A human being has a natural desire to have more of a good thing than he needs.
- Mark Twain


Again, men in general desire the good, and not merely what their fathers had.
- Aristotle


Beneath the makeup and behind the smile I am just a girl who wishes for the world.
- Marilyn Monroe


Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it.
- Thomas Jefferson


Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire.
- Confucius


Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem.
- Abraham Lincoln


From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
- Socrates


Having the fewest wants, I am nearest to the gods.
- Socrates


He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it - namely, that in order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to obtain.
- Mark Twain


I will far rather see the race of man extinct than that we should become less than beasts by making the noblest of God's creation, woman, the object of our lust.
- Mahatma Gandhi


If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.
- Ben Franklin


If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War.
- George Washington


If you desire many things, many things will seem few.
- Ben Franklin


It is much easier to suppress a first desire than to satisfy those that follow.
- Ben Franklin


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


Men freely believe that which they desire.
- Julius Caesar


People who like this sort of thing will find this the sort of thing they like.
- Abraham Lincoln


Providence has its appointed hour for everything. We cannot command results, we can only strive.
- Mahatma Gandhi


The riskiest thing you can do is get greedy.
- Lance Armstrong


There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.
- Mahatma Gandhi


There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable.
- Mark Twain


There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed.
- Mahatma Gandhi


Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct.
- Thomas Jefferson