348 Quotes About Wants

If I were to eliminate all of the things that I ‘want,’ I would be left with all of the things that I ‘need.’ And inevitably, such an action would leave me standing before God caught up in the stunning realization that in Him is everything that I ‘want’ and all that I ‘need.’ And how is it that I could not ‘need’ God and ‘want’ both?

If my prayers have devolved into being nothing more than reciting a list of things that I want, I might as well just go to the mall.

Sometimes roused by desires (say, the trip to Tunisia), but they're desires of before--somehow anachronistic; they come from another shore, another country, the country of before.--Today it is a flat, dreary country--virtually without water--and paltry.

No completeness in the world,but endless desires...

It is childish to envy someone for something you do not need.

To live without your want is the grace of contentment.

It isn’t sufficient just to want-you’ve got to ask yourself what you’re going to do to get the things you want.

When you are in need, you are standing off to the side watching the tap. When you are feeling your needs already met, you are standing right underneath the tap taking it all in.

An untrained mind usually focuses not on what one needs and has but on what one wants but lacks.