Quote by George R.R. Martin

What we want is not always what we need.

— Gena Showalter

“In life, we don’t get what we want we get what we deserve”

— Mohamadi Tapsoba

“We do not get what we want… we get what we expect.”

— Anonymous

“Sometimes life isn’t what we want, it’s what we get.”

— Sara Sheridan

“Not getting what we want can be getting what we need”

— S.E. SEVER

“Not always getting what you want, but sometimes getting what you need.”

— Stephanie Perkins

“Sometimes what we don't want is actually what we need.”

— Nikolas Lee

“When you can't get what you want, get what you need”

— Benny Bellamacina

“But we know that just because we want something does not mean that we will get what we want,”

— Madeleine L'Engle

“The thing we want the most is always the thing we cannot have.”

— Dean Koontz

“The only way to get what we want is to be what we want.”

— Talidari

While we don't always get what we want, we always get what we choose.

— John C. Maxwell