--- title: "10 Want Quotes By Guy Finley" description: "10 Want quotes by Guy Finley. Plus more from Guy Finley and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/032/guy-finley-2165_down-and_do-the-moment-to-moment-work-of-dropping_2025776.png" --- > [Do the moment-to-moment work of dropping anything that wants to drag you down, and Reality itself will see to it that you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-finley/do-the-moment-to-moment-work-of-dropping-anything-that-wants-to-drag/) [Guy Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-finley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/032/guy-finley-2165_down-and_do-the-moment-to-moment-work-of-dropping_2025776.png) > [Real love cannot be deceived because it wants nothing outside of itself](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-finley/real-love-cannot-be-deceived-because-it-wants-nothing-outside-of/) [Guy Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-finley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/043/guy-finley-2165_deceived_real-love-cannot-be-deceived-because-it_2462449.jpg) > [What you don't want to know about yourself wants to be known, which is why it keeps 'showing up' at your door…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-finley/what-you-don-t-want-to-know-about-yourself-wants-to-be-known-which-is/) [Guy Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-finley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c7/guy-finley-2165_about-yourself_what-you-don-t-want-to-know-about-yourse_147662.png) > [Discouragement tricks you into mentally or emotionally dwelling in the very place you want to leave.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-finley/discouragement-tricks-you-into-mentally-or-emotionally-dwelling-in/) [Guy Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-finley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/247/guy-finley-2165_discouragement_discouragement-tricks-you-into-mentally_2514975.png) > [It isn't something of which most of us are aware, but we human beings are 'marked' with a certain strange feature, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-finley/it-isn-t-something-of-which-most-of-us-are-aware-but-we-human-beings/) [Guy Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-finley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eda/guy-finley-2165_certain_it-isn-t-something-of-which-most-of-us-a_2329622.png) > [Instead of always asking how to get others to approve of you... learn to ask: What do I really want, the applause…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-finley/instead-of-always-asking-how-to-get-others-to-approve-of-you-learn-to/) [Guy Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-finley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f1/guy-finley-2165_applause_instead-of-always-asking-how-to-get-othe_2576451.png) > [Instead of always asking yourself why so-and-so acts this or that way, learn to ask: "What's inside of me that wants to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-finley/instead-of-always-asking-yourself-why-so-and-so-acts-this-or-that-way/) [Guy Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-finley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbb/guy-finley-2165_asking_instead-of-always-asking-yourself-why-so_1178255.jpg) > [The next time you catch yourself starting to feel bad about anything, immediately stop everything you are doing for a moment and,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-finley/the-next-time-you-catch-yourself-starting-to-feel-bad-about-anything/) [Guy Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-finley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63e/guy-finley-2165_ask-yourself_the-next-time-you-catch-yourself-startin_3233875.png) > [Discouragement is a negative emotion with more than one trick up its dark sleeve. It tricks you into mentally or emotionally dwelling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-finley/discouragement-is-a-negative-emotion-with-more-than-one-trick-up-its/) [Guy Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-finley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f4/guy-finley-2165_bad-day_discouragement-is-a-negative-emotion-wit_943205.png) > [Statistics vary, but in less than seven years there won't be a single cell left in any of our bodies that's the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-finley/statistics-vary-but-in-less-than-seven-years-there-won-t-be-a-single/) [Guy Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-finley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c5/guy-finley-2165_body_statistics-vary-but-in-less-than-seven-y_180310.jpg) ## Other authors on Want ## More by Guy Finley > [No truly conscious human being sabotages himself - it's impossible, because it's contrary to Nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-finley/no-truly-conscious-human-being-sabotages-himself-it-s-impossible/) [Guy Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-finley/) > [A crisis is a close encounter of the third kind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-finley/a-crisis-is-a-close-encounter-of-the-third-kind/) [Guy Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-finley/) > [Knowledge without Spirit is like finding yourself on a cold night with all the wood in the world and no flame to ignite it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-finley/knowledge-without-spirit-is-like-finding-yourself-on-a-cold-night/) [Guy Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-finley/) > [Eventually, we reach the point where we start to realize that we are not going to find peace, contentment, happiness, strength, fearlessness - all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-finley/eventually-we-reach-the-point-where-we-start-to-realize-that-we-are/) [Guy Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-finley/) > [Nothing glows brighter than the heart awakened to the unseen light of love that lives within it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-finley/nothing-glows-brighter-than-the-heart-awakened-to-the-unseen-light-of/) [Guy Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-finley/) > [We are not here on earth to change our destiny, but to fulfill it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-finley/we-are-not-here-on-earth-to-change-our-destiny-but-to-fulfill-it/) [Guy Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-finley/) > [Staying present, living in Presence is the best gift anyone can give to those they love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-finley/staying-present-living-in-presence-is-the-best-gift-anyone-can-give/) [Guy Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-finley/) > [What you don't want to know about yourself wants to be known, which is why it keeps 'showing up' at your door unannounced!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-finley/what-you-don-t-want-to-know-about-yourself-wants-to-be-known-which-is/) [Guy Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-finley/) > [Statistics vary, but in less than seven years there won't be a single cell left in any of our bodies that's the same as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-finley/statistics-vary-but-in-less-than-seven-years-there-won-t-be-a-single/) [Guy Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-finley/) > [Never run from what you don't understand, as it will be waiting for you every time you come to a stop.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-finley/never-run-from-what-you-don-t-understand-as-it-will-be-waiting-for/) [Guy Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-finley/) > [Ours is the task of discovering that our true nature has nothing to fear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-finley/ours-is-the-task-of-discovering-that-our-true-nature-has-nothing-to/) [Guy Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-finley/) > [No one rises above who he or she has been without first having fallen down. The best time - in fact, the only time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-finley/no-one-rises-above-who-he-or-she-has-been-without-first-having-fallen/) [Guy Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-finley/) > [You cannot separate the onset of a disturbing moment in life from the appearance of some simultaneous new possibility to know a deeper and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-finley/you-cannot-separate-the-onset-of-a-disturbing-moment-in-life-from-the/) [Guy Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-finley/) > [What is the nature of that place where our original self is one with its longing to explore its own deepest possibilities, and where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-finley/what-is-the-nature-of-that-place-where-our-original-self-is-one-with/) [Guy Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-finley/) > [All created forms are fractal, as is their purpose, use, and allotted time for existence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-finley/all-created-forms-are-fractal-as-is-their-purpose-use-and-allotted/) [Guy Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-finley/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want/guy-finley/#itemlist", "name": "10 Want Quotes By Guy Finley", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Do the moment-to-moment work of dropping anything that wants to drag you down, and Reality itself will see to it that you rise.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Guy Finley" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-finley/do-the-moment-to-moment-work-of-dropping-anything-that-wants-to-drag/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/032/guy-finley-2165_down-and_do-the-moment-to-moment-work-of-dropping_2025776.png", "contentUrl": 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