Wanting Quotes

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We disapprove of state education. Then the socialists say that we are opposed to any education. We object to a state religion. Then the socialists… — Frederic Bastiat
Socialism, like the ancient ideas from which it springs, confuses the distinction between government and society. As a result of this, every time we object… — Frederic Bastiat
The third level of wanting is "I commit to being rich." The definition of the word commit is to "devote oneself unreservedly." This means holding… — T. Harv Eker
Something is wanting to science until it has been humanised. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Wanting to work is so rare a merit, that it should be encouraged. — Abraham Lincoln
Such is the condition of life that something is always wanting to happiness. In youth we have warm hopes, which are soon blasted by rashness… — Lyndon B. Johnson
But I guessed she would never stop wanting more for me, more from me. Maybe that's what mothers did. — Kiera Cass
Movie acting is a great job for your twenties: You travel all over, you have affairs with people, and you throw yourself into one part… — Helen Hunt
Stress is caused by being here but wanting to be there, or being in the present but wanting to be in the future. It's a… — Eckhart Tolle
And you will, by the dignity of your Conduct, afford occasion for Posterity to say, when speaking of the glorious example you have exhibited to… — George Washington
The entire life of the personal ego is continually in the grip of wanting, i. e., an attempt to seek fulfilment of desires through things… — Meher Baba
I know what wanting and craving adventure feels like, I can really relate to that. — Emile Hirsch
When on a Sunday morning we hear the old bells ring out, we ask ourselves, "Is it possible! This is done on account of a… — Friedrich Nietzsche
You cannot love a thing without wanting to fight for it. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
He has held me when I have had no more strength and have wondered how I would ever make it. He has held me when… — Kay Arthur
They were seeking out the treasure of their destiny, without actually wanting to live out their destiny. — Paulo Coelho
To be a good mother, a woman must have sense, and that independence of mind which few women possess who are taught to depend entirely… — Mary Wollstonecraft
Jesus is a mythical figure in the tradition of pagan mythology and almost nothing in all of ancient literature would lead one to believe otherwise.… — Dennis McKinsey
The primitive sign of wanting is trying to get.... — G. E. M. Anscombe
...if it isn't literally true that my wanting is causally responsible for my reaching, and my itching is causally responsible for my scratching, and my… — Jerry Fodor

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