Desiring Quotes

“Thus Gotama [Buddha] walked toward the town to gather alms, and the two samanas recognized him solely by the perfection of his repose, by the calmness of his figure, in which there was no trace of seeking, desiring, imitating, or striving, only light and peace”
― Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha

“I know of no other way to triumph over sin long-term than to gain a distaste for it because of a superior satisfaction in God.”
― John Piper, Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist

“Life is a game, you live so you play. Follow your dreams and win what your happy heart desires.”
― Roel van Sleeuwen

“Awakening and owning the dreams that God has placed in our hearts isn't about getting stuff or attaining something. It's about embracing who we are and who he has created us to be. In him. He is our dream come true, and the one true love of our life. But we can't love him with our whole hearts when our hearts are asleep. To love Jesus means to risk coming awake, to risk wanting and desiring.”
― Stasi Eldredge, Becoming Myself: Embracing God's Dream of You

“Your heart desire will come, but when it comes, you desire for another, and when it comes again, you still aspire for another, that shows your level of ingratitude.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson

“The Secret of Happiness is to admire without desiring. And that is not happiness.”
― F.H. Bradley

“If I’m chasing the wrong thing, what I’m chasing will end up chasing me. And in the end, I’m less likely to be the one doing the catching.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Appreciating what you have is the best cure for wanting what you have not.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Both the wanting and the wanter are thoughts.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Leaders don’t fall in love with mediocrity. The status quo isn’t their desire to maintain but to improve.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Ladder

“Peace lies in the absence of the desire and need for peace.”
― Sov8840

“The motivations of desire are obscure even to the desirous, the desiring and the desired.”
― Salman Rushdie, The Golden House