Quotes about Desires

God's goal is not to get what you want; it is to get you what you need.

Little hearts, little souls give little lusts big power. Big hearts give little lusts little power.

Riches do not respond to wishes. They respond only to definite plans, backed by definite desires, through constant persistence.

All men have become what they are, because of their dominating thoughts and desires.

Riches do not respond to wishes. They respond only to definite plans, backed by definite desires, through constant persistence. HOW

As long as we hold onto our own desires and remain fixated on having our way, we will be unable to see God, even if He were to stand right before our eyes. God, in His patient, sometimes painful mercy, allows us to hold our desires as tightly as we wish until we tire of the pain and loosen our grip. Meanwhile, He holds before us a divine alternative, one that offers great abundance in exchange for the trinkets we clutch with desperate resolve.

Satan is real, and he is relentless in his attacks on people of the light. Satan and his demons don't look anything like the depictions we see flickering across the screen in movies or on television. He subtly plays upon the fallibilities of good people to convince them that their darkest desires and most destructive activities are innocent, even righteous. His chief weapon is deception, and he uses it masterfully.

We need an objective standard that isn't tied to our emotions, thoughts, or desires.

We live in a culture that desires intimacy without responsibility and pleasure without commitment.

The foes from whom we pray to be delivered are our own passions, appetites, and follies; and against these there is always need that we should war.

Kindness is not something that we put on for certain occasions, like a piece of jewelry; rather, it is an attribute of God's that He desires to reproduce in us.

A man's calling is written on his true heart, and he discovers it when he enters the frontier of his deep desires.