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Deep Desire Quotes

The wants that sit underneath everything else.

These quotes reach for what people want most — to be understood, to become a mother, to write again after losing a manuscript at Auschwitz, or to keep learning as an engineer.

As a pastor, I have a deep desire to lead people to God and encourage people to pray, read the Bible, and carry their faith into every part of their lives.

Quotes by Adam Hamilton

Most of us yearn for really intimate, healthy, in-person relationships. People have a deep desire to be understood, to be told that it's OK, that you're not isolated and broken, that this is part of the human challenge, and that...

Quotes by Ze Frank

I love babies. I also have this very deep desire to become a mother. I always thought that motherhood was my highest calling.

Quotes by Zazie Beetz

When I was taken to the concentration camp of Auschwitz, a manuscript of mine ready for publication was confiscated. Certainly, my deep desire to write this manuscript anew helped me to survive the rigors of the camps I was in.

Quotes by Viktor E. Frankl

Always Quotes

Information is available freely on the Net, but what's missing is passion. And only a teacher can impart that passion and deep desire for excellence every day. Moreover, a classroom environment helps overcome certain psychological aspects, including inferiority complex.

Quotes by Rajiv Menon

I always follow my heart and my guts. If I want to do something, I have immense belief in hard work and myself. I have it in me to do well anywhere and in anything I do. I have a...

Quotes by Preity Zinta

But the deep desire for peace remained with the American people.

Quotes by Paul Robeson

In fact, because of this deep desire for peace, the ruling class leaders of this land, from 1945 on, stepped up the hysteria and propaganda to drive into American minds the false notion that danger threatened them from the East.

Quotes by Paul Robeson

I've always been an engineer devoted to the potential of advanced technologies. Like most engineers, I have a keen sense of curiosity and a deep desire to learn. Garmin was my first entrepreneurial endeavour, and it has been an incredible...

Quotes by Min Kao

American Citizens Quotes

In economics, hope and faith coexist with great scientific pretension and also a deep desire for respectability.

Quotes by John Kenneth Galbraith

We are going through a period of profound political and economic change around the world, and American citizens showed that deep desire for change in voting to elect Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States.

Quotes by Jamie Dimon

I have no deep desire to hit the pavement and audition for TV projects or raise money to produce a show.

Quotes by Elvis Duran

If you pour your life into songs, you want them to be heard. It's a desire to communicate. A deep desire to communicate inspires songwriting.

Quotes by Bono

If you stuck me in a room and gave me art-making tools but told me no one would ever see the results, I don't think I'd have much desire to make art. What I do comes from a deep desire...

Quotes by Amanda Palmer

Frequently Asked Questions

What do these 'deep desire' quotes cover?
They cover deeply personal wants — being understood, becoming a mother, writing again after losing a manuscript at Auschwitz, and continuing to learn as an engineer devoted to new technology.
Why do people search for deep desire quotes?
These quotes speak to core, often unspoken motivations, so people share them for posts about purpose, ambition, or emotional honesty rather than surface-level wants.
Is there a quote about deep desire tied to survival?
Yes — one describes how, after a manuscript was confiscated at Auschwitz, the deep desire to write it again helped the author survive the concentration camp's hardships.
Is there a quote connecting deep desire to relationships?
Yes — one describes people yearning for genuinely intimate, healthy connection, wanting reassurance that they're understood and that they aren't alone or broken.
Do any quotes link deep desire to career or calling?
Two do — one ties deep desire to motherhood as a highest calling, and another to an engineer's lifelong curiosity and drive to keep learning, echoing a broader search to start anew.

That same deep desire to start anew shows up again and again, whether it's rebuilding a manuscript, a career, or a life from scratch.