Quotes about Yearning
We wish in a halfhearted way to be better than we are. But how few there are who truly ''hunger and thirst after righteousness''; how few who intensely long for a life of obedience and the continual consciousness of being pleasing to God.
— Andrew Murray
Send home my long strayed eyes to me,Which (Oh) too long have dwelt on thee.
— John Donne
Batter my heart, three-person'd God; for youAs yet but knock, breathe, shine, and seek to mend.
— John Donne
Twice or thrice had I loved thee, Before I knew thy face or name.
— John Donne
Batter my heart, three-person'd God; for, you As yet but knocke, breathe, shine, and seeke to mend; That I may rise, and stand, o'erthrow mee, 'and bend Your force, to breake, blowe, burn and make me new.
— John Donne
Batter my heart, three-person'd God; for, you As yet but knocke, breathe, shine, and seeke to mend; That I may rise, and stand, o'erthrow mee, 'and bend Your force, to breake, blowe, burn and make me new.
— John Donne
I long to talk with some old lover's ghost Who died before the god of Love was born.
— John Donne
But, O alas! so long, so far, Our bodies why do we forbear?
— John Donne
Twice or thrice had I lov'd thee, Before I knew thy face or name
— John Donne
I need thy thunder, O my God; thy music will not serve me.
— John Donne
I wished God were like He used to be, a few notches lower. I wanted Him to be lofty enough to help me but not so uncontrollable. I longed for His warm presence, times when He seemed more… safe.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
The fact that our heart yearns for something Earth can't supply is proof that Heaven must be our home.
— CS Lewis