tumultuous Cultural Revolution was chiefly responsible for the searing desire for change in China.

29. Most people are in accord with their desire for peace.

31. Her interest in politics began to overshadow her desire to be a poet.

32. Therefore, if you desire love, try to realize that the only way to get love is by giving love, that the more you give, the more you get.

33. What annoys me about these girls is their complacency - they seem to have no desire to expand their horizons.

34. The desire for joy lies deep within the human spirit .

35. With a burning desire to achieve the dream as a backing, so that the desire to become enthusiastic, let it become your brain in one of the most important things.

36. I had a strong desire to help and care for people.

37. The cause of suffering is selfish desire, whether it is the desire for pleasure, desire for revenge, or simply desire for a long life.

38. In the contemporary western world, rapidly changing styles cater to a desire for novelty and individualism.

39. does not desire to be able to leap a thousand miles, can only hope that day forward.

40. I was suddenly overcome with an uncontrollable desire to hit him.

41. Childhood is the most wonderful period in one's life, the child then is a flower, a fruit, dim intelligence, an endless activity and a burst of strong desire.

42. There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire, the other is to gain it.

43. Would you say that he was motivated solely by a desire for power?

44. It will be a great happiness to her to fulfil her father's desire.

45. Like so many politicians, he had an insatiable appetite/desire/hunger for power.

46. In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure. Bill Cosby 

47. I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.

48. My desire for a desirable house will come true in the near future.

49. My heartiest birthday greetings to you, a feeling much warmer than anybody can know. Best wishes for everything your heart desire in the year.

50. It was Harold's desire that he should be buried next to his wife.

51. When you relinquish the desire to control your future, you can have more happiness.

52. It's difficult to reconcile the demands of my job and the desire to be a good father.

53. Everything she does is motivated only by a desire for money.

54. The hotel has everything you could possibly desire .

55. Aflame with desire, he took her in his arms.

56. Desire for status can be a powerful motivator.sentence dictionary

57. Her resistance only fanned his desire.

58. The visitors burned with desire to tour the city.

59. He had a strong desire for power.

60. The desire for publicity became her Achilles' heel.

61. He apparently lacked the desire to learn.

62. I have no desire to cause any trouble.

63. He had lost his desire to live.

64. The hotel had everything you could possibly desire.

65. He has a desperate desire to succeed.

66. I suddenly felt an overwhelming desire to laugh.

67. I desire you to set to work at once.

68. She expressed a desire to visit us.

69. He felt an overpowering desire to slap her.

70. Desire to see her surged up within him.

71. He was imbued with a desire for social justice.

72. He has a strong desire to meet you.

73. The chairman expressed his desire to expand the company.

74. She felt an overwhelming desire to have another child.

75. There is a desire for peace universally.

76. They seem to have lost their desire for life.

77. Familiarity is the enemy of desire.

78. To have a baby was her heart's desire.

79. The house had everything you could desire.

80. We all desire your early reply to this inquiry.

81. The accusations were driven by a desire for revenge.

82. He was fired with the desire to visit China.

83. The desire to look attractive is universal.

84. The workers desire better working conditions.

85. She is my heart's desire.

86. We all desire health and happiness.

86. is a online sentence dictionary, on which you can find good sentences for a large number of words.

87. They were actuated by desire.

88. She had no desire to rake over the past.

89. I certainly have no desire to have children.

90. He had no desire to enter the political arena.

91. He stood in a mixture of desire and apprehensions.

92. She confessed to her parents her desire to act.

93. The desire for peace transcended political differences.

94. He tried to hide his desire for her.

95. I have no desire to protract the process.

96. Paul had a burning desire to visit India.

97. Flames of desire shot through her.

98. We should rise above our desire for wealth.

99. She has a desire of climbing mountains.

100. He needed to satisfy his desire for revenge.

101. He was panting with desire for her.

102. Nothing could satisfy his desire for power.

103. I had a desire to go swimming.

104. Failure only intensified my desire to succeed.

105. Beatrice was the object of Dante's desire.

106. They were both burning with desire.

107. She had a burning desire to wreak revenge.

108. Nothing he does is commensurate to our desire.

109. This condition decreases sexual desire and responsiveness.

110. The desire for freedom is inherent in us all.

111. The desire to be rich possessed him to act so.

112. Horses need to satisfy their desire for space and freedom.

113. A flicker of interest soon turned into the burning flames of desire.

114. Her need to save money outweighs her desire to spend it on fun.

115. A bonny, bouncing baby, Freddie was her heart's desire and joy.

116. It seemed the Colonel had no desire to make an issue of the affair.

117. Fewer people desire to live in the north of the country.

118. The tumultuous Cultural Revolution was chiefly responsible for the searing desire for change in China.

119. She had the almost overwhelming desire to tell him the truth.

120. You tell me in the same breath that it is useless to investigate the matter,[] and that you desire me to do it.

121. The motivation for the decision is the desire to improve our service to our customers.

122. He evinced a strong desire to be reconciled with his family.

123. He spoke of his burning desire to play for England.

124. The boy led up to his desire for a bicycle.

125. His desire to win an Olympic medal is evidenced by his performances throughout this season.

126. It is sad to see a man so corrupted by the desire for money and power.

127. Her fingers positively itched with the desire to slap his face.

128. In his desire for power, he has become thoroughly unscrupulous.

129. Her family sympathized with her desire to be a lawyer.

130. In all the years I knew her, she never evinced any desire to do such a thing.

131. Teenage sex, for instance, may come not out of genuine desire but from a need to get love.

132. She felt an overwhelming urge/desire/need to tell someone about what had happened.

133. The whole of her being had been taken over by a desire to return to her homeland.

134. The decision to introduce job sharing grew out of a general desire for flexible working hours.

135. When she agreed to marry him he felt he had achieved his heart's desire.

136. In the nation as a whole there is no desire for war.

137. My desire to be rich was an insane, unwholesome, oppressive desire.

138. She had been nursing a secret desire to see him again.

139. His desire to do it blinded him to all the difficulties.

140. Several people have expressed a desire to see the report.

141. Men's sexual fantasies often have little to do with their sexual desire.

142. The motivation behind the decision is the desire to improve our service to our customers.

143. I translated this as a mad desire to lock up every single person with HIV.

144. Young men and women must quench their desire to marry early in life.

145. He had no desire to share the fate of his executed comrades.

146. The desperate desire to go to Moscow ruled their lives.

146. Wish you will love and make progress everyday!

147. The sight of him entering a room could flood her with desire.

148. The desire to be a mother may creep up on you unexpectedly.

149. What does her Ladyship desire me to do/desire of me?

150. I have no desire to go to a nude beach .

151. The team were goaded on by their desire to be first to complete the course.

152. He is genuinely motivated by a desire to help people.

153. He felt he was nothing more to her than an object of desire.

154. She felt a surge of love and desire for him.

155. Their desire for independence has to do with brute economics.

156. The desire for peace will weigh heavily on the negotiators.

157. The desire for money is at the bottom of much of the world's violence.

158. He maintained his composure despite a desperate desire to laugh.

159. These youngsters are motivated not by a desire to achieve, but by fear of failure.

160. They were motivated by a deep desire for money and fame.

161. As soon as a desire is requited,it is always replaced by another.

162. At this point, it is worth mentioning that many people who were adopted as babies have no desire to meet their biological parents.

163. I have to combat this constant desire to eat chocolate.

164. There is a strong desire for peace among the people.

165. In 1990 Poland signified its desire to join the Council.

166. She had a strong desire to be a dancer but failed to make the grade.

167. Most people are in accord with their desire for peace.

168. All human activity is prompted by desire. Bertrand Russell 

169. Love is often gentle, desire always a rage. Mignon McLaughlin 

170. Desire creates thought. Thought produces action. Dr T.P.Chia 

171. When desire dies, fear is born. Baltasar Gracian 

172. The less you desire, the happier you are! Dr T.P.Chia 

173. I do desire we may be better strangers. William Shakespeare 

174. Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired. Robert Frost 

175. The intelligent desire self-control; children want candy. Rumi 

176. No desire, no motivation, no success.http:// Dr T.P.Chia 

177. There is enough light for those who desire to see, and enough obscurity for those who have a contrary disposition. Blaise Pascal 

178. Desire is not a wish or a hope - it's a dynamic passion burning in the mind and heart. Dr T.P.Chia 

179. The desire of death will not always lead you to death but the fear of death will. Santosh Kalwar 

180. Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in. Leonardo da Vinci 

181. Desire is half of life, indifference is half of death. Kahlil Gibran 

182. We are all created by desire and we all die because of desire. Santosh Kalwar 

183. Books are the spiritual and intellectual food of the mind, and reading is a great enjoyment for those who desire to improve their mental power. Dr T.P.Chia 

184. For love is no part of the dreamworld. Love belongs to desire, and desire is always cruel. Neil Gaiman 

185. Men are law-abiding because of their desire to avoid te pain of the consequences of bad behaviors, and the desire to be good does make a difference in life. Dr T.P.Chia 

186. There are few things we should keenly desire if we really knew what we wanted. Francois de La Rochefoucauld 

187. Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge. Plato 

188. The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small fire makes a small amount of heat. Napoleon Hill 

189. I desire to live in peace and to continue the life I have begun under the motto 'to live well you must live unseen. Rene Descartes 

190. The stronger the desire, the greater the motivation. The stronger the motivation, the greater the achievement. Dr T.P.Chia 

191. Desire is the power that makes people do the best or the worst. Desire can build you up or break your down. Dr T.P.Chia 

192. A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others. Ayn Rand 

193. Live so that thou mayest desire to live again – that is thy duty – for in any case thou wilt live again! Friedrich Nietzsche 

194. There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it. George Bernard Shaw 

195. A woman in love will do almost anything for a man, except give up the desire to improve him. Nathaniel Branden 

196. The most difficult thing to do is to control your desires - you should ask yourself what you ought to desire. Dr T.P.Chia 

197. The desire for a good life produces hardworking, creative and productive people. The desire for power and money creates greedier, unethical and immoral men. Dr T.P.Chia 

198. Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything. Napoleon Hill 

199. To succeed in life and achieve results, you must understand and master three mighty forces— desire, belief, and expectation. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam 

200. If you start by promising what you don't even have yet, you'll lose your desire to work towards getting it. Paulo Coelho 

201. If you desire to be happy, you must first ask if you deserve to be happy. If you desire to be respected,() you must first make yourself respectable. Dr T.P.Chia 

202. The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear. Socrates 

203. Everything you do is triggered by an emotion of either desire or fear. Brian Tracy 

204. Why then, can one desire too much of a good thing? William Shakespeare 

205. The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise. Maya Angelou 

206. Life gives up those who lack the desire, initiative and will to fight for a better life, and does not help those who leave their lives to luck, destiny or fate.  Dr T.P.Chia 

207. To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal. Individuals like myself are often called "workaholics". I question this term because that implies a pathological condition or an illness. If I do what I desire more than anything else in the world and which makes me happy, such work can never be an aberration. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam 

208. A big desire is not enough to meet the expectations of lost dreams. Dejan Stojanovic 

209. Desire is the key that unlocks the door to motivation, courage, determination, excellence and action. Dr T.P.Chia 

210. The less you desire the happier you are. The more you desire the greedier you become. Dr T.P.Chia 

211. Where such men love they have no desire and where they desire they cannot love. Sigmund Freud 

212. If you desire something strong enough and are determined to get it, there is nothing that you cannot accomplish. Dr Roopleen 

213. A desire presupposes the possibility of action to achieve it; action presupposes a goal that is worth achieving. Ayn Rand 

214. The desire for the pleasures of psychedelic drugs is a deadly desire. The addicts are killing themselves slowly with the pills. Dr T.P.Chia 

215. Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart’s desire; the other is to get it. Socrates 

216. I desire no future that will break the ties of the past. George Eliot 

217. Everything is perfect in the universe - even your desire to improve it. Wayne Dyer 

218. People often find it necessary not to say and act honestly in order to gain what they desire, or to avoid misunderstanding or conflicts. Dr T.P.Chia 

219. Within you is the divine capacity to manifest and attract all that you need or desire. Wayne Dyer 

220. You are neither the first nor the last to chase success but you can be the one to accomplish all that you desire if you put your heart and soul in it and give it everything you've got. Dr Roopleen 

221. In real life, love has to be possible. Even if it is not returned right away, love can only survive when the hope exists that you will be able to win over the person you desire. Paulo Coelho 

222. Love in the young requires as little of hope as of desire to feed upon. William Faulkner 

223. Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you ready or not,[sentence dictionary] to put this plan into action. Napoleon Hill 

224. Profound desire, true desire is the desire to be close to someone. Paulo Coelho 

225. Those who used to desire many things tend to desire less at old age - and they are happier. Dr T.P.Chia 

226. It is of the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it. Aristotle 

227. The world you desire can be won, it exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours. Ayn Rand 

228. Good sense is the most equitably distributed of all things because no matter how much or little a person has, everyone feels so abundantly provided with good sense that he feels no desire for more than he already possesses. Rene Descartes 

229. If you suffer and make your loved ones suffer, there is nothing that can justify your desire. Thich Nhat Hanh 

230. Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter. In love to our wives there is desire; to our sons, ambition, but to our daughters there is something which there are no words to express. Joseph Addison 

231. What we want or desire is not necessarily what we need. Dr T.P.Chia 

232. What we desire or want does not always turn out to be good for ourselves. Dr T.P.Chia 

233. Essential to life, is desiring the things that you need, than needing the things you desire. Anthony Liccione 

234. No desire is nobler than the desire to do the right things in life. Dr T.P.Chia 

235. Ultimately, it is the desire, not the desired, that we love. Friedrich Nietzsche 

236. Successful people owe a great deal to their confidence in self-worth and the desire to prove themselves. Dr T.P.Chia 

237. Confidence is a habit that can be developed by acting as if you already had the confidence you desire to have. Brian Tracy 

238. Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill, and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill. Muhammad Ali