Quotes about Desire
To most of us the real life is the life we do not lead.
— Oscar Wilde
When we get to wishing a great deal for ourselves, whatever we get soon turns into mere limitation and exclusion.
— George Eliot
Prayer covers the whole of man's life. There is no thought, feeling, yearning, or desire, however low, trifling, or vulgar we may deem it, which, if it affects our real interest or happiness, we may not lay before God and be sure of sympathy. His nature is such that our often coming does not tire him. The whole burden of the whole life of every man may be rolled on to God and not weary him, though it has wearied the man.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Many pray with their lips for that for which their hearts have no desire.
— Jonathan Edwards
Many words do not a good prayer make; what counts is the heartfelt desire to commune with God, and the faith to back it up.
— Anonymous
Prayer covers the whole of man's life. There is no thought, feeling, yearning, or desire, however low, trifling, or vulgar we may deem it, which if it affects our real interest or happiness, we may not lay before God and be sure of sympathy. His nature is such that our often coming does not tire him. The whole burden of the whole life of every man may be rolled on to God and not weary him, though it has wearied man.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling that desire.
— Epictetus
Lord, make me chaste - but not yet.
— St. Augustine
Love, and do what you like.
— St. Augustine
Bad will be the day for every man when he becomes absolutely contented with the life he is living, when there is not forever beating at the doors of his soul some great desire to do something larger.
— Phillips Brooks
Taste cannot be controlled by law.
— Thomas Jefferson
The authority of those who profess to teach is often a positive hindrance to those who desire to learn.
— Cicero