Yearning Quotes

391 quotes by 333 authors

I think, as a general matter, clearly, the United States globally supports the development of democracy and the democratic yearnings of all people. — Richard Armitage
My dad used to draw these great cartoon figures. His dream was being a cartoonist, but he never achieved it, and it kind of broke… — Kathryn Bigelow
Rome is the city of echoes, the city of illusions, and the city of yearning. — Giotto di Bondone
We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams. — Jimmy Carter
I never expected anyone to take care of me, but in my wildest dreams and juvenile yearnings, I wanted the house with the picket fence… — Maya Angelou
A mother's yearning feels the presence of the cherished child even in the degraded man. — George Eliot
Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore, send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed,… — Emma Lazarus
What is a socialist? One who has yearnings To share equal profits from unequal earnings. — William Inge
Prayer covers the whole of man's life. There is no thought, feeling, yearning, or desire, however low, trifling, or vulgar we may deem it, which… — Henry Ward Beecher
Natural ability and educational advantages do not figure as factors in this matter of prayer; but a capacity for faith, the power of a thorough… — Edward McKendree Bounds
[Golfers] are a special kind of moral relist who nips the normal romantic and idealstic yearnings in the bud by proving once or twice a… — Alistair Cooke
O Lord, please fill my mouth with worthwhile stuff, and nudge me when I've said enough. Enlightenment is the "quiet acceptance of what is" I… — Susan Jeffers
To sit patiently with a yearning that has not yet been fulfilled, and to trust that, that fulfillment will come, is quite possibly one of… — Elizabeth Gilbert
I will smile at friend and foe alike and make every effort to find, in him or her, a quality to praise, now that I… — Og Mandino
The many-voiced song of the river echoed softly. Siddhartha looked into the river and saw many pictures in the flowing water. The river's voice was… — Hermann Hesse
Jesus' life and words are a challenge at the same time that they are Good News. They are a challenge to those of us who… — Cesar Chavez
The wretched are in this respect fortunate, that they have the strongest yearning after happiness; and to desire is in some sense to enjoy. — William Hazlitt
The old happiness is unreturning. Boy's griefs are not so grievous as youth's yearning. Boys have no sadness sadder than our hope. — Wilfred Owen
In spiritual life there is no room for compromise. Awakening is not negotiable; we cannot bargain to hold on to things that please us while… — Jack Kornfield
For I am yearning to visit the limits of the all-nurturing Earth, and Oceans, from whom the gods are sprung. — Homer

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