Quotes about Desire
Every evil, harm and suffering in this life comes from the love of riches.
— Catherine of Siena
Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it.
— George Bernard Shaw
When God desires to destroy a thing, he entrusts its destruction to the thing itself. Every bad institution of this world ends by suicide.
— Victor Hugo
We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Offer them what they secretly want and they of course immediately become panic-stricken.
— Jack Kerouac
Just as it is agreed that we all wish to be happy, so it is that we all wish to be wise, since no one without wisdom is happy.
— St. Augustine
God, I want what you want more than I want what I want.
— Andy Stanley
Wisdom in relationships involves a selfless desire to do what's best for the other person.
— Joshua Harris
With the goodness of God to desire our highest welfare, the wisdom of God to plan it, and the power of God to achieve it, what do we lack? Surely we are the most favored of all creatures.
— AW Tozer
God will not let your needs and wants go unattended, especially when you desire to be more like Him.
— Bishop TD Jakes
The fact that you yearn for more doesn't mean you're ungrateful for what you have or that you're greedy. It means you have a higher calling. The yearning inside calls you.
— Bishop TD Jakes
Many people feed others who can't feed them, while they completely fail to nourish those who really desire to feed them.
— Bishop TD Jakes