Wants Quotes

We can afford all that we need; but we can not afford all [that] we want.

Give a man everything he wants and at that moment everything is not everything

What people need and what they want may be very different.

Civilization, in the real sense of the term, consists not in the multiplication, but in the deliberate and voluntary reduction of wants.

Our necessities never equal our wants.

What people need and what they want may be very different.... Teachers are those who educate the people to appreciate the things they need.

Distinguish between real needs and artificial wants and control the latter.

Our necessities are few, but our wants are endless.

I make myself rich by making my wants few.

There are three wants which never can be satisfied: that of the rich, who wants something more; that of the sick, who wants something different; and that of the traveler, who says anywhere but here.

A human being has a natural desire to have more of a good thing than he needs.

A certain degree of physical harmony and comfort is necessary, but above a certain level it becomes a hindrance instead of a help. Therefore the ideal of creating an unlimited number of wants and satisfying them seems to be a delusion and a snare.