Quotes about Desire

We need to be enthusiastic! Too many of us walk around with long faces looking and feeling worn-out. But the human heart was made for passion, for strong desire to reach for something beyond ourselves.

But his delight and desire are in the law of the Lord, and on His law (the precepts, the instructions, the teachings of God) he habitually meditates (ponders and studies) by day and by night. Psalm 1:1,2

Concentrating on the evil things you are doing will never help you do the good things that you desire to do.

Be content with what you have, refuse to focus on what you don't have; love others; and stay hopeful concerning what you want and need.

Where the mind goes the person follows, so be sure that your thoughts are on what you want rather than what you don't want.

James 4:2 tells us we have not because we ask not! We can be bold in our asking.

But they say if you dream a thing more than once, it's sure to come true.

The habit of giving only enhances the desire to give.

In his Sermon on the Mount, [Jesus] declares to his disciples: No one can serve two masters; for a slave will either hate the one and love the other, or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth. (Matt. 6: 24) The way of mammon (capital, wealth) is the way of commodity that is the way of endless desire, endless productivity, and endless restlessness without any Sabbath. Jesus taught his disciples that they could not have it both ways.

The way of mammon (capital, wealth) is the way of commodity that is the way of endless desire, endless productivity, and endless restlessness without any Sabbath. Jesus taught his disciples that they could not have it both ways.

Acting provides the fulfillment of never being fulfilled. You're never as good as you'd like to be. So there's always something to hope for.

Great minds have purposes, little minds have wishes.