quotes about wanting more out of life

I often feel like I want more out of life than this.

I want more love, more friends, more money, more success, etc. It’s endless, but I know that means that I can get it if I work toward it. 

Why do we always want more than we have? Maybe it’s a sign that you’re destined for greater things in this lifetime. Or what if you’re limiting yourself to what you can achieve.

If you find yourself wanting more out of life, here are some quotes to inspire and uplift you to go after what you want and do what it takes to be happy and content with your life. 

Wanting more out of life quotes:

“We are only what we know, and I wished to be so much more than I was, sorely.” 

— David Mitchell

“No ego can last for long without the need for more. Therefore, wanting keeps the ego alive much more than having. The ego wants to want more than it wants to have. And so the shallow satisfaction of having is always replaced by more wanting.”

— Eckhart Tolle

“Wanting something is not enough. You must hunger for it. Your motivation must be absolutely compelling in order to overcome the obstacles that will invariably come your way.”

— Les Brown

“Not only do you want to leave the audience wanting more, you want to leave yourself wanting more.”

— Carole King

“I think I just have a problem generally in life of wanting more of everything - more emotion, more drama, more glitz.”

— Florence Welch

“Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.”

— Dale Carnegie

“I start every day by wanting more for others than I do for myself. I think that is how God works, and that is how I think we have to work.”

— Wayne Dyer

“Our ego is a monster that loves to sit at the head of the table, and I have learned that my ego is just as rude and loud and hungry as everyone else's. It doesn't matter how much you get; you are left wanting more.”

— Amy Poehler

“Perhaps when we find ourselves wanting everything, it is because we are dangerously close to wanting nothing.”

— Sylvia Plath

“I hope that when girls see my clothes, my shoes, or my outrageous jewelry collection, they feel the thrill of wanting more for themselves too. I love what my friend Andre Leon Talley said: ‘If you are successful, people want to see it. They want to share in your dream.’”

— Kimora Lee Simmons

“Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.”

— Kurt Cobain