Pliny the Younger Quote on Desire

“An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.” – Pliny the Younger

“Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is.” – Vince Lombardi

“You are never too old to be what you might have been.” – George Eliot

“Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men and so it must be daily earned and refreshed – else like a flower cut from its life-giving roots, it will wither and die.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower

“It is a paradoxical but profoundly true and important principle of life that the most likely way to reach a goal is to be aiming not at that goal itself but at some more ambitious goal beyond it.” – Arnold Toynbee

“All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.” – Samuel Butler

“Give a man a fish, and you’ll feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he’ll buy a funny hat. Talk to a hungry man about fish, and you’re a consultant.” – Scott Adams

“There is no failure except in no longer trying.” – Elbert Hubbard

“Between stimulus and response, man has the freedom to choose.” – Stephen R Covey

“We are here on earth to do good to others. What the others are here for; I don’t know.” – W. H. Auden