Longing Quotes

1123 Longing quotes by 783 unique authors

But for my sighs, I should be drowned by my tears; and but for my tears, I should be burned by my sighs. — Ibn al-Farid
I would be in Italy working on a film, longing for something simple - like, God, I would just kill to be sitting at a… — Chris O'Donnell
We all start out with the same alphabet. We are all unique. Talent is not the most important thing --- discipline and dedication are. Craft… — Robert Cormier
People want the right to die at a time of their own choosing. Too many families have watched helplessly as a relative dies slowly, longing… — Polly Toynbee
I am far from perfect, but I have something else. I heard that people in the industry are longing for more personality and diversity. Perhaps… — Saskia de Brauw
You're always trying to balance your understanding of who you are and what you need, and your longing and imaginings of freedom. — Bernardine Dohrn
Sometimes I read a biography of some tempestuous artist and find myself longing for fireworks! booze! bloody fights!; I do think that life must be… — Lauren Groff
I was five years old when I wrote my first song. It was out of longing for my father that I wrote it. — Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Writers are greatly respected. The intelligent public is wonderfully patient with them, continues to read them, and endures disappointment after disappointment, waiting to hear from… — Saul Bellow
The art of longing's over, and it's never coming back. — Leonard Cohen
I have a longing for fiction - to try to believe in it and to disappear into it. — Karl Ove Knausgard
That powers my desire to write: the sense of how quickly everything on the surface of life can be cut away and you can suddenly… — Nicole Krauss
Why does the longing for love have to be so acute, like a desperate thirst? Is it because love is wanting to be saved and… — Jonathan Hull
I don’t think we ever really live in the present; instead, we’re either just this side of the past or future, wavering anxiously between anticipation… — Jonathan Hull
When religion has said its last word, there is little that we need other than God Himself. The evil habit of seeking God-and effectively prevents… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
How do you stop longing for what you absolutely know you can't get? Which really means: How do you absolutely know you can't-and won't-get it,… — Leigh Newman
People are fretful about lifestyle retailing because the idea that anyone's immortal soul and deepest longings can be quite so readily anticipated and consolidated with… — Peter York
When we become isolated, we are prone to being damaged; our minds lose their flexibility and natural kindness; we become vulnerable to fear and negativity.… — John O'Donohue
There is a quiet light that shines in every heart. It draws no attention to itself though it is always secretly there. It is what… — John O'Donohue
Prayers prayed in the Spirit never die until they accomplish God's intended purpose. His answer may not be what we expected, or when we expected… — Wesley L Duewel
The time will soon be here when my grandchild will long for the cry of a loon, the flash of a salmon, the whisper of… — Chief Dan George
The Holy Spirit, out of compassion for our weakness, comes to us even when we are impure. And if He finds our intellect truly praying… — Evagrius Ponticus
Water and petrol both come from the earth, and though they seem to be alike and even the same, they are in nature and purpose… — Sadhu Sundar Singh
You don't know why, but you know you have to go home. It's an eternal longing. It's Marvell's drop of dew wanting to go back… — Frederick Lenz
Fasting is futile unless it is accompanied by an incessant longing for self-restraint. — Mahatma Gandhi

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