Quotes about Desire

Nothing is more often misdiagnosed than our homesickness for Heaven. We think that what we want is sex, drugs, alcohol, a new job, a raise, a doctorate, a spouse, a large-screen television, a new car, a cabin in the woods, a condo in Hawaii. What we really want is the person we were made for, Jesus, and the place we were made for, Heaven. Nothing less can satisfy us.

It's always easier to avoid temptation than to resist it.

What we love about this life are the things that resonate with the life we were made for. The things we love are not merely the best this life has to offer—they are previews of the greater life to come.

I am absolutely convinced that meaninglessness does not come from being weary of pain; meaninglessness comes from being weary of pleasure. And that is why we find ourselves emptied of meaning with our pantries still full.

I've always been envious of certainty, of people who always seemed to have a plan for their lives.

I know I'm not supposed to like muscle cars, but I like muscle cars.

Men know not the gold which lies in the mine of Christ Jesus, or surely they would dig in it night and day. They have not yet discovered the pearl of great price, or they would have sold their all to buy the field wherein it lies.

Men are idol factories.

Though we take from a covetous man all his treasure, he has yet one jewel left; you cannot bereave him of his covetousness.

I don't sit around thinking that I'd like to have another husband; only another man would make me think that way.

Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. Thoughts are things! Strong, deeply rooted desire is the starting point of all achievement.

I have been told that beauty is the great seducer of men.