Quotes about Yearning
God plants no yearning in the human soul that he does not intend to satisfy.
— Henry Ward Beecher
God passionately desires and ardently yearns for our salvation... Nothing is greater than this: that the blood of God was poured out for us.
— Pope John Paul II
Are you satisfied being filled with good information about God, or do you long to burst into His manifest presence?
— AW Tozer
Down inside we have a longing for God-what Pascal called "the vacuum which God left behind".
— Billy Graham
God is a kooky God who can scarcely bear to be without us.
— Brennan Manning
The soul is never quiet till it comes to God . . . and that is the one thing the soul desireth.
— Richard Sibbes
Even though you can't finally grasp me, guess what? I still want to be known.
— William Paul Young
Each of us has a God-shaped space within us. Only God can fill that space. But we run ourselves ragged trying to find things other than God to fill it with.
— Desmond Tutu
O God, split the heavens and come down! Manifest yourself somehow. Do what only you can do.
— Jim Cymbala
Anything less then God, ever me wanteth.
— Julian of Norwich
If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.
— CS Lewis
Once you have seen his face you will forever long to see it again.
— Max Lucado