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What You Want Quotes - Page 3

If you can't be what you want, you learn to be the thing's you're not

Song: The Things That Stop You Dreaming, Album: All the Little Lights

You can learn not to want what you want, to recognize desires but not be controlled by them.

Bhante Gunaratana, Henepola Gunaratana (2011). “Mindfulness in Plain English: 20th Anniversary Edition”, p.6, Simon and Schuster

Do what you have to do until you can do what you want to do.

"Oprah's Career Advice For 20-Somethings" by Emily Co, www.popsugar.com. October 22, 2012.

Change in yourself what you want to change in the world.

FaceBook post by Gary Zukav from Oct 31, 2012

Take from others what you want, but never be a disciple of anyone.

Alexander Sutherland Neill (1972). “Neill! Neill! Orange peel!: An autobiography”, Hart Associates

If you're not actively involved in getting what you want, you don't really want it.

Peter McWilliams (1997). “Life 101: Everything We Wish We Had Learned about Life in School--but Didn't”, Mary Book / Prelude Press

If peace is really what you want, then you will choose peace.

Eckhart Tolle (2006). “A New Earth (Oprah #61): Awakening to Your Life's Purpose”, p.144, Penguin

Doing what you want to do is easy. Doing what you have to do is hard.

"'Gun Culture' - What About the 'Fatherless Culture'?" by Larry Elder, www.realclearpolitics.com. January 17, 2013.

Doing what you want to do is life.

Wallace D. Wattles (2012). “The Science of Getting Rich”, p.104, Leadstart Publishing PvtLtd