Top 100 Want But Quotes
#1. The purpose of life is not to do what we want but what needs to be done.
Christopher Paolini
#2. My idea of forgiveness is letting go of resentment that does not serve your better interest, ridding yourself of negative thoughts. All they do is make you miserable. Believe me, you can fret and fume all you want, but whoever it was that wronged you is not suffering from your anguish whatsoever.
Della Reese
#3. Ask God for what you want, but you cannot ask if you are not asking for a right thing. When you draw near to God, you cease from asking for things."Your Father knows what things you have need of, before you ask him." Then, why ask? That you may get to know Him.
Oswald Chambers
#4. If my company spends money, it should be disclosed to the shareholders and how it was spent. With my personal money, I can do anything I want. But company money should be disclosed.
N. R. Narayana Murthy
#5. Love doesn't mean anything if you're not willing to make a commitment, and you have to think not only about what you want, but about what he wants. Not just now, but in the future.
Nicholas Sparks
#6. You should do what you want, but I think you should also consider wanting something different.
Amy Dickinson
#7. You can study a face all you want, but you never really know what lies beneath the mask.
Tess Gerritsen
#8. Customers can't always tell you what they want, but they can always tell you what's wrong.
Carly Fiorina
#9. Honestly, I'm blessed with good genes and a good sense of discipline - I eat whatever I want, but I eat very controlled portions and stop when I'm full.
Alice Greczyn
#10. Jace groaned. 'Baby, you have to stop. I'm more than happy to fuck you any way you want but can we please leave Gabe and Mia out of this?'
She nodded. 'Or maybe I'll fuck you.' She brightened at that idea and then her eyes narrowed fuzzily on Jace. 'Can I do that?
Maya Banks
#11. The thing about having an audience right there laughing is that critics can write what they want, but the proof is right there in front of you.
Chris Rock
#12. They can try to kill me all they want, but I'm the girl who stands on tha backs of the beasts of the NeoPacific. The Minnow blazes from within, promising life and warmth and vilainy, but out here I'm mighty.
Emily Skrutskie
#13. You can do what you want. But I can also do what I want. And what I'll be doing is telling everyone how fucking stupid your tattoo is.
Justin Halpern
#14. The emotion, the ecstasy of love, we all want, but God spare us the responsibility.
Jessamyn West
#15. Racist people are few, in the minority. But you can do nothing to change them. You can talk, you can do what you want, but you can't do anything because they are just stupid people.
Mario Balotelli
#16. Because I'm the author of my screenplays I know what I'm looking for. It's true that I can be stubborn in demanding that I get what I want, but it's also a question of working with patience and love.
Michael Haneke
#17. I can DO ANYTHING I want, but I can't DO EVERYTHING I want.
Gretchen Rubin
#18. The truth is, I don't know what I want to "be." Oh, I have a list of life wants: happiness, security, excitement, and making enough money that I can travel whenever I want. But shouldn't I have an idea of how I'm going to live my life? Isn't that the way it's supposed to go?
Kristen Callihan
#19. I may not give you as much love as you want, but I will give you as much as I have.
Debasish Mridha
#21. You can tell yourself anything you want, but until you believe what you're telling yourself, you're wasting words.
James Frey
#22. Prayer is not asking for what you think you want, but asking to be changed in ways you can't imagine.
Kathleen Norris
#23. One would think that if you're anonymous, you'd do anything you want, but groups have their own sense of community and what we can do.
John R. Allen
#24. Work hard, earn a great living, get whatever you want out of life, have all the stuff you want. But there should be a ceiling on it-enough is enough!
Sandy Duncan
#25. Pour not on the comforts you want, but upon the mercies you have. Look rather at God's ending in afflicting, than to the measure and degree of your affliction.
Christopher Love
#26. I struggle to discover what these silent sons of mine want, but words have always failed me. They are sullen even as they tell me they are okay. I know they are lying but there is nothing I can do.
Jinat Rehana Begum
#27. I'm not sure what it is that I want, but I feel it deep in the pit of my stomach. It's there sitting dormant. I'll know it when I see it.
J.A. Redmerski
#28. We had a wealth of something we didn't want, but the wealth itself was intoxicating and we invented games just so we could experience the sensation of having too much of something.
Augusten Burroughs
#29. Every life has a purpose. We need to let go of the past. Live in the present. Do not waste today worrying about what will happen tomorrow. Embrace your true spirit, embrace and listen to grace and you be transformed in the moment. Do not fixate on what you want but give thanks for what you have.
Caroline Myss
#30. My first crush use to think I hate her cuz never find time to chat with her , is only Hi and hellow that all , but not knowing that deep down in my soul and heart she is the first and last I want , but hey is fine now , she end up with some fox who loves her ,
Sikhwetha Maanda
#31. We want but two or three friends, but these we cannot do without, and they serve us in every thought we think.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
#32. With wealth, I can do pretty much what I want. But you've got to provide a good example because you have a lot of people that look up to you now.
Devin Hester
#33. For my brothers it was easy to think about the future. They can be anything they want. But for me it was hard and for that reason I wanted to become educated and empower myself with knowledge.
Malala Yousafzai
#34. We don't always get the kind of work we want, but we always have a choice of whether to do it with good grace or not.
Christopher Lee
#35. I know it's wrong because it's not what you want, but I can't seem to talk myself out of it. Every time I look at you, I want you. Not as a friend. I want you in my arms. I want you in my bed. I want you all the time.
Noelle Adams
#36. You can pout about the way the world is as long as you want, but that's not going to change it. You've got to figure it out.
Ariel Pink
#37. Adults like to pretend that our feelings aren't as big and important as theirs - that we're too young to really know what we want. But I think what we want is similar to what they want. We want to find someone who believes in us. Who will take our side and make us feel less lonely.
Colleen Hoover
#38. Most people, when they are looking for a spouse, are looking for a finished statue when they should be looking for a wonderful block of marble. Not so you can create the kind of person you want, but rather because you see what kind of person Jesus is making.
Kathy Keller
#39. You can have anything in life you really want - but you can't have everything in life you really want. Decide.
Peter McWilliams
#40. Happiness does not consist in having what you want, but in wanting what you have
Confucius
#41. But it doesn't matter now. It's like an umbrella in the middle of a rainstorm after you're already wet. It's exactly what you need, what you want, but it's come too late.
Rebecca Serle
#42. A person can want love all they want, but if they don't figure out who they are and learn to love their own self first, they'll never stay in love.
Marilyn Grey
#43. What is a secret wish?" "It is what you want but cannot ask.
Amy Tan
#44. Having more and newer things each year has become not just something we want but something we need. The idea of more, of ever increasing wealth, has become the center of our identity and our security, and we are caught up by it as the addict by his drugs.
Paul L Wachtel
#45. It's always obvious to me when someone is looking at me with an idea of who I am and hoping that that's the person I'm going to be. No matter how subtle it is, it's there, and you want to give them who they really want. But it ain't me.
Judith Guest
#46. You can flatten the paper and try and make it as straight as you want, but it will never be perfect again.
Auliq Ice
#47. Say whatever you want. But the United States has a kickass military and really good bullshit marketing people. If this country was a person it would be a used car salesman with a flamethrower.
Richard Jeni
#48. Do not sit still; start moving now. In the beginning, you may not go in the direction you want, but as long as you are moving, you are creating alternatives and possibilities.
Rodolfo Costa
#49. Painting to me is constant searching. I can see what I want, but I can't get there, and yet you have to be open enough that if it goes another way, then let it go that way.
Jamie Wyeth
#50. Respect your parents. What they tell you is true. Hard work, dedication and faith will get you anything. Imagination will drive itself. You can get anything you want, but you have to have faith behind all your ideas. Stick to your goals and have an undying faith.
Russell Simmons
#51. People tell me, "You're such an optimist". Am I an optimist? An optimist says the glass is half full. A pessimist says the glass is half empty. A survivalist is practical. He says, "Call it what you want, but just fill the glass." I believe in filling the glass.
Louis Zamperini
#52. Live in Wealth we All want, But a Life with Happiness is what we all need.
Jan Jansen
#53. We are part of a long tradition of suffering. We can let it isolate us if we want, but we must realize that isolation is a lie.
Phil Klay
#54. Let me fill you in on a few of my beliefs. First of all, I believe that I'll dress the way I want and I'll act the way I want. But most importantly, these fans don't just look at me for my appearance, they love me for what's on the inside.
Jeff Hardy
#55. Embrace all you do not just want - but, all you truly deserve.
Eleesha
#56. She's super sexy everybody wanna know bout her and the one that everybody want, but no one's ever got her. Because the way she get it in all of the men, even the women all try, all try.
Ne-Yo
#57. I can't prevent you from becoming what you want, but I refuse to nurture a bad habit.
Joan Ambu
#58. Work wherever and whenever you want, but get your work done.
Timothy Ferriss
#59. Sometimes life becomes a bit difficult. There are hard times and even some little things can mess up your life. Make the best out of these moments. Don't forget to smile. You can cry as loud as you want, but smile. Just stand up and go on. You can do everything you want.
Miyavi
#60. You can be true to the character all you want but you've got to go home with yourself.
Julia Roberts
#61. You can go to the gym, lift as many weights as you want, but if you can't bench press your duvet at fajr then it doesn't mean anything
Khalid Yasin
#62. My beauty secret is ... nothing! I don't drink too much water. I don't eat very well. Sometimes I cheat and grab some chocolate. The best thing is to eat what you want, but not very much.
Yoko Ono
#63. There are days when I still want to be able to do what I want when I want, but there's also something wonderful about being secure.
K.d. Lang
#64. No one can turn back the clock. Lie about your age if you want, but we're all going in the same direction.
Emma Woolf
#65. The truth is that you can spend your life any way you want, but you can spend it only once.
John C. Maxwell
#66. God does not give us everything we want, but He does fulfill His promises ...
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
#67. Everybody wants to have a commentary on my life, like they are actually living it. Cool, comment all you want but I'm the one that's living it.
Katy Perry
#68. You may baptize as long as you want, but the Jew remains a Jew, the Chinese a Chinese and the Negro a Negro.
Julius Streicher
#69. My mind was a jumble, a mixed-up mess of hurt and want, but I didn't know how to sort out the crazy rush of thoughts, and frankly, I didn't want to. I was burning for him, so I let my body lead me on.
Lauren Blakely
#70. You can tailor garments all you want, but if it doesn't fit in the arms or legs, it never will.
Amar'e Stoudemire
#71. Only in America - the land of the free - can an innocent person be forced to plead the Fifth for exercising their First Amendment rights. Say what you want, but you better shut your fucking pie hole if it offends someone's delicate sensibilities.
Kendall Grey
#72. SUCCESS is getting what you want, but HAPPINESS is wanting what you get.
Various
#73. Life has a way of giving us what we need, not always what we want, but if we're smart, we'll realize that's what we wanted all along.
Jennifer Peel
#74. They can crack jokes. They can sit back and analyze and criticize and make all the fun they want. But I'm living my life, I'm doing it. What are you doing?
Kai Greene
#75. And tell your wife whatever you want, but don't make promises you're not going to keep. And don't knock yourself out over it; you didn't invent infidelity.
Marc Fitten
#76. You can be in an acting class all you want, but you don't fully learn until you get off that stage and in front of a camera.
Nicholas Lea
#77. People can have all the expectations that they want, but I know that you never know what's going to happen in life. Everything is part of the journey.
Erin Davie
#78. Sometimes I need to be a stranger to myself. Only then my soul can show me not what I want, but what I need to see.
Paulo Coelho
#79. I do not always know what I want, but I do know what I don't want.
Stanley Kubrick
#80. You can hate him all you want but you know it's only what he did in the end, when he was a shell of a man, that you hate. Have some sympathy for his soul, Ava.
Renee Carlino
#81. She was the promise of youth, of being fearless ... of being alive. She was everything I couldn't have and shouldn't want, but the more she taunted me, the more my resolve crumbled.
Ella Frank
#82. You can decorate absence however you want- but your still gonna feel what's missing.
Siobhan Vivian
#83. We started the season off really hot, then we had some ups and downs. You can't have a season where it's perfect. It's what you want but in reality it's not going to happen all the time.
Drew Miller
#84. I'll give you all the dates you want. But that cooling-off thing? I can't promise you that.
Cherrie Lynn
#85. Somethings you don't know you want until they're gone. Other things you think want, but don't understand you already have them.
Gayle Forman
#86. Users think they know what they want, but you get the horseless carriage effect where you're getting asked for a faster horse.
Emmett Shear
#87. Creatures smart enough and unlucky enough to have figured out we're alive, and we're going to die without ever knowing any purpose. We can pretend all we want and we can wish all we want, but that basic existential fact remains - we can't know.
James Redfield
#88. But I should be the one to check! It's my house, and you shouldn't have to do it just because you're the man." He cast her a withering glance that was probably lost in the darkness. "Burn a bra if you want, but don't be ridiculous!" "Reece!" "What?" "Be careful!
Pamela Clare
#89. He shook his head. "Uh-uh. That's not going to work anymore. You can be as hard and sarcastic as you want, but we both know you really have a soft spot for me. You just admitted it." "If you tell anyone, I'll deny it.
Sarah Addison Allen
#90. Online, you can always get what you want. But what you need, that's a much harder thing to find.
Christian Rudder
#91. Brains will always conquer brawn, in the end. The soldiers can flex their muscles all they want, but the well-thought-out tactics of the generals are what win the war.
Patrick Hall
#92. Be an atheist if you want, but do not believe in anything unquestioningly.
Swami Vivekananda
#93. SOMETIMES WHAT WE WANT BUT CANT GET IT, EVEN WE DO NOT TRY TO GET IT. AT LAST WE SATISFIED JUST FAILURE.
RUPEE
#94. A fight is like a fire. You think you have it under control, you think you can stop it whenever you want, but before you know it, it's living, breathing thing and there's no controlling it and you were a fool to think you could.
Jenny Han
#95. Critics should be to actors what ornithologists are to birds: they can write all they want, but it shouldn't affect them.
John Simm
#96. I started off as a theatre designer, and by some extraordinary circumstance I saw something in Stratford-upon-Avon, and realized that that's the kind of design I want, but also that that's the kind of designer I'll never be.
Judi Dench
#97. We may not always get what we want, but surely we will get what we deserve.
Douglas Horton
#98. I don't want people to hate me. I basically do whatever I want. But one of the aspects of what I want is, I want people to like me!
Robert Pattinson
#99. Wife," I say, staring straight into her eyes. "Think what you want, but there isn't a single woman in this whole damn universe that I could ever love like I love you.
Colleen Hoover
#100. People can say what they want but it doesn't stop me from doing what I'm crazy about doing.
Austin Carlile
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