#wanting

The universe doesn’t give you what you ask for with your thoughts; it gives you what you demand with your actions. In essence, you don't get what you WANT, you get what you ARE. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#are #inspirational #motivational #success #thoughts

I really wanted it to be organic and coming from my heart. So, I think maybe the initial thought of wanting to go in that direction, I had to wait until things happened in our world and in our country that fired me up enough where the words came out organically. ↗

— Joan Jett

#coming #country #direction #enough #fired

Once you are successful, there's a very seductive rhythm at work that keeps you wanting to outdo yourself. By the end of 'Spirit' I felt like I didn't want to get into that trap. It almost makes you cartoon-like. ↗

— Jewel

#end #felt #get #i #into

This image of wanting to be an artist - that I would in some way become an artist -was very strong. I knew for a long, long time that that's what I would be. But nothing I ever did seemed to bring me any nearer to the condition of being an artist. And I didn't know how to do it. ↗

— Jasper Johns

#artist #become #being #bring #condition

You're younger, you might want to go to clubs and kick it, but as you get older, you start seeing that life has more meaning to it. The people that you love are the people you want to start trusting and start wanting them to trust you and start respecting them. ↗

— R. Kelly

#get #go #kick #life #love

If living by these sets of morals and principles and wanting to help better my land, better my country, my community, my team, my environment and helping the next person help themselves, if that's considered crazy, then I'm a crazy. ↗

— Luke Scott

#community #considered #country #crazy #environment

I can't imagine anybody not wanting to make sure that noncitizens don't dilute legitimate U.S. citizens' vote. ↗

— Rick Scott

#citizens #i #imagine #legitimate #make

Yes, obviously, there's this degree of wanting people to accept other people faiths and philosophies. ↗

— Ridley Scott

#degree #faiths #obviously #other #people

It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world. ↗

— Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

#justice #wanting #world

There is nothing wrong with wanting pay for work, or seeking to maximize one's income, as long as one does not use means that are destructive. ↗