Blaise Pascal Quotes

Vice: Whatever was passion in the contemplation of man, being brought forth by his will into action.

He who does not want does not act.

It all comes down to who wants it most.

People who are successful simply want it more than people who are not.

Unlike physical progress, which is subject to natural restrictions, the qualities of the mind can be developed limitlessly.

When you get some success, you want more. When you get one mountain climbed, you want to climb the next one.

We live by action—by acting on desire. Those of us who don't know how to want—whether geniuses or beggars—are related by impotence.

The more objects you set your heart upon, the more thorns there are to tear your peace of mind to shreds.

I think if you don't have it [desire], you're not going to be pushed into anything. You've got to want to do something.

You can develop a burning desire to succeed. How? Keep your mind on the things you want and off the things you don't want.

Courage is how bad you want it.

The mind's direction is more important than its progress.

The point is you keep going. You want to. So all the things that make you want to are the point.

What a man wants to do he generally can do, if he wants to badly enough.

Before we can be cured, we must want to be cured.

I don't want to discount talent and ability, but I still maintain that a lot of it is just sheer desire.

I'm learning new levels of patience, perseverance and desire.

People can attach themselves to something--an idea, another person, a desire--with an impossibly strong grip, and in the case of restless ghosts, a grip stronger than death. Will is a powerful thing. Will--it's supposed to be a good treat, a more determined and persistent version of determination and persistence. But will and obsession--they sit right next to each other. They pretend to be strangers and all the while meet secretly at midnight." -

Anybody can change, but they have to want to change.

Desire and hope will push us on toward the future.

Strength is not nearly as important as desire. I don't think you can teach anyone desire. I think it's a gift. I don't know why I have it, but I do.

I don't want enlightenment, I want him. Sorry Buddha, I loved him more than you.

To forbid us anything is to make us have a mind to 't.

Oswald: "All your life" Aurore: "What?" Oswald: "All your life, isn't that what you wanted to know? How long I loved you?" Aurore: "Well, yes, I suppose I did, but that wasn't what I was going to ask just now." Oswald: "I tell you I've loved you since the day you were born, and you tell me you want to know something else. There's no one quite like you, is there, Aurore?

Wanting is the beginning of getting.