--- title: "17 Demand Life Quotes by 15 authors" description: "Browse 17 Demand Life quotes by 15 authors. Discover the best Demand Life sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9f/miguel-syjuco-8046_demand_freedom-is-the-only-thing-we-must-demand_1758403.png" --- > [Freedom is the only thing we must demand in life, for all other good things stem from it](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miguel-syjuco/freedom-is-the-only-thing-we-must-demand-in-life-for-all-other-good/) [Miguel Syjuco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miguel-syjuco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9f/miguel-syjuco-8046_demand_freedom-is-the-only-thing-we-must-demand_1758403.png) > [“Let the demand of life, lead you into the abundant supplies of life”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sunday-adelaja/let-the-demand-of-life-lead-you-into-the-abundant-supplies-of-life/) [Sunday Adelaja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sunday-adelaja/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfe/sunday-adelaja-35_abundant_let-the-demand-of-life-lead-you-into-the_713120.jpg) > [What people really need and demand from life is not wealth, comfort, or esteem, but games worth playing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-szasz/what-people-really-need-and-demand-from-life-is-not-wealth-comfort-or/) [Thomas Szasz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-szasz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/379/thomas-szasz-3801_comfort_what-people-really-need-and-demand-from_2671813.jpg) > [The way to grow grand is not: to demand. In life's every field you are what you yield.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/piet-pieterszoon-hein/the-way-to-grow-grand-is-not-to-demand-in-life-s-every-field-you-are/) [Piet Pieterszoon Hein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/piet-pieterszoon-hein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22e/piet-pieterszoon-hein-21399_demand_the-way-to-grow-grand-is-not-to-demand-i_1597816.jpg) > [We demand too much of life, too little of ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-lasch/we-demand-too-much-of-life-too-little-of-ourselves/) [Christopher Lasch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-lasch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ad/christopher-lasch-8262_demand_we-demand-too-much-of-life-too-little-of_322837.jpg) > [None are so inconsiderate as those who demand nothing of life other than their own personal comfort.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-von-ebner-eschenbach/none-are-so-inconsiderate-as-those-who-demand-nothing-of-life-other/) [Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-von-ebner-eschenbach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/256/marie-von-ebner-eschenbach-258_comfort_none-are-so-inconsiderate-as-those-who-d_2108757.png) > [“Ladies and gentlemen, let us hear the demand of life and adhere to it. It would do us good”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sunday-adelaja/ladies-and-gentlemen-let-us-hear-the-demand-of-life-and-adhere-to-it/) [Sunday Adelaja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sunday-adelaja/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e5/sunday-adelaja-35_demand_ladies-and-gentlemen-let-us-hear-the-dem_116195.jpg) > [Once it's established that we are a team, I can demand of you and expect you to demand of me. Life without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-whitaker/once-it-s-established-that-we-are-a-team-i-can-demand-of-you-and/) [Carl Whitaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-whitaker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/572/carl-whitaker-46726_addiction_once-it-s-established-that-we-are-a-team_364084.png) > [The joy of living is his who has the heart to demand it. Life is a great adventure, and I want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-roosevelt/the-joy-of-living-is-his-who-has-the-heart-to-demand-it-life-is-a/) [Theodore Roosevelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-roosevelt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/881/theodore-roosevelt-218_accepting_the-joy-of-living-is-his-who-has-the-hea_2667223.jpg) > [If all our happiness is bound up entirely in our personal circumstances it is difficult not to demand of life more than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/if-all-our-happiness-is-bound-up-entirely-in-our-personal/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/749/bertrand-russell-69_circumstances_if-all-our-happiness-is-bound-up-entirel_2059384.jpg) > [“Why do we struggle so much? Why do we demand so much of life, when the happiest moments are when nothing is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-beckett/why-do-we-struggle-so-much-why-do-we-demand-so-much-of-life-when-the/) [Chris Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-beckett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/284/chris-beckett-46994_life_why-do-we-struggle-so-much-why-do-we-dem_2136892.jpg) > [You cannot make a demand on your life that exceeds your belief about it. Your belief is creating a personal law. It’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-rydall/you-cannot-make-a-demand-on-your-life-that-exceeds-your-belief-about/) [Derek Rydall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-rydall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c9/derek-rydall-12351_belief_you-cannot-make-a-demand-on-your-life-th_2319037.jpg) > [“Demand to see life's manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/portal-2/demand-to-see-life-s-manager-make-life-rue-the-day-it-thought-it/) [Portal 2](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/portal-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7cd/portal-2-102110_humor_demand-to-see-life-s-manager-make-life-r_40045.jpg) > [“Don't demand from life but wait until life brings the good stuff. If only you're open for the possibilities.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-marie-aguilar/don-t-demand-from-life-but-wait-until-life-brings-the-good-stuff-if/) [Ann Marie Aguilar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-marie-aguilar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18b/ann-marie-aguilar-20653_life_don-t-demand-from-life-but-wait-until-li_2237417.jpg) > [I think, often, people who run away are people who got into things most enthusiastically, and then they want more. They just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-munro/i-think-often-people-who-run-away-are-people-who-got-into-things-most/) [Alice Munro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-munro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/744/alice-munro-1231_failure_i-think-often-people-who-run-away-are-pe_1488940.png) > [“Why, if there is anything in supply and demand, life is the cheapest thing in the world. There is only so much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-london/why-if-there-is-anything-in-supply-and-demand-life-is-the-cheapest/) [Jack London](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-london/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb8/jack-london-595_cheap-things_why-if-there-is-anything-in-supply-and-d_3019648.jpg) > [“We were talking about this yesterday," he said. "I held that life was a ferment, a yeasty something which devoured life that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-london/we-were-talking-about-this-yesterday-he-said-i-held-that-life-was-a/) [Jack London](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-london/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/486/jack-london-595_life_we-were-talking-about-this-yesterday-he_1576579.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/demand-life/#itemlist", "name": "Demand Life Quotes", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Freedom is the only thing we must demand in life, for all other good things stem from it", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Miguel Syjuco" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miguel-syjuco/freedom-is-the-only-thing-we-must-demand-in-life-for-all-other-good/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9f/miguel-syjuco-8046_demand_freedom-is-the-only-thing-we-must-demand_1758403.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9f/miguel-syjuco-8046_demand_freedom-is-the-only-thing-we-must-demand_1758403.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9f/miguel-syjuco-8046_demand_freedom-is-the-only-thing-we-must-demand_1758403.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Freedom is the only thing we must demand in life, for all other good things stem from it” — Miguel Syjuco", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Let the demand of life, lead you into the abundant supplies of life”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sunday Adelaja" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sunday-adelaja/let-the-demand-of-life-lead-you-into-the-abundant-supplies-of-life/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfe/sunday-adelaja-35_abundant_let-the-demand-of-life-lead-you-into-the_713120.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfe/sunday-adelaja-35_abundant_let-the-demand-of-life-lead-you-into-the_713120.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfe/sunday-adelaja-35_abundant_let-the-demand-of-life-lead-you-into-the_713120.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Let the demand of life, lead you into the abundant supplies of life” — Sunday Adelaja", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What people really need and demand from life is not wealth, comfort, or esteem, but games worth playing", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas Szasz" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-szasz/what-people-really-need-and-demand-from-life-is-not-wealth-comfort-or/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/379/thomas-szasz-3801_comfort_what-people-really-need-and-demand-from_2671813.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/379/thomas-szasz-3801_comfort_what-people-really-need-and-demand-from_2671813.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/379/thomas-szasz-3801_comfort_what-people-really-need-and-demand-from_2671813.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What people really need and demand from life is not wealth, comfort, or esteem, but games worth playing” — Thomas Szasz", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The way to grow grand is not: to demand. 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