Quotes about Desires

You should not begin to pray for all you want until you realize that in God you have all you need.

— Timothy Keller

The great danger of riches is that our affections will be carried away from God to His gifts.

— John Piper

We are more than a collection of appetites - we are of God.

— John Piper

If God gave us everything we asked for, we'd be in chaos.

— Robin Jones Gunn

There is nothing holy nor sacred to those who have abandoned God and reason in order to follow their perverse desires.

— Francois Rabelais

Idols tend to be good things that you have turned into god things, which therefore become bad things

— Mark Driscoll

Hell is full of good wishes or desires.

— Bernard of Clairvaux