Quotes about Desire
I don't have any desire to retire in the sense of not doing anything. As long as the Lord gives me strength I want to keep writing and keep preaching.
- Max Lucado
Lord, I want to be up in my heart.
- Moby
When someone wants something then they should be aware that they are taking a risk. But this is precisely what makes life interesting.
- Paulo Coelho
You will not find the treasure of your Personal Legend unless you want to live that Legend.
- Paulo Coelho
That man has the fewest wants who is the least anxious for wealth.
- Publilius Syrus
Men are idolaters, and want something to look at and kiss and hug, or throw themselves down before; they always did, they always will; and if you don't make it of wood, you must make it of words.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Following your heart's desire will lead you in the direction your spirit wants to go.
- Oprah Winfrey
If a woman wants to hold a man she has merely to appeal to what is worst in him.
- Oscar Wilde
Every promise of the soul has innumerable fulfillments; each of its joys ripens into a new want.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
When your heart's desire is the will of the Lord above everything else, then life loses its threat because His love will carry us through every situation.
- Susan May Warren
The human soul needs actual beauty more than bread.
- DH Lawrence
I'm extra-good at wanting things. I want things until I feel sort of sick about them. I want enough for two normal people, at least.
- Rainbow Rowell