--- title: "12 Start Wanting Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 12 Start Wanting quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Start Wanting sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd3/anonymous-1_funny_when-you-can-t-have-what-you-want-it-s-t_1604758.jpg" --- > [When you can't have what you want, it's time to start wanting what you have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/when-you-can-t-have-what-you-want-it-s-time-to-start-wanting-what-you/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd3/anonymous-1_funny_when-you-can-t-have-what-you-want-it-s-t_1604758.jpg) > [I think sometimes we start out wanting to do things that maybe we're not cut out for.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-sestero/i-think-sometimes-we-start-out-wanting-to-do-things-that-maybe-we-re/) [Greg Sestero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-sestero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dac/greg-sestero-8487_i-think_i-think-sometimes-we-start-out-wanting-t_1491337.jpg) > [You start wanting to see a different place every day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shannon-hoon/you-start-wanting-to-see-a-different-place-every-day/) [Shannon Hoon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shannon-hoon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/921/shannon-hoon-28095_day_you-start-wanting-to-see-a-different-pla_593295.jpg) > [Once you mature you start wanting different things out of life and wanting different things for yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xzibit/once-you-mature-you-start-wanting-different-things-out-of-life-and/) [Xzibit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xzibit/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/887/xzibit-4550_life_once-you-mature-you-start-wanting-differ_1693824.png) > [“If we start with that, with wanting girls to see themselves from the inside out rather than outside in , we will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peggy-orenstein/if-we-start-with-that-with-wanting-girls-to-see-themselves-from-the/) [Peggy Orenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peggy-orenstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/498/peggy-orenstein-11585_long-way_if-we-start-with-that-with-wanting-girls_2194951.jpg) > [No woman should ever be content with being the 'other woman'. You really need to start wanting more for yourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/no-woman-should-ever-be-content-with-being-the-other-woman-you-really/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/532/anonymous-1_being-the-other-woma_no-woman-should-ever-be-content-with-bei_1138539.jpg) > [I don't even know what made me start wanting to do music. It just... happened. Because I sat in my basement all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clinton-sparks/i-don-t-even-know-what-made-me-start-wanting-to-do-music-it-just/) [Clinton Sparks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clinton-sparks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1b/clinton-sparks-32632_basement_i-don-t-even-know-what-made-me-start-wan_936415.jpg) > [You start out wanting to change the world through language, and end up thinking it's enough to tell a few good jokes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-nicholls/you-start-out-wanting-to-change-the-world-through-language-and-end-up/) [David Nicholls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-nicholls/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8aa/david-nicholls-873_change-the-world_you-start-out-wanting-to-change-the-worl_1361024.png) > [“I don’t know what makes people start wanting each other any more than I know what makes it stop all of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-merrell/i-don-t-know-what-makes-people-start-wanting-each-other-any-more-than/) [Sue Merrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-merrell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6c/sue-merrell-54318_desire_i-don-t-know-what-makes-people-start-wan_2661235.jpg) > [Stop wanting wealth and fame and start wanting instead to do something well about which you are passionate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/stop-wanting-wealth-and-fame-and-start-wanting-instead-to-do/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc5/stephen-fry-573_fame_stop-wanting-wealth-and-fame-and-start-w_776302.png) > [No woman should ever be content with being the "other woman". Ever. Y'all really need to start wanting more for yourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/no-woman-should-ever-be-content-with-being-the-other-woman-ever-y-all/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b05/anonymous-1_being-the-other-woma_no-woman-should-ever-be-content-with-bei_76387.jpg) > [I think everybody has a hard time connecting, but as you get older and you want more and you expect more and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/uma-thurman/i-think-everybody-has-a-hard-time-connecting-but-as-you-get-older-and/) [Uma Thurman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/uma-thurman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b60/uma-thurman-8163_connecting_i-think-everybody-has-a-hard-time-connec_1059828.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/start-wanting/#itemlist", "name": "Start Wanting Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { 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