Desirable Quotes

The comfort zone is always the most desirable place to be. But in settling for comfort, there is a price to pay and it comes in the death of ambition, of hope, of youth and the death of self.

Why is anything intrinsically so valueless so obviously desirable?

There is a knowledge which is desirable, though nothing come of it, as being of itself a treasure, and a sufficient remuneration of years of labor.

Although it's admirable to be ambitious and hard-working, it's more desirable to be smart-working.

Imagine no limitations; decide what's right and desirable before you decide what's possible.

Women who are too easy to attract are perceived as less desirable.

As regards plot I find real life no help at all. Real life seems to have no plots. And as I think a plot desirable and almost necessary, I have this extra grudge against life.

Lucidity, I maintain, is almost always desirable.

. . . learn to value what is important today in the subtle realm rather than what appears desirable tomorrow in the worldly realm.

Scientific theories tell us what is possible; myths tell us what is desirable. Both are needed to guide proper action.

Common sense is both more rare and more desirable in leaders than mere intelligence.

Also, that which is desirable in itself is more desirable than what is desirable per accidens.

We shall never prevent the abuse of power if we are not prepared to limit power in a way which occasionally may prevent its use for desirable purposes.

Generally, a desirable, practically attainable idea, suggested in prophecy, has a chance of forcing itself into reality by its very existence.

Whether the Union stands or falls, I believe the profession of arms will henceforth be more desirable and more respected than it has been hitherto.

A youthful age is desirable, but aged youth is troublesome and grievous.

I like myself as I am, more desiring than desirable.

Beauty is highly desirable but simplicity and usefulness are the overwhelming fashion of our age. Just because it's beautiful does not mean it's useful.

Being is desirable because it is identical with Beauty, and Beauty is loved because it is Being.

Abundance and vigor of automatic movements are desirable, and even a considerable degree of restlessness is a good sign in young children.

At a time when so many scholars in the world are calculating, is it not desirable that some, who can, dream ?

Effort and work can become fun when you establish specific desirable goals.

It is not to be expected that we should love God supremely if we have not known him to be more desirable than all other things.

No doubt another may also think for me; but it is not therefore desirable that he should do so to the exclusion of my thinking for myself.

There never was and is not likely soon to be a nation of philosophers, nor am I certain it is desirable that there should be.

The awful thing about a conductor becoming geriatric is that you seem to become more desirable, not less.

One is more desirable when loved, not feared.

Woman is a necessary evil, a natural temptation, a desirable calamity, a domestic peril, a deadly fascination, and a painted ill.

Alternatives, and particularly desirable alternatives, grow only on imaginary trees.

To conquer the enemy without resorting to war is the most desirable. The highest form of generalship is to conquer the enemy by strategy.

Chi-Os were ideal partners for all occasions. They were discrete, desirable, tactful, polite, and fun... Every mom dreamed of her son coming home with a Chi Omega, a woman's woman.

If it were considered desirable to destroy a human being, the only thing necessary would be to give his work a character of uselessness

I've always argued that it is just as desirable, just as possible, to have philosopher plumbers as philosopher kings.

It is the common calamity of old age to lose whatever might have rendered it desirable.

All poets adore explosions, thunderstorms, tornadoes, conflagrations, ruins, scenes of spectacular carnage. The poetic imagination is not at all a desirable quality in a statesman.

She confused him and hindered the flow of his ideas. Self-expression had never seemed at once so desirable and so impossible.

In all matters moderation is desirable. If a thing is carried to excess, it will prove a source of evil.

The main thing I need to do is create, hopefully, exquisitely beautiful, desirable objects for my customer.

The most desirable quality in a soldier is constancy in the support of fatigue; valor is only secondary.

Leadership is the ability to encourage the best efforts of others in working toward a desirable goal.

Innocence is a desirable thing, a dainty thing, an appealing thing, in its place; but carried too far, it is merely ridiculous.

All desirable things... are desirable either for the pleasure inherent in themselves, or as a means to the promotion of pleasure and the prevention of pain.

The problem with the designated driver programme, it's not a desirable job. But if you ever get sucked into doing it, have fun with it. At then end of the night drop them off at the wrong house.

PRESIDE, v. To guide the action of a deliberative body to a desirable result. In Journalese, to perform upon a musical instrument; as, "He presided at the piccolo."

All genuine ideals have one thing in common: they express the desire for something which is not yet accomplished but which is desirable for the purpose of the growth and happiness of the individual.

Everything really desirable has come about because of, or in spite of, wine!

If humility is always desirable, generous humility is still more so.

It would be desirable if every Government, when it comes to power, should have its old speeches burnt.

Property is the fruit of labor; property is desirable; it is a positive good.

We've just learned how to balance ourselves a little better so that we're happier way more of the time than not, and, you know, being happy is a radical and desirable act if you ask me.