That's how it is with want. As long as you lack something you yearn for it without cease. if only I could have that one thing, you tell yourself, all my problems would be solved. But once you get it, once the object of your...
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Paul Auster
Alice suspected Paul couldn’t really picture his father, just like she couldn’t picture Paul when he was away. Maybe that was the case with people you wanted more than was good for you.
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Ann Brashares
I want, I don’t want. How can one live with such a heart?
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Margaret Atwood
To get what he wanted, a man had to give other people what they wanted.
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Dashiell Hammett
But I don't want more things than I need, either.
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Isabel Allende
More Quotes By Thomas A Kempis
There is no man in this world without some manner of tribulation or anguish though he be king or pope.
If you bear the cross unwillingly you make it a burden and load yourself more heavily but you must bear it.
If you cast away one cross you will certainly find another and perhaps a heavier.
All His glory and beauty come from within and there He delights to dwell His visits there are frequent His conversation sweet His comforts refreshing and His peace passing all understanding.
It is thy duty oftentimes to do what thou wouldst not thy duty too to leave undone that thou wouldst do.
