In the first six to twelve months of a war with the United States and Great Britain I will run wild and win victory upon victory. But then, if the war continues after that, I have no expectation of success. - Isoroku Yamamoto

---

If you have the desire and passion to do something, and it's within God's will, you will achieve it.

---

To burn with desire and keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can bring on ourselves.

---

We are all dying, every moment that passes of every day. That is the inescapable truth of this existence. It is a truth that can paralyze us with fear, or one that can energize us with impatience, with the desire to explore and experience, with the hope- nay, the iron-will!- to find a memory in every action. To be alive, under sunshine, or starlight, in weather fair or stormy. To dance with every step, be they through gardens of flowers or through deep snows. ― R.A. Salvatore

---

I am not poor. Poor are those who desire many things.

---

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

---

Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.

---

Desire sets our compass, but real life steers our course.

---

I wake up every morning with a great desire to live joyfully. — Anna Howard Shaw

---

Scarcity makes desire, yes, but scant makes desperation, and satisfaction makes you lazy. ― Ian Kirkpatrick

---