Quotes about Desire
I'm the type of person that tries to fall back asleep in the morning just to finish a dream.
— Marilyn Monroe
From morning to night keep Jesus in thy heart, long for nothing, desire nothing, hope for nothing but to have all that is within thee changed into the spirit and temper of the holy Jesus.
— William Law
Can I hit it in the morning with out giving you have of my dough?
— Jay-Z
The desire to rule is the mother of heresies.
— St. John Chrysostom
If you would abolish covetousness, you must abolish its mother, profusion.
— Cicero
Wanting something is not enough. You must hunger for it. Your motivation must be absolutely compelling in order to overcome the obstacles that will invariably come your way.
— Les Brown
When you know what you want and you want it badly enough, you will find the ways to get it.
— Jim Rohn
If you possess something but you can't give it away, then you don't possess it... it possesses you.
— Frank Sinatra
Virtually every writer I know would rather be a musician.
— Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
An old pop music producer once said that there are really only four kinds of song a person can write: "I love you/I hate you/go away/come back!" That's a funny observation.
— Matt Redman
No tendency is quite so strong in human nature as the desire to lay down rules of conduct for other people.
— William Howard Taft
The very nature of Joy makes nonsense of our common distinction between having and wanting.
— CS Lewis