Quotes about Desire
It isn't sufficient just to want - you've got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
I feel in me the vocation of the Priest. I have the vocation of the Apostle. Martyrdom was the dream of my youth, and this dream has grown with me. Considering the mystical body of the Church, I desired to see myself in them all.
— St. Therese of Lisieux
Miracles are supposed to point us to Him, but we can get to God without miracles. It is God himself we should long for rather than for the miracles that point to him. To get caught up in wanting miracles is a bit like thinking the destination of a road trip is the highway you're supposed to take.
— Eric Metaxas
It is about winning a trophy. It doesn't make any difference to me who lifts it; I would just rather win.
— Jordan Henderson
I think I want what every girl wants in a man. I would like him to be funny, honest, trustworthy. These are the basic qualities that we all look for in a man.
— Jennifer Winget
Truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.
— Nadine Gordimer
The truth is, even those who think Dreams only happen to someone else carry a Dream hidden deep in their heart, just hoping it can come true.
— Bruce Wilkinson
The Christian's whole desire, at its best and highest, is that Jesus Christ be praised. It is always a wretched bastardization of our goals when we want to win glory for ourselves instead of for him.
— DA Carson
Adam did not want the apple for the apple's sake; he wanted it because it was forbidden.
— Mark Twain
Two of the most frustrated trades are dentists and photographers - dentists because they want to be doctors, and photographers because they want to be painters.
— Pablo Picasso
Nothing is ever enough when what you are looking for isn't what you really want.
— Arianna Huffington
I feel that God wants me to coach; otherwise, he wouldn't have put the desire in me.
— Lou Holtz