Demands Quotes

“It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt

“There is no end
To what a living world
Will demand of you.”
― Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower

“In the night, I am kept awake by the endless chatter of my inner self. I hear it speak softly of old hurts and fondly of past loves, while its demands and anxieties resound throughout me in multitudes.
I could be calm and composed all day long, but the moment it is dark, my mind riots.”
― Beau Taplin

“Many of us have gotten so used to playing
to the expectations of society, of our families,
of our friends, and of our minds, that we don’t
even allow ourselves to consider who we really
are or what we really need. We ignore the calls
of our hearts, giving our lives, instead, to the
demands of an outside world built on fitting in.
We can stop this, right now. We can choose to
listen to ourselves, to heed our deepest callings,
whatever they are. We can give ourselves the
freedom to be whoever the hell we want to be
in this world. Right now, if we choose to.
And why wouldn’t we?”
― Scott Stabile

“He didn't ask "Where will you spend eternity?" as religious the-end-is-near picketers did but rather, "With what, in this modern democracy, will you meet the demands of your soul?”
― Saul Bellow, Ravelstein

“As so many commitments
demand your time
Or your shut-eye important be,
Your attraction to me must
in some way lack,
Such a pity to spend time
on thee.”
― Charlotte M. Liebel

“So boasting of her capacity to surround and protect, there was scarcely a shell of herself left for her to know herself by; all was so lavished and spent; and James, as he stood stiff between her knees, felt her rise in a rosy-flowered fruit tree laid with leaves and dancing boughs into which the beak of brass, the arid scimitar of his father, the egotistical man, plunged and smote, demanding sympathy.”
― Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse

“Now, let's hear some properly terrified screaming, puny humans!”
― Howard Tayler, The Tub of Happiness

“She herself asked for nothing, but her sex made its demands like a sunflower germinating in a tomb.”
― Clarice Lispector, The Hour of the Star

“I’m so busy, I’m not even available yesterday.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Ordinary love is demand and expectations, real love is sharing. Real love knows nothing of demands and expectations; real love is the joy of sharing. Love knows only giving and never asks for anything in return.
Ordinary love is greed hoarding. Greed only wants and never gives. Ordinary love pretends, real love is real and authentic. Real love is nourishment, it strengthens your
soul. Ordinary love strengthens your ego. Ordinary love is conditional love, real love is unconditional love. ”
― Swami Dhyan Giten, The Call of the Heart 

“... contemporary studies show that the worst stress-related health typically occurs in middle management, with its killer combo of high work demands but little autonomy -responsibility without control.”
― Robert M. Sapolsky, Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst

“And now there was only one voice, one demand; her own voice into which those millions had entered. A voice like the awful, deep rolling of thunder; a demand like the gathering together of great waters. A terrifying voice that made her ears throb, that made her brain throb, that shook her very entrails, until she must stagger and all but fall beneath this appalling burden of sound that strangled her in its will to be uttered.

'God,' she gasped, we believe; we have told You we believe...We have not denied You, then rise up and defend us. Acknowledge us, oh God, before the whole world. Give us also the right to our existence!”
― Radclyffe Hall, The Well of Loneliness

“The world had changed its attire in spring and what it was wearing now was a perfect fit to what it was deep inside: a controlling old slag who didn't care about anyone’s wishes and would ignore everyone who wouldn't live by her rules. Tom was finished with that cunt: the world behind the fogged up windows. He used to live in one of his own: a dirty but well-protected one that nobody had ever entered, since everyone who even tried was to be shot before they could make it over the threshold.”
― Sima B. Moussavian, As the moon began to rust

“It is necessary to avoid falling prey to the demands that others make, especially if what they want is different from your choices or ideas, or serves no personal benefit.”
― Steven Redhead, Life Is A Circus

“Whenever the takers realize how nice it can be to be around givers, they usually increase their demands without offering anything from their side. Such is the danger of being a giver around people who only care about what is in it for them.”
― ThandazoPerfectKhumalo

“I’m looking for what I fear finding. For what if the thing I find demands everything of me, when in and of myself I will demand only what I find to be comfortable? And somewhere within me I know that while I can settle for comfort, there will always be a gnawing angst that I missed something I never should have missed. And I will never find comfort in that.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“It’s when I start burning the candle at three ends that I begin to wonder how many candles I’m actually burning.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Remember that the worst kind of fool is the one who bows to the demands of those who will never be satisfied." - Earl Tinley from 'Of Jasmine and Roses”
― Jill E Warner

“Think of God as perfect happiness, perfect love, perfect knowledge and truth, perfect justice (He is much more than that). Ask questions accordingly.”
― Vladimir Živković, A Guide to the Psyche of Atheism, Religion and Philosophy and Their Impact on Contemporary Spirituality

“To understand the nature of our lives as being defined by the demands of the world is to become a slave to the latter while betraying the former.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Tomorrow will not be based on those who lead us. Rather, it will be based on what we demand of those who lead us.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Our society seems something akin to an auditorium full of people holding drums. And the insanity inherent in this scene is that every person is clutching stacks of blank sheet music, no one knows what a metronome is, and none of these apparent musicians have a lick of musical experience. And in the deafening chaos of the acoustic bedlam that fills every corner of that room, every single person is voicing the incessant demand that everyone else in the room march to the beat of their own particular drum (even though they’re entirely uncertain as to what that beat is). And in the ensuing pandemonium, the beat that I’m going to march to is the one that marches me right out of that room.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“People are more receptive if they trust and respect you rather than if change is demanded.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, BECOME: Unleash the Power of Moral Character and Be Proud of the Life You Choose

“Life may demand everything from you. But if it didn’t, you would likely miss the chance to give everything to it.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Know your clients' needs like the back of your hand.”
― Utibe Samuel Mbom, Your Clients and You

“Meeting a thousand needs for one client is better than having a thousand clients whose needs you cannot meet.”
― Utibe Samuel Mbom, Your Clients and You

“Do you earn your rewards or demand them?”
― Frank Sonnenberg, Values to Live By: Know What Matters Most and Let It Be Your Guide

“Of course life’s a battle. Would you have expected ‘anything’ that would have demanded less than your ‘everything’ so that you’ll never run the risk of being ‘nothing.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Change, challenge and adversity seem to be part of most organizations today and the most effective leaders are those who readily adapt their leadership styles to changing situational demands.”
― Richard L. Hughes, Robert C. Ginnett, Gordon J. Curphy