Top 200 Desire Quotes (2025 Update)
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101. “Dreams come true when desire transforms into concrete actions.”

— Napoleon Hill

102. “Passion is a feeling that tells you: this is the right thing to do. Nothing can stand in my way. It doesn't matter what anyone else says. This feeling is so good that it cannot be ignored. I'm going to follow my bliss and act upon this glorious sensation of joy.”

— Wayne W. Dyer

103. “Listen closely to your invisible thoughts. What do you hear? What are your words implying? That is their potency. What do you want? Name it and rearrange the structure of your mind to imply you no longer desire it, because you already have it!”

— Neville Goddard

104. “God planted a dream in your heart for a reason. No one else can dream it for you. No one else will accomplish it for you.”

— Joel Osteen

105. “If I had a prayer, it would be this: “God, spare me from the desire for love, approval, or appreciation. Amen.””

— Byron Katie

106. “To desire a state is to have it.”

— Neville Goddard

107. “If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it.”

— Nora Roberts

108. “What do you really want? Sit down and write it out on a piece of paper. Write it in the present tense.”

— Bob Proctor

109. “Have courage, pursue your dreams, and make it happen!”

— Joel Brown

110. “Your sadness is because of the thorn of desire in your heart. If you do not take notice of this, it will turn into cynicism, frustration and anger. You need to pull it out and throw it. Then you will feel uplifted and happy.”

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

111. “The Universe knows all things and is responding to the vibration that you are sending. When you are sending your vibration on purpose, you are orchestrating what the Universe is aligning for you.”

— Esther Hicks

112. “Nothing is as important as passion. No matter what you want to do with your life, be passionate.”

— Jon Bon Jovi

113. “This or something better now manifests for me in totally satisfying and harmonious ways, for the highest good of all concerned.”

— Shakti Gawain

114. “The more love you give in your day-to-day life, the greater the magnetic power of love you have in the field around you, and everything you want will fall at your feet.”

— Rhonda Byrne

115. “I know who I am inside and outside, and I know what I want to do. And I will always go with my dreams.”

— Michael Jackson

116. “Follow your dreams, transform your life.”

— Paulo Coelho

117. “You have the courage and power to live your dreams.”

— Les Brown

118. “So don’t be average. Don’t be good. Don’t be great. Be phenomenal. Or be forgotten.”

— Eric Thomas

119. “I’m on the pursuit of happiness and I know, everything that shines ain’t always gonna be gold. But I’ll be fine once I get it, I’ll be good.”

— Kid Cudi

120. “And I’d choose you; in a hundred lifetimes, in a hundred worlds, in any version of reality, I’d find you and I’d choose you.”

— Kiersten White

121. “There is nothing that you cannot be, do, or have.”

— Esther Hicks

122. “Most people fail, not because of lack of desire, but because of lack of commitment.”

— Vince Lombardi

123. “Everything I desire is within me.”

— Deepak Chopra

124. “Don’t let someone who gave up on their dreams talk you out of going after yours.”

— Zig Ziglar

125. “I will not live without love.”

— Vincent van Gogh

126. “I don’t want realism. I want magic!”

— Tennessee Williams

127. “I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride; so I love you because I know no other way than this: where I do not exist, nor you, so close that your hand on my chest is my hand, so close that your eyes close as I fall asleep.”

— Pablo Neruda

128. “When you ask it is given – but at some point you have to stop asking and start expecting.”

— Esther Hicks

129. “Your dream was given to you. If someone else can’t see it for you, that’s fine, it was given to you and not them. It’s your dream. Hold it. Nourish it. Cultivate it!”

— Les Brown

130. “Whatever you’re seeking, it’s seeking you.”

— Les Brown

131. “As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is death.”

— George Bernard Shaw

132. “Like the air you breathe, abundance in all things is available to you. Your life will simply be as good as you allow it to be.”

— Esther Hicks

133. “If you want something in this life, reach out and grab it.”

— Christopher McCandless

134. “Everything’s in the mind. That’s where it all starts. Knowing what you want is the first step toward getting it.”

— Mae West

135. “If you want it bad enough, you’ll find a way to make it happen.”

— Cassey Ho

136. “The reason you want every single thing that you want, is because you think you will feel really good when you get there. But, if you don’t feel really good on your way to there, you can’t get there. You have to be satisfied with what-is while you’re reaching for more.”

— Esther Hicks

137. “Stop looking for permission to pursue your dreams! They are YOUR dreams and you don’t need a co-signer to chase them!”

— Eric Thomas

138. “Nothing is impossible to the person who backs DESIRE with enduring FAITH.”

— Napoleon Hill

139. “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

140. “People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of.”

— Paulo Coelho

141. “If the mind is intensely eager, everything can be accomplished – mountains can be crumbled into atoms.”

— Swami Vivekananda

142. “We gotta get out while we’re young, ’cause tramps like us, baby we were born to run.”

— Bruce Springsteen

143. “In your action, you lose sight of the vision, you lose sight of your trust in the process, and you just bang around in a sense of futility. Hold the vision and trust that the Universe will acclimate to your vision. Hold the vision and trust the process.”

— Esther Hicks

144. “Whatever you want to do, do it now. There are only so many tomorrows.”

— Michael Landon

145. “True learning takes energy, passion and a burning desire.”

— Robert T. Kiyosaki

146. “Your body is away from me, but there is a window open from my heart to yours.”

— Rumi

147. “I know that I have the ability to achieve the object of my Definite Purpose in life, therefore, I demand of myself persistent, continuous action toward its attainment, and I here and now promise to render such action.”

— Napoleon Hill

148. “Willpower and desire, when properly combined, make an irresistible pair.”

— Napoleon Hill

149. “The secret to success: find something you love to do so much, you can’t wait for the sun to rise to do it all over again.”

— Chris Gardner

150. “I’ve gotta breathe it, I’ve gotta eat it, I’ve gotta sleep it and until you get there you will never be successful in life. But once you get there I guarantee you, the world is yours. So work hard, and you can have whatever it is that you want.”

— Eric Thomas