Definition of Desire

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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

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

We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools. We must make sure that people who have the grades, the desire and the will, but not the money, can still get the best education possible.
Barack Obama

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

War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow man.
Napoleon Hill

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

Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win - essential to success.
Napoleon Hill

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

There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.
Napoleon Hill

Your ability to use the principle of autosuggestion will depend, very largely, upon your capacity to concentrate upon a given desire until that desire becomes a burning obsession.
Napoleon Hill

The starting point of all achievement is desire.
Napoleon Hill

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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