I Want Quotes

Mary's greatness consists in the fact that she wants to magnify God, not herself.

My philosophy is that, in life, you have to want something. If you just say "la-la-la" and go through life without a goal, nothing will happen.

Who you are is more important than what you do. The goal is to bring what you do in alignment with who you are, so you don’t end up being someone you don’t want to be.

Here in Denver, we want to thank Jeremy Jacobs for the way he runs his business. Otherwise, we wouldn't have gotten Ray Bourque and won a Stanley Cup.

Don’t talk about the way you are. Talk about the way you want to be.

If your goals is to produce something of permanent value, you start to think differently about you want on the site.

The secret of life is not to have everything you want, but to want everything you have.

One thing you learn: if you want to reveal yourself, you also have to know where to stop.

I think, you know, the thing everybody really wants to know anyway is not what the theory of relativity is, but I think what we all really want to know anyways, is whether we're loved or not.

I've always said that Watership Down is not a book for children. I say: it's a book, and anyone who wants to read it can read it.

There are two kinds of people in this world: those who want to get things done, and those who don't want to make mistakes.

I think Dogen can be a very good introduction for people who want to meditate in whatever way, whether it's yoga, qigong, or Tibetan. It can help widen and deepen anyone's meditation experience.

You learn from your mistakes, or you go backward. I'm the kind of person who wants to move forward.

I seriously don't take praise to my heart or to my head. I only want to work harder and never get complacent.

Also, think about your intentionality - are you getting lost in the method? or coming from the intentionality, the purpose? You don't want to do the mechanics without the consciousness.

You are always racing against the other swimmers, but I always try to just focus on what I'm doing and how I want to swim my races.

I have gotten to a point in my life where I don't want to have dinner with someone I don't like.

I haven't talked much about being an ovarian cancer survivor because I don't really want to define myself that way.

Holiness grows so fast where there is kindness. The world is lost for want of sweetness and kindness. Do not forget we need each other.

Every time I go to Comic-Con, I'm jacked. I want to dress up and walk the floor and answer questions, because I'm excited about it. It's like making new friends.

A company is people … employees want to know… am I being listened to or am I a cog in the wheel? People really need to feel wanted.

Young entrepreneurs should spend an awful lot of time thinking about what they want to go into.

Society wants to put us in a box and say, OK, you do this and you do that and you do this, and I'm like, no, I like this, I like that.

You can get through everything and cast a laugh and sing/you can do anything that you want to.

Art is not disposable. If you want it, you have to hold it and smell it and touch it and read the credits and enjoy it and put it on your wall.

Civilization, in the real sense of the term, consists not in the multiplication, but in the deliberate and voluntary reduction of wants.

When you are starting a new business you don't want to go after giant markets. You want to go after small markets and take over those markets quickly.

We always have hoped that American diplomacy deploys itself in dialogue and persuasion rather than by ultimatums. That is the path we want in international relations.

I've always loved Scotland, and I'm not a huge fan of big cities, to be honest. I like them to dip into for a bit, but I'm not sure I would want to live in one again.

A gourmet knows that the best part is not always the expensive part, and he will find that part, and then he will share it. A gourmet should want to share.

Marxists are people whose insides are torn up day after day because they want to rule the world and no one will even publish their letter to the editor.

The answers we seek aren't always the answers we want, are they? But knowing the truth is what helps us sleep at night.

The tendency in today's culture is to want to be a 'star', but I want to be a servant.

At the end of the day, the end of the movie is sort of ambiguous - it's whatever you want it to be.

I write a song because I want to. I think the moment you start writing it to make money, you're starting to kill yourself artistically.

There is no age, height, or weight requirement to skate. It is good exercise no matter what your age is. If you want to be competitive, most start young. But, I practice with many adult competitors.

Music makes my heart beat. The more i hear, sing and perform on stage my heart beats stronger than ever. I want to live like this until the day i die.

A highly successful person is very focused on what they want to be doing. The weekend and the week look very similar: They are focused on creating the life they want.

I'm absolutely not looking for someone who agrees with me about everything or someone who wants to please me by believing what I believe.

I would just hear piano players and I would hear music, and just think - I don't just want to sit here and passively listen; I want to get inside it.

Share the wealth. Be generous with your joy. Give away what you most want. Be generous with your insights and delights.

I don’t care about the word ‘art’ because it has been so discredited. So I want to get rid of it. There is an unnecessary adoration of ‘art’ today.

Don't worry about what the people say; be yourself, say what you want to say WITH respect.

I would say to you that Americans of Hispanic descent want desperately to give their children the chances they never had.

I admire when people take the harder path, not because they are masochistic and want to beat themselves up, but because you actually kind of learn more and I think you grow more.

Most Christians long to see miracles, but they don't want to be put in a position where they will need one.

I like globalization; I want to say it works, but it is hard to say that when six hundred million people are slipping backwards.

There are some battles, no matter how much you don’t want to fight them, that you just have to fight. That are worth giving your life for.

Words ride on the energy of tone, its warmth or coldness; think of tone as the music of how words are expressed. You want this music to be soulful, whether you're giving sweet talk or tough love.

I have made noise enough in the world already, perhaps too much, and am now getting old, and want retirement.