Desire Quotes

7210 Desire quotes by 3487 unique authors

Whether, therefore, we receive what we ask for, or do not receive it, let us still continue steadfast in prayer. For to fail in obtaining… — Saint John Chrysostom
It would be more in keeping with the intention of the noblest man in this world if our two Christian churches, instead of annoying Negroes… — Adolf Hitler
We are here speaking in open disapproval of that false system of philosophy, not so long ago introduced, by which, because of an extended and… — Pope Gregory XVI
God always forgives when you are totally repentant and you desire to change. He forgives...and He never gets tired of forgiving. Never. You may get… — Mother Angelica
What you see is the bread and the chalice; that is what your own eyes report to you. But what your faith obliges you to… — Saint Augustine
And the angel spake unto me, saying: Behold the gold, and the silver, and the silks, and the scarlets, and the fine-twined linen, and the… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
One of the first things to learn if you want to be a contemplative is to mind your own business. Nothing is more suspicious, in… — Thomas Merton
Your desire is your prayer. — Joseph Murphy
I must keep alive in myself the desire for my true country, which I shall not find till after death; I must never let it… — C.S. Lewis
My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain… — Thomas Merton
God passionately desires and ardently yearns for our salvation... Nothing is greater than this: that the blood of God was poured out for us. — Pope John Paul II
He pours light into our minds, arouses our desire and gives us strength... As the soul is the life of the body, so the Holy… — Peter Damian
Do not be troubled if you do not immediately receive from God what you ask Him; for He desires to do something even greater for… — Evagrius Ponticus
The entire life of a good Christian is in fact an exercise of holy desire. You do not yet see what you long for, but… — Saint Augustine
Our life is a gymnasium of desire.... When Christians say "God," what do we wish to express? This word is all that we yearn for." — Saint Augustine
Seeing the sun, the moon and the stars, I said to myself, 'Who could be the Master of these beautiful things?' I felt a great… — Josephine Bakhita
In the depths of the human soul... the desire to give meaning to one's own life is joined by the fleeting vision of beauty and… — Pope John Paul II
No one comes unless they're drawn by the voice of desire that leads em along, to the redemption of what went wrong by the blood… — Josh Garrels
Grace, lavished upon us by God and communicated through the Mystery of the Incarnate Word, is an absolutely free gift with which nature is healed,… — Pope Benedict XVI
The idea of private property universal but private, the idea of families free but still families, of domesticity democratic but still domestic, of one man… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Let us therefore give ourselves to God with a great desire to begin to live thus, and beg Him to destroy in us the life… — John Eudes
Eternity will not be long enough to learn all he is, or to praise him for all he has done, but then, that matters not;… — Frederick William Faber
We need to be homesick for heaven. Though we have never been there, we still have something God has built within us that gives us… — Greg Laurie
The world does not yield to changing. By its very nature it is painful and transient. See it as it is and divest yourself of… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Humankind's desire for peace can be realized only by the creation of a world government. — Albert Einstein

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