Famous quotes containing the word desired:
“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!”
—Bible: New Testament, Matthew 23:37.
“I desired my dust to be mingled with yours
Forever and forever and forever.
Why should I climb the look out?”
—Li Po (701–762)
“I have desired that all my works and acts may be according to his will.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)