--- title: "17 Want Quotes By Ann Voskamp" description: "17 Want quotes by Ann Voskamp. Plus more from Ann Voskamp and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9b/ann-voskamp-729_first-love_god-doesn-t-want-your-leftovers-god-want_584928.png" --- > [God doesn't want your leftovers. God wants your love overtures, your first-overs, because He is your first love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/god-doesn-t-want-your-leftovers-god-wants-your-love-overtures-your/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9b/ann-voskamp-729_first-love_god-doesn-t-want-your-leftovers-god-want_584928.png) > [Just that maybe … maybe you don’t want to change the story, because you don’t know what a different ending holds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/just-that-maybe-maybe-you-don-t-want-to-change-the-story-because-you/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/836/ann-voskamp-729_different_just-that-maybe-maybe-you-don-t-want-to_1459162.png) > [Sometimes, too often, I don't want to muster the energy. Stress and anxiety seem easier.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/sometimes-too-often-i-don-t-want-to-muster-the-energy-stress-and/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e8/ann-voskamp-729_anxiety_sometimes-too-often-i-don-t-want-to-must_1321385.png) > [I want a life that makes music - not just practices the piano.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/i-want-a-life-that-makes-music-not-just-practices-the-piano/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c2/ann-voskamp-729_inspirational_i-want-a-life-that-makes-music-not-just_2497594.png) > [The fear is suffocating, terrorizing, and I want the remedy, and it is trust. Trust is everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/the-fear-is-suffocating-terrorizing-and-i-want-the-remedy-and-it-is/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b54/ann-voskamp-729_condemnation_the-fear-is-suffocating-terrorizing-and_999216.png) > [We want clarity -- and God gives a call. We want a road map --- and God gives a relationship. We want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/we-want-clarity-and-god-gives-a-call-we-want-a-road-map-and-god-gives/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb1/ann-voskamp-729_answers_we-want-clarity-and-god-gives-a-call-we_3039864.png) > [I think God calls us to small things, to faithfulness right where we are, to just do the next thing. I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/i-think-god-calls-us-to-small-things-to-faithfulness-right-where-we/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a86/ann-voskamp-729_faithfulness_i-think-god-calls-us-to-small-things-to_1644135.png) > [I want to see beauty. In the ugly, in the sink, in the suffering, in the daily, in all the days before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/i-want-to-see-beauty-in-the-ugly-in-the-sink-in-the-suffering-in-the/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aae/ann-voskamp-729_beauty_i-want-to-see-beauty-in-the-ugly-in-the_1759261.png) > [I don't want a Christmas you can buy. I don't want a Christmas you can make. What I want is a Christmas…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/i-don-t-want-a-christmas-you-can-buy-i-don-t-want-a-christmas-you-can/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/178/ann-voskamp-729_christmas_i-don-t-want-a-christmas-you-can-buy-i-d_3074078.png) > [I don't really want more time; I just want enough time. Time to breathe deep and time to see real and time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/i-don-t-really-want-more-time-i-just-want-enough-time-time-to-breathe/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/570/ann-voskamp-729_breathe_i-don-t-really-want-more-time-i-just-wan_3097159.png) > [Research actually indicates that if you write down what you're grateful for, it increases your happiness by 25 percent. And who doesn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/research-actually-indicates-that-if-you-write-down-what-you-re/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c26/ann-voskamp-729_christ_research-actually-indicates-that-if-you_1839675.png) > [They say time is money, but that's not true. Time is life. And if I want the fullest life, I need to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/they-say-time-is-money-but-that-s-not-true-time-is-life-and-if-i-want/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b6/ann-voskamp-729_giving_they-say-time-is-money-but-that-s-not-tr_405902.png) > [ Maybe the woman who was handed the book \[One Thousand Gifts\] by a friend the morning before she had an abortion scheduled… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/maybe-the-woman-who-was-handed-the-book-one-thousand-gifts-by-a/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15b/ann-voskamp-729_abortion_maybe-the-woman-who-was-handed-the-book_2959506.png) > [We're not giving what we're called to give, unless that giving affects how we live - affects what we put on our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/we-re-not-giving-what-we-re-called-to-give-unless-that-giving-affects/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b09/ann-voskamp-729_changed_we-re-not-giving-what-we-re-called-to-gi_578394.jpg) > [I was simply writing out our family stories in my online journal, scratching out what I want to remember, what I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/i-was-simply-writing-out-our-family-stories-in-my-online-journal/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd9/ann-voskamp-729_agents_i-was-simply-writing-out-our-family-stor_508370.jpg) > [Do I really smother my own joy because I believe that anger achieves more than love? That Satan's way is more powerful,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/do-i-really-smother-my-own-joy-because-i-believe-that-anger-achieves-2/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3d/ann-voskamp-729_achieve_do-i-really-smother-my-own-joy-because-i_2994257.png) > [I make soup and I back bread and I know my supreme need is joy in God and I know I can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/i-make-soup-and-i-back-bread-and-i-know-my-supreme-need-is-joy-in-god/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bed/ann-voskamp-729_anxiety_i-make-soup-and-i-back-bread-and-i-know_884488.png) ## Other authors on Want ## More by Ann Voskamp > [We only enter into the full life if our faith gives thanks. Because how else do we accept His free gift of salvation if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/we-only-enter-into-the-full-life-if-our-faith-gives-thanks-because/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) > [The answer to deep anxiety is the deep adoration of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/the-answer-to-deep-anxiety-is-the-deep-adoration-of-god/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) > [“Trauma's storm can mask the Christ and feelings can lie. I draw all the hurting voices close and I tough their scars with a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/trauma-s-storm-can-mask-the-christ-and-feelings-can-lie-i-draw-all/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) > [“How long does it take for your soul to recognize that your life is full? The slower the living, the greater the sense of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/how-long-does-it-take-for-your-soul-to-recognize-that-your-life-is/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) > [“For forty long years, God's people daily eat manna - a substance whose name literally mans 'What is it?' Hungry, they choose to gather…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/for-forty-long-years-god-s-people-daily-eat-manna-a-substance-whose/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) > [The real romantics imagine greying and sagging and wrinkling as the deepening of something sacred.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/the-real-romantics-imagine-greying-and-sagging-and-wrinkling-as-the/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) > [Scales always lie. They don't make a scale that ever told the truth about value, about worth, about significance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/scales-always-lie-they-don-t-make-a-scale-that-ever-told-the-truth/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) > [Darkness transfigures into light, bad transfigures into good, grief transfigures into grace, empty transfigures into full. God wastes nothing – ‘makes everything work out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/darkness-transfigures-into-light-bad-transfigures-into-good-grief/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) > [“And the saddest of all may be when we give away our lives to insignificant things, things we didn’t realize we subconsciously loved. Turns…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/and-the-saddest-of-all-may-be-when-we-give-away-our-lives-to/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) > [“Satan's sin becomes the first sin of all humanity: the sin of ingratitude .”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/satan-s-sin-becomes-the-first-sin-of-all-humanity-the-sin-of/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) > [Simplicity is never a matter of circumstances; simplicity is a matter of focus. So in the midst of educating and parenting our children, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/simplicity-is-never-a-matter-of-circumstances-simplicity-is-a-matter/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) > [Every day, with every word, we get to decide: Do we mar the world, or mark the world?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/every-day-with-every-word-we-get-to-decide-do-we-mar-the-world-or/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) > [Thanksgiving-giving thanks in everything-prepares the way that God might show us His fullest salvation in Christ.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/thanksgiving-giving-thanks-in-everything-prepares-the-way-that-god/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) > [Practice is the hardest part of learning, and training is the essence of transformation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/practice-is-the-hardest-part-of-learning-and-training-is-the-essence/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) > [Every moment I live, I live bowed to something. And if I don't see God, I'll bow down before something else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/every-moment-i-live-i-live-bowed-to-something-and-if-i-don-t-see-god/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want/ann-voskamp/#itemlist", "name": "17 Want Quotes By Ann Voskamp", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "God doesn't want your leftovers. 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