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title: "31 Things Desire Quotes by 28 authors"
description: "Browse 31 Things Desire quotes by 28 authors. Discover the best Things Desire sayings and thoughts."
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> [Very often the things we most desire come only after much patience and struggle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richelle-mead/very-often-the-things-we-most-desire-come-only-after-much-patience/)

[Richelle Mead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richelle-mead/)

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> [“Let temporal things be in the use, eternal things in the desire.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-a-kempis/let-temporal-things-be-in-the-use-eternal-things-in-the-desire/)

[Thomas à Kempis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-a-kempis/)

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> [To understand the limitation of things, desire them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/to-understand-the-limitation-of-things-desire-them/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“If you align your vibrations and frequencies with those things you desire, you will acquire them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-richards/if-you-align-your-vibrations-and-frequencies-with-those-things-you/)

[Stephen Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-richards/)

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> [We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francois-rabelais/we-always-long-for-the-forbidden-things-and-desire-what-is-denied-us/)

[Francois Rabelais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francois-rabelais/)

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> [You will see that the things you desire most are the very things that bring you the greatest sorrow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-will-see-that-the-things-you-desire-most-are-the-very-things-that/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [There is often less danger in the things we fear than in the things we desire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-churton-collins/there-is-often-less-danger-in-the-things-we-fear-than-in-the-things/)

[John Churton Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-churton-collins/)

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> [He who has few things to desire cannot have many to fear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blake/he-who-has-few-things-to-desire-cannot-have-many-to-fear/)

[William Blake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blake/)

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> [“The things you desire and the things you fear are not always different things. Sometimes your desire for something outweights your fear...and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luke-alistar/the-things-you-desire-and-the-things-you-fear-are-not-always/)

[Luke Alistar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luke-alistar/)

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> [“The more things we desire and the more we have to do to earn or attain those achievements, the less we actually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-holiday/the-more-things-we-desire-and-the-more-we-have-to-do-to-earn-or/)

[Ryan Holiday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryan-holiday/)

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> [“What are our expectations? Which of the things we desire are within reach? If not now, when? and will there be some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/what-are-our-expectations-which-of-the-things-we-desire-are-within/)

[Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/)

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> [“Being passionately curious about things give us the desire to want to learn, to explore and to seek opportunities to set goals…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-j-barrier/being-passionately-curious-about-things-give-us-the-desire-to-want-to/)

[Ellen J. Barrier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-j-barrier/)

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> [“The things that you desire with ‘all of your heart’ will likely be the things that you will find along the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/craig-d-lounsbrough/the-things-that-you-desire-with-all-of-your-heart-will-likely-be-the/)

[Craig D. Lounsbrough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/craig-d-lounsbrough/)

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> [“But there are many things to want in life. It's not a bad thing if there are other things you desire a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-garber/but-there-are-many-things-to-want-in-life-it-s-not-a-bad-thing-if/)

[Stephanie Garber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-garber/)

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> [“Desire also creates a sense of attachment in the mind. Not only are we attached to our way of thinking and of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gyalwa-dokhampa/desire-also-creates-a-sense-of-attachment-in-the-mind-not-only-are-we/)

[Gyalwa Dokhampa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gyalwa-dokhampa/)

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> [I think it's ultimately inhuman to only see things for their functionality. We want things to be more than that. The desire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stefan-sagmeister/i-think-it-s-ultimately-inhuman-to-only-see-things-for-their/)

[Stefan Sagmeister](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stefan-sagmeister/)

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> [I do believe there are things that we desire that are not in the cards. But more often than not, when people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-cloud/i-do-believe-there-are-things-that-we-desire-that-are-not-in-the/)

[Henry Cloud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-cloud/)

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> [“He knew that those things we most desire to hold in our hearts are often taken from us while that which we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/he-knew-that-those-things-we-most-desire-to-hold-in-our-hearts-are/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [If, then, there is some end of the things we do, which we desire for its own sake (everything else being desired…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/if-then-there-is-some-end-of-the-things-we-do-which-we-desire-for-its/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

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> [I have all the things I can desire in life, but if I don't have love from people, and if I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fabio-lanzoni/i-have-all-the-things-i-can-desire-in-life-but-if-i-don-t-have-love/)

[Fabio Lanzoni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fabio-lanzoni/)

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> [People would never begin to pray if they could not ask for earthly things like riches and health and honours; He says…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sadhu-sundar-singh/people-would-never-begin-to-pray-if-they-could-not-ask-for-earthly/)

[Sadhu Sundar Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sadhu-sundar-singh/)

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> [I almost always write everything the way it comes out, except I tend much more to take things out rather than put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-straub/i-almost-always-write-everything-the-way-it-comes-out-except-i-tend/)

[Peter Straub](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-straub/)

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> [We are disgusted by the things that we desire, and we desire what disgusts us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-cuomo/we-are-disgusted-by-the-things-that-we-desire-and-we-desire-what/)

[Mario Cuomo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-cuomo/)

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> [Things unhoped for happen oftener than things we desire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plautus/things-unhoped-for-happen-oftener-than-things-we-desire/)

[Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plautus/)

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> [It is better to desire the things we have than to have the things we desire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-van-dyke/it-is-better-to-desire-the-things-we-have-than-to-have-the-things-we/)

[Henry Van Dyke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-van-dyke/)

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> [Desire is life trying to continue to be life. All living things desire... Life is wanting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/desire-is-life-trying-to-continue-to-be-life-all-living-things-desire/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [It is a miserable state of mind to have few things to desire and many things to fear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/it-is-a-miserable-state-of-mind-to-have-few-things-to-desire-and-many/)

[Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/)

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> [Lay not on any soul a load that you would not wish to be laid upon you, and desire not for any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baha-u-llah/lay-not-on-any-soul-a-load-that-you-would-not-wish-to-be-laid-upon/)

[Bahá'u'lláh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baha-u-llah/)

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> [“Missing out on things you desire is not the goal. Earning enough money to pay for those things is the goal.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dustin-heiner/missing-out-on-things-you-desire-is-not-the-goal-earning-enough-money/)

[Dustin Heiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dustin-heiner/)

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> [Many of the things we desire are expensive. But the truth is, the things that really satisfy us are totally free -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ritu-ghatourey/many-of-the-things-we-desire-are-expensive-but-the-truth-is-the/)

[Ritu Ghatourey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ritu-ghatourey/)

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> [We should desire very few things passionately if we did but perfectly know the nature of the things we desire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francois-de-la-rochefoucauld/we-should-desire-very-few-things-passionately-if-we-did-but-perfectly/)

[Francois de La Rochefoucauld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francois-de-la-rochefoucauld/)

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