What You Want Quotes

“What do you want?"

"You," he said, his voice lowering an octave. "I want you, Dutch, body and soul. I want you in my bed every night. I want you there when I wake up in the morning. I want your clothes strung across my apartment and your scent on my skin.”
― Darynda Jones, Fifth Grave Past the Light

“Create. Not for the money. Not for the fame. Not for the recognition. But for the pure joy of creating something and sharing it.”
― Ernest Barbaric

“A rap at the back door made her jump, and she peered through the window for a long time before she eased open the door a crack. She left the security chain on. 'What do you want, Richard?'
Richard Morrell's police cruiser was parked in the drive. He hadn't flashed any lights or howled any sirens, so she supposed it wasn't an emergency, exactly. But she knew him well enough to know he didn't pay social visits, at least not to the Glass House.
'Good question,' Richard said. 'I guess I want a nice girl who can cook, likes action movies, and looks good in short skirts. But I'll settle for you taking the chain off the door and letting me in.”
― Rachel Caine, Feast of Fools

“When what you value and dream about doesn’t match the life you are living, you have pain.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“First set a strong and clear inner voice and then do all that you want to achieve and the door will be opened.”
― Amit Ray, Walking the Path of Compassion

“There are always two sides to a coin, and you should always try looking at the side that makes you feel happier.”
― Dr Prem Jagyasi

“Moving on will show you a lot about who you are, what you truly want, & what you have no desire to waste your time on.”
― April Mae Monterrosa

“It is better to be alone then to be in a relationship, while you are trying to figure out what love means to you.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“And do you want to marry him?"
"Maybe. I don't know."
"That kind of indifference usually means no."
"It's not indifference. I just haven't made up my mind."
"Either you want to marry him more than anything in the world, or you say no. It's very simple."
"It's not simple," Faye said. "Not at all. You don't understand."
"So explain it to me."
"Okay, here's what it's like. Imagine you're feeling desperately thirsty. Like insanely thirsty. All you can think about is a big tall glass of water. Got it?"
"Got it."
"And you fantasize about this big tall glass of water, and the fantasy is really vivid in your head, but it does not actually quench your thirst."
"Because you can't drink the imaginary glass of water."
"Right. So you look around and see this murky, oily puddle of water and mud. It's not exactly the tall glass of water but it does have the advantage of being wet. It's real, whereas the tall glass of water is not. And so you choose the oily mud puddle, even though it's not really what you'd prefer.”
― Nathan Hill, The Nix

“I’ve never been motivated by money – it doesn’t drive Me.”
― Germany Kent

“You have the power within your reach to create what you desire.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!

“When God opens your eyes, do not deny what you see on the other side. It is always a great privilege to be shown the signs, even if they may not be what you want.”
― Gift Gugu Mona

“The only way to get everything you want in life is to be very clever about what you want.”
― George Hammond

“Life is what you make of it.
You have to decide what you want in life.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!

“You get what you want and you become its slave.”
― Ljupka Cvetanova, The New Land

“Sheep don’t need the shepherd to be what they are. The shepherd needs sheep to be what he is.”
― Ljupka Cvetanova, The New Land

“Not everything you're good at is what you're called to do.”
― Joyce Rachelle

“It is wiser to love who you are than what you want.”
― Rasheed Ogunlaru

“Never allow your mind to decide what you have, when your heart knows what you want.”
― RJ Intindola – (Gandolfo) – 1984

“Everything that you want is not very important. Everything that was given to you without any want is very important.”
― Debasish Mridha

“If anyone at my funeral says 'it's what he would have wanted', I'll kick the lid off my coffin and throttle them. Or, if I've been cremated, I'll flip the lid off the urn and become a dust storm in their eyes. Only you know what you truly want. Anything else is presumption skewed through personal agendas.”
― Stewart Stafford

“Why can't you tell Brad you don't want to work on Sundays?" It would be nice if he and I could watch a movie or do some other relaxing activity together when we get home.
"Nobody would admit that to their boss. It would mean we weren't team players and that our personal lives are more important."
I wrinkle my head in confusion. "Aren't they?"
"Of course they are, but we can't admit it."
"I don't understand this at all, and I don't think it has anything to do with the way my brain works."
Jonathan laughs. "It's corporate culture. No one has to understand it as long as we play by the rules."
"It sounds horrible."
"It's just the way it is."
"What if you decided you didn't want to do it anymore? What else could you be?"
"I don't know. I've never thought about it. What would you do if you decided you didn't want to work in a library anymore?"
"I would write plays. All day long, just"- I mimic pounding on the keys. "But I can't imagine ever leaving the library. I love it too much."
"You're lucky," he says.
I shrug. "I just know I couldn't spend my life doing something that doesn't make me happy.”
― Tracey Garvis Graves, The Girl He Used to Know

“God will meet you at the point of your need and what you want. So do not complain when you do not always get what you want.”
― Gift Gugu Mona, Daily Quotes about God: 365 Days of Heavenly Inspiration

“Be mindful of what you want, instead of what you don’t want. Constantly focusing on the problem will not manifest the solution.”
― Anthon St. Maarten

“What should be is not what is and may never be what it could be”
― Will Leamon

“Maybe figuring it out is... I don't know, what it's all about. Constantly deciding. And you're true enough not to decide anything before you're ready, and you don't want to lock yourself up in a box. Maybe it's the sure people who are missing out.”
― Jodi Lynn Anderson, Love and Peaches

“God will meet you at the point of your need and not at the point of what you want. So do not complain when you do not always get what you want.”
― Gift Gugu Mona, Daily Quotes about God: 365 Days of Heavenly Inspiration

“Are your choices the result of what you truly want or of what you have been taught to want?”
― Daniel Gumiero