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Desire Quotes - Page 60

To wait on God is to live a life of desire toward Him, delight in Him, dependence on Him, and devotedness to Him.

Matthew Henry (1848). “Daily Communion with God: Christianity No Sect ; The Sabbath ; The Promises of God ; The Worth of the Soul ; A Church in the House”, p.102

A human being has a natural desire to have more of a good thing than he needs.

Mark Twain (2008). “10 Books in 1”, p.701, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax

The inside of the old Camaro smelled like asphalt and desire, gasoline and dreams.

Maggie Stiefvater (2013). “The Dream Thieves (The Raven Cycle, Book 2)”, p.237, Scholastic Inc.

I do not approve the maxim which desires a man to know a little of everything. Superficial knowledge, knowledge without principles, is almost always useless and sometimes harmful knowledge.

Jean de La Bruyère, Luc de Clapiers marquis de Vauvenargues (1903). “La Bruyère and Vauvenargues: Selections from the Characters, Reflexions and Maxims”

Many desire to kill me, and many wish to spend an hour chatting with me. The law protects me from the former.

Karl Kraus (1976). “Half-truths & one-and-a-half truths: selected aphorisms”

The thing that keeps me most awake is the desire and curiosity to learn more.

"Big Think Interview With Juan Enriquez". Interview with Austin Allen, bigthink.com. November 9, 2009.

When you dress and behave in a way that is designed primarily to arouse sexual desire in men, you are committing pornography with your life.

Joshua Harris, Shannon Harris (2010). “Sex Is Not the Problem (Lust Is) - A Study Guide for Women: Sexuality Purity in a Lust-Saturated World”, p.41, Multnomah

We are formed by what we desire

John Irving, Carol Anshaw, Chris Cleave, Vaddey Ratner, Enid Shomer (2012). “Simon & Schuster 2012 Fiction Sampler”, p.45, Simon and Schuster