I was appalled at the amount of study necessary in order to qualify in medicine, and gradually my desire was blunted by a keener - and secret - wish to become an actor.
I have this burning desire to get out there and do my best. It's as if I'm keeping it all in a little bottle, and it's all going to come out when I do the best I'm capable of doing.
The method of instruction in Scouting is that of creating in the boy the desire to learn for himself.
I desire no future that will break the ties with the past.
I believe everyone should have a broad picture of how the universe operates and our place in it. It is a basic human desire. And it also puts our worries in perspective.
If we desire a society in which men are brothers, then we must act towards one another with brotherhood. If we can build such a society, then we would have achieved the ultimate goal of human freedom.
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.
It's true that I've never had a burning desire to rebel against my parents.
Desire, burning desire, is basic to achieving anything beyond the ordinary.
You've got to have this burning desire in your chest to succeed.
The thing for me is I never had this burning desire to do a solo record my whole life.
I don't have any particular burning desire to go back to being cuddly. Not really.
Frankly, I never had any intense desire to go to India. I know that sounds a bit strange, but it just never was someplace I had a burning desire to visit.
I don't have a burning desire to be taken seriously as an actor. I don't have a master plan in that way.
With the help of personal introductions by Andrew Carnegie, diligence and an absolute burning desire to teach the world how to become successful, Napoleon Hill devoted nearly his entire adult lifetime creating practical content entrepreneurs need to become successful.
I like writers who seem to write because they have to. You get the feeling of this burning desire to tell a story. I find it in Peter Carey, Nicola Barker, Ali Smith and David Foster Wallace.
I don't see myself necessarily having a burning desire to write a symphony.
There's no replacement for having a burning desire to talk about something: 'I know this and other people need to know!'
It was also important for me to have a burning desire to achieve something worthwhile on that instrument, and I devoted many many many hours with little or no compensation to perfecting whatever I could, because I loved it so much.
The Bush administration does not desire to see Islam practiced in its pristine purity.
