Longed Quotes

183 quotes by 166 authors

In Heaven, to look into God's eyes will be to see what we've always longed to see: the person who made us for His own… — Randy Alcorn
Self-love is the foundation of our loving practice. Without it our other efforts to love fail. Giving ourselves love we provide our inner being with… — Bell Hooks
Longing, breathing, and panting after deliverance is a grace in itself, that has a mighty power to conform the soul into the likeness of the… — John Owen
Saw so much of the wickedness of my heart that I longed to get away from myself...I felt almost pressed to death with my own… — David Brainerd
The more love I craved, the more distant and abusive he grew. The role I longed to play was never written into Ryan's script: daughter. — Tatum O'Neal
Many children work hard to please their parents, but what I truly longed for was good times that were about us, not about me. That… — Gil Hodges
My wife of 57 years was buried today beside our son, who died in 1941 as a result of a truck accident when he was… — Terry Kay
I longed that those who, I have reason to think, owe me ill will, might be eternally happy. It seemed refreshing to think of meeting… — David Brainerd
When I touched my hand against the Western Wall and placed my prayer between its ancient stones, I thought of all the centuries that the… — Barack Obama
I longed to return to that bloody riverbank, to throw myself in the path of the final arrow, to die ignorant, and so, in love.… — Robin Wasserman
I longed to break out of the system and do different roles. — Leslie Caron
I longed to read everything I possibly could, and the things I read in turn produced new yearnings. — Patti Smith
I didn't want to be different. I longed to be everything grownups wanted, so they would love me. I followed all their rules, tried my… — Leslie Feinberg
It is odd how we sometimes deny ourselves the very pleasure we have longed for and which is finally within our reach. — Cynthia Rylant
I longed to be a writer, always wanted to be a writer. — Fannie Flagg
To me the sole hope of human salvation lies in teaching Man to regard himself as an experiment in the realization of God, to regard… — George Bernard Shaw
I longed in many respects to actually be in Vietnam and be representing our country there. — Mitt Romney
My heart was a habitation large enough for many guests, but lonely and chill, and without a household fire. I longed to kindle one! It… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
Any time something is written against me, I not only share the sentiment but feel I could do the job far better myself. Perhaps I… — Jorge Luis Borges
An Islamic writer recalls her joy in the clothes she wore as a young girl at a wedding: They were always in beautiful bright colors:… — Shelina Zahra Janmohamed

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