It’s in our nature to strive for more in life.The list goes on — more money, bigger friend circles, and a higher status. More often than not, we are hardly content with what we have received; the moment we get something, we tend to want something else, something better.This vicious cycle of wanting more never ceases because we assume that the things we have will last forever. But reality hits differently, and through heartbreaks and curveballs, we realize we must work hard to preserve the people or things we want. So, if you find yourself dealing with the ache of longing, these beautiful quotes will teach you to be happy and grateful for what you’ve got.Wanting More In A Relationship QuotesRead these moving quotes to learn about the ups and downs of wanting more in a relationship.“I didn’t think he was in love with me and I had no idea what I felt for him, but he wanted me, and maybe that was enough.” - ‘Shadow And Bone’, Leigh Bardugo.“I wonder after I say it if he’ll think I sound like have no drive or ambition.” - Maggie Stiefvater.“You think it can’t get worse than wanting someone and not having them, but it can. You can want someone, have them, and want them more. Still. Always. You can never get enough.” - ‘The Retribution Of Mara Dyer’, Michelle Hodkin.“I’m tired of the way we both pretend. Tired of always wanting and never giving in. I can feel it in my skin, see it in your grin.” - Cora Carmack.“And you’ll miss me more as the narrowing weeks wing by.” - James Joyce.“What makes us want to know the worst? Is it that we tire of preferring to know the best? Does curiosity always hurdle self-interest? Or is it, more simply, that wanting to know the worst is love’s favorite perversion.” - Julian Barnes.“I’m just saying this so that if you are this person, you aren’t hiding it from anybody. There is no shame in being hungry for another person. There is no shame in wanting very much to share your life with somebody.” - Augusten Burroughs.“Even though I’m always going to want to change your mind.” - Bella Andre.“She said the reason that love is so painful is that it always amounts to two people wanting more than two people can give.” - Edna O’Brien.“In the silence of night I have often wished for just a few words of love from one man, rather than the applause of thousands of people.” - Judy Garland.“Love is great, love is fine. Out the box, out of line. The affliction of the feeling leaves me wanting more.” - ‘S&M’, Rihanna.“I write about love, but it’s me wanting to be in love. I’ve never been in love.” - Charlie Puth.“If only you would realize some day, how much have you hurt me,If only your heart ever, craves for me or my presence…If only you feel that love again someday for me,If only you are affected someday by my absence…”- ‘Chained: Can You Escape Fate?’, Mehek Bassi.Wanting More Out Of Life Quotes(Read what some renowned authors have to say about wanting more.)Read and share with friends these quotes about wanting more out of life, to get a positive outlook on life.“Sometimes we want what we want even if we know it’s going to kill us.” - ‘The Goldfinch’, Donna Tartt.“Those kinds of experiences are very much of the countryside of Bhutan, where people are truly happy in the sense of not creating and wanting more.” - Karan Bajaj.“Everyone is focused on advancement success fame and money, it is hard to adjust to a culture based on always wanting more, on never being satisfied.” - James Frey.“Everything is easier said than done. Wanting something is easy. Saying something is easy. The challenge and the reward are in the doing.” - ‘Unapologetically You: Reflections On Life And The Human Experience’, Steve Maraboli.“I always feel like I’m warring with my womanhood and wanting the world to be better, and with my blackness - which is the opposite of whiteness.” - Jessica Williams.“The problem for a lot of people is that they don’t really know what they want. They have vague desire: to ‘do something creative’ or to earn more money or ’to be free’, but they can’t really pin down what it is precisely that they want.” - John C. Parkin.“Not only do you want to leave the audience wanting more, you want to leave yourself wanting more.” - Carole King.“We think about them, remember how they felt, and when more time passes we tell stories of these moments that are worth reliving.” - Dana Reinhardt.“When it’s hard and you are doubtful, give more.” - Francis Chan.“I think that is how God works, and that is how I think we have to work.” - Wayne Dyer.“Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it.” - Jack Canfield.“You never know what you are going to want until you see it clearly.” - ‘The Haunting Of Hill House’, Shirley Jackson.“Don’t you understand that wanting does not belong here, because that is what wounds, and there is never an end to it.” - ‘Greylands’, Isobelle Carmody.Famous Wanting More QuotesRead some of the most famous wanting more quotes sourced from your favorite authors to brighten up your day.“And if you always want more - to be richer, more beautiful, more well known - you are missing the bigger picture, and I can tell you from experience, happiness will never come” - Mitch Albom.“I had my chance.’ He said it, retiring from a lifetime of wanting. ‘I had my chance, and sometimes in life, there are no second chances. You look at what you have, not what you miss, and you move forward.” - ‘Hotel On The Corner Of Bitter And Sweet’, Jamie Ford.“There are words in the soul of a newborn baby, wanting and waiting to be written.” - Toba Beta.“Only yesterday a young woman came to me wanting a trap set for a man with a sweet smile and lithe arms. She was a fool, not for wanting him, but for wanting more of him than that.” - Patricia A. McKillip.“And I didn’t grow up wanting to be a director. I grew up wanting to be a writer, so for me, that was always the goal - to be a novelist, not a screenwriter.” - David Benioff.“Some people are only “believers” because they want God to give them things; a thrill, money, spiritual gifts etc. but they never think twice about what THEY can give to God.” - Lisa Bedrick.“Power might feel tasty and good at the moment, but it will never be satisfying, never fill you up. Yep, no matter how much power you get, you will always feel empty. You just keep wanting more and more power.” - Karen Salmansohn.“I start every day by wanting more for others than I do for myself.” - Wayne Dyer.“All I ever wanted from you was to know that I was wanted by you. That would have changed everything.” - ‘Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, And Grumblings For Every Day Of The Year’, Richelle E. Goodrich.“There is wanting and there is needing, and when you want, you can make good choices, but when you need, it’s important the people around you not be looking to take advantage.” - ‘In An Absent Dream’, Seanan McGuire.Best Wanting More QuotesThe best wanting more quotes and sayings will serve as a sign to kickstart your day on a positive note.“I think about how we can’t always live in the moment because moments pass, and when we’re lucky, we have the kind of moments that we can’t help wanting to go back to.” - Dana Reinhardt.“But all these were things he could not want, because they were things he could not have, and wanting what you could not have led to misery and madness.” - ‘Clockwork Prince’, Cassandra Claire.“Desire is an odd thing. As soon as it’s sated, it transmutes. If we receive golden thread, we desire the golden needle.” - Holly Black.“She was a wicked thing sometimes. All full of want. As if the shape of the world depended on her mood. As if she were important.” - ‘The Slow Regard Of Silent Things’, Patrick Rothfuss.“If you are always craving, always wanting, never satisfied, never happy with what you’ve got, you end up even more lost and lonely than you do …” - Tony Parsons.“Maturity is wanting nothing but what we see with the purity of our heart.” - Hugh Prather.“If I made you from nothing, then maybe I am God, and because I want more, maybe I’m the Devil.” - ‘Dermaphoria’, Craig Clevenger.“Son, if you want to, one day you could make a million dollars.” - Chris Gardner.“Wanting is why people get up in the morning. It gives them something to dream of at night. The more I wanted, the more I became like them, the more real I became.” - ‘The Language Of Thorns: Midnight Tales And Dangerous Magic’, Leigh Bardugo.
It’s in our nature to strive for more in life.
