140 Needed Quotes

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Famous Needed Quotes

A vacation is what you take when you can no longer take what you've been taking. — Earl Wilson

When all else fails, take a vacation. - Betty Williams

When all else fails, take a vacation. — Betty Williams

Every now and again I need to get away from everything. I'm quite a hidey-hole kind of a guy. — Jay Kay

My juices needed restoring. I needed a sabbatical from the record business. - Norman Granz

My juices needed restoring. I needed a sabbatical from the record business. — Norman Granz

Sometimes the most urgent and vital thing you can possibly do is take a complete rest. — Ashleigh Brilliant

Right now I just want to chill for a while. Take a hiatus from all the craziness. To clean my house, see my family. Just see some movies and pick some strawberries. — Lauren Ambrose

This hiatus coming up I'm looking at a comedy because I need the balance. — Khandi Alexander

I need to be alone for certain periods of time or I violate my own rhythm. — Lee Krasner

I need 4-5 hours of time by myself every day doing nothing. Because if I don’t have that time, I won’t be able to do anything. — Naval Ravikant

Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for. — Maya Angelou

I took some time out for life. — James L. Brooks

When I feel burned out, usually that means I have to take a night off or get a 10-hour sleep for a night to recover. — Sam Bankman-Fried

Sometimes I need what only you can provide: your absence. — Ashleigh Brilliant

We already have a sabbatical system. It's called opposition, and I've had enough of it. — Nigel Lawson

Sometimes you have to step away from what you love in order to learn how to love it again. — Damien Rice

Short Needed Quotes

  • Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking. — Marcus Aurelius
  • If you want light to come into your life, you need to stand where it is shining. — Sayings
  • Even a room which must be dark needs at least a crack of light to know how dark it is. — Louis Kahn
  • What we need is a cup of understanding, a barrel of love, and an ocean of patience. — Saint Francis de Sales
  • Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace. — Dalai Lama
  • God does not need your good works, but your neighbor does. — Martin Luther
  • Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time and always start with the person nearest you. — Mother Teresa
  • Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared. — Buddha
  • The less Holy Spirit we have, the more cake and coffee we need to keep the church going. — Reinhard Bonnke
  • A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it. — Bob Hope

Needed Image Quotes

I don't need the money, dear. I work for art. - Maria Callas quote

I don't need the money, dear. I work for art. — Maria Callas

All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt. - Charles M. Schulz quote

All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt. — Charles M. Schulz

Don't forget: Beautiful sunsets need cloudy Skies. - Paulo Coelho quote

Don't forget: Beautiful sunsets need cloudy Skies. — Paulo Coelho

Life is like photography. You need the negatives to develop. - Ziad K. Abdelnour quote

Life is like photography. You need the negatives to develop. — Ziad K. Abdelnour

Feel the needs of others more than your own. - Haile Selassie quote

Feel the needs of others more than your own. — Haile Selassie

Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know. - Pema Chodron quote

Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know. — Pema Chodron

Women need a reason to have sex, men just need a place. - Billy Crystal quote

Women need a reason to have sex, men just need a place. — Billy Crystal

Hide your craziness behind a beautiful smile. That's all you need. - Paulo Coelho quote

Hide your craziness behind a beautiful smile. That's all you need. — Paulo Coelho

Remember that very little is needed to make a happy life. - Marcus Aurelius quote

Remember that very little is needed to make a happy life. — Marcus Aurelius

When you do not seek or need approval, you are at your most powerful. - Caroline Myss quote

When you do not seek or need approval, you are at your most powerful. — Caroline Myss

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. - Marcus Tullius Cicero quote

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs. - Karl Marx quote

From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs. — Karl Marx

One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving. - Paulo Coelho quote

One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving. — Paulo Coelho

We're only as needy as our unmet needs. - John Bowlby quote

We're only as needy as our unmet needs. — John Bowlby

A friend is known when needed. - Arabic Proverbs quote

A friend is known when needed. — Arabic Proverbs

Unkind people need your kindness the most. They advertise their pain. - Rick Warren quote

Unkind people need your kindness the most. They advertise their pain. — Rick Warren

One must need to be strong; otherwise, one never becomes strong. - Friedrich Nietzsche quote

One must need to be strong; otherwise, one never becomes strong. — Friedrich Nietzsche

At sea, I learned how little a person needs, not how much. - Robin Lee Graham quote

At sea, I learned how little a person needs, not how much. — Robin Lee Graham

Friendship needs no words... - Dag Hammarskjold quote

Friendship needs no words... — Dag Hammarskjold

What the world really needs is more love and less paper work. - Pearl Bailey quote

What the world really needs is more love and less paper work. — Pearl Bailey

Needed quote There comes a point in your life when you need to stop reading other people's book and write your ow
There comes a point in your life when you need to stop reading other people's book and write your own.

Just Need A Break Quotes

A kite can't really fly free,that's just an expression. In order to soar high in the sky the string of a kite needs to be anchored. If the string breaks the kite drops back to the ground. The kite's freedom depends on it not being as free as he thinks it is. — Simon Napier-Bell

Summer, and he watches his children's heart break. Autumn again and Boo's children needed him. Atticus was right. One time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them. Just standing on the Radley porch was enough. — Harper Lee

I'm disappearing from twitter for a while. Need a break from the bile. Local prejudice just seems to bring out the worst in some people. — Gary Lineker

Needed quote The planet does not need more "successful people". The planet desperately needs more peacemakers, he
The planet does not need more "successful people". The planet desperately needs more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers and lover of all kinds.

I don't care how happily married you are or how deeply enmeshed you are with your children and family and career -- every woman needs a couple of chicks who'll break out the sangria just because you need to vent. — Jen Lancaster

At the end of the week, it's nice to just hang out in a pair of jeans and let my hair down. I need a break from all that fashion! — Sayings

As competitive as I am, I want to get the best of a play and make sure to use it's full potential even when things break down. But sometimes you need to just say 'uncle' and let it go and avoid a hit. — Mark Sanchez

Needed quote A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compas
A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others.

I wanted to design a line based on Hollywood's Golden Era. I talked with Stephen Burrows and with Willi Smith and with one or two other people, but it just seems like such a hard field to break into. I need someone like Calvin Klein's manager to get behind me! — Aretha Franklin

If you are not going to produce albums then you are not going to produce new fans. It's impossible. I'm a huge believer in putting music out as quickly as early as possible, touring hard and then working on putting the next one out. I don't need to break. I just need to put a record out. — Alan Cooper

After three straight years of writing, though, I definitely needed a break to just go live my life. — Andy Cohen

Here comes the pope saying, "Well, that may be true about Cruz, but you build walls, and we Christians don't do that. So you're not a Christian, either." Sometimes all you can do is chuckle. I mean, you need a break from it some. You just can't be intense and wadded up all the time here, folks. — Rush Limbaugh

Take A Break Quotes

I like writing books. I'd rather be at home with my wife. I can write, take a break, come out, have a glass of tea, give my wife a kiss, and go back in and write some more. It's not so bad. I am really lucky. — Gene Wilder

And through it all she offers me protection, a lot of love and affection whether I'm right or wrong. And down the waterfall where ever it may take me I know that life won't break me when I come to call, she won't forsake me I'm loving angels instead. — Robbie Williams

‎In every crisis there is a message. Crises are nature's way of forcing change - breaking down old structures, shaking loose negative habits so that something new and better can take their place. — Susan L. Taylor

Needed quote To thrive in life you need three bones. A wishbone. A backbone. And a funny bone.
To thrive in life you need three bones. A wishbone. A backbone. And a funny bone.

The life we live is just a colourful and deposit toy. Some of us take it so seriously and fight and cry for it. Some of us break and throw it. Either we give extreme importance, either not enough. Better to stay far from extremes. — Shams Tabrizi

It takes a habit to break a habit. You can pray every day for a generous heart, but until you start acting in that direction, nothing's going to change. — Andy Stanley

Research has shown that it takes 31 days of conscious effort to make or break a habit. That means, if one practices something consistently for 31 days, on the 32nd day it does become a habit. Information has been internalised into behavioural change, which is called transformation. — Shiv Khera

Needed quote Sometimes, a break from your routine is the very thing you need.
Sometimes, a break from your routine is the very thing you need.

For it is easy to criticize and break down the spirit of others, but to know yourself takes a lifetime. — Bruce Lee

Chance. It weaves through our lives like a golden thread, sometimes knotting, tangling, and breaking along the way. Loose threads are left hanging, but the in and out, the back and forth continues, the weaving goes on. It doesn't stop. — Mary E. Pearson

When I'm a ship tossed around on the waves, Up on a highwire that's ready to break. When I've had just about all I can take, baby you save me — Kenny Chesney

It's true that I'm taking a break from writing a regular column to do other things but it's got nothing to do with what dear Simon has or has not written. — Ferdinand Mount

Taking A Break Quotes

Right now I'm taking a break from hip-hop documentaries. But I would do it if things lined up. — Michael Rapaport

I'm just kind of taking a break now and enjoying the freedom of making my own choices. When you're on a television show for six years, they run your schedule. — Andrew Shue

Stupidity is far more dangerous than evil, for evil takes a break from time to time, stupidity does not. — Anatole France

Needed quote You need chaos in your soul to give birth to a dancing star.
You need chaos in your soul to give birth to a dancing star.

You may have heard of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. There's another day you might want to know about: Giving Tuesday. The idea is pretty straightforward. On the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, shoppers take a break from their gift-buying and donate what they can to charity. — Bill Gates

What breaks in a moment may take years to mend. — Swedish Proverbs

To see the Earth below you when we could take a break… to appreciate the environment around us was very special. — Christina Koch

Needed quote If you want light to come into your life, you need to stand where it is shining.
If you want light to come into your life, you need to stand where it is shining.

I think in terms of me shying away from modelling, I would like to clarify in some way that I was taking a break from many things in my life and obviously what people in the public see is that I'm pulling away from what is more public. — Gemma Ward

It was a great escape for me and it was a way to take a break from what was going on in my own world, to go into another world. — Alice Hoffman

I'm taking a break from music... everyone was so mean about it and it was so hard that I wanted to die. — Melanie Laurent

It is not morbidity which draws crowds to scenes of disaster or unusual joy. It is the desire to participate in a moment when life breaks through to some higher level of intensity so that one's own life might take fire from that sudden spurted flame. — Maya Deren

I Need Some Rest Quotes

You need a lot of luck to find people with whom you want to spend the rest of your life. Some people manage to find their soul mate. Others don't. I think love is like a lottery. — Kylie Minogue

"Boys," Annabeth interrupted, "I'm sure you both would've been wonderful at killing each other. But right now you need some rest." — Rick Riordan

I don't need some jerk like Romney, Santorum, Obama, Bush, Clinton or the rest of them telling me that they're my leaders. They couldn't lead me across the street. — Gerald Celente

Needed quote He who buys what he does not need stels from himself.
He who buys what he does not need stels from himself.

What I need to write is a complicated equation. Maybe if I knew I'd be one of those writers, one of the steady ones. I rest upon my assertion that there has to be some balance of energy, or, failing a balance, a focused intensity of ALL energy. I've experienced both, I suppose. — Kevin Keck

I find research fascinating and always conduct some before I begin writing, and then fill in the rest as needed. I read stacks of books and also had the opportunity to travel to England to do more research. — Julie Klassen

I don't get tired. I get beat up. You keep chopping on a tree, you need to give the tree some rest so the chlorophyll will fill back up and the tree gets its energy back. — Shaquille O'Neal

Needed quote Be kind to unkind people. They need it the most.
Be kind to unkind people. They need it the most.

That's what I wanted for myself for even just a little while-to be unaware of the rest of the world. I needed some time. — Dorothea Benton Frank

I think expectations might be preceding reality, ... In the long run we've got some real opportunity here, but we've come a long way too quickly. We may need to ratchet it back a little and set a new foundation to grow for the rest of the year, but continuing at this pace is going to be difficult. — Michael Davies

I'll go to Tracie Martyn about a week before and get the Resculpting Facial. It makes you look brighter, healthier... like you got some extra rest. I'm 33 now and need to treat my skin, otherwise it doesn't look fresh. — Kate Winslet

I use too much of my brain and need to let some of it rest. — Kanye West

Take A Rest Quotes

Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths, or the turning inwards in prayer for five short minutes. — Etty Hillesum

It's the kind of turn that happened to the great country of Germany, when Nazis came over and created tragic things, and they had to be told off. And if we continue this kind of violence and accept it in our country, the rest of the world's going to really take care of us, in a very bad way. — Tony Bennett

You ask me to plow the ground. Shall I take a knife and tear my mother's bosom? Then when I die she will not take me to her bosom to rest. — Wovoka

Needed quote People who feel the need to control others, don't have control over themselves.
People who feel the need to control others, don't have control over themselves.

Astrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind; therefore as soon as they are becoming prominent in our minds, we should see a physician, take good food, and rest. — Swami Vivekananda

Phrenology taught us that the mind thinks by means of the brain, is liable to become fatigued by too long attention, as the locomotive muscles are by too much walking; and I therefore proposed to them to take a brief rest. — George Combe

Suppose Mozart had tried to be original? It would have been like a man at the North Pole trying to walk north, and this is true of all of the rest of us. Striving after originality takes you far away from your true self, and makes your work mediocre. — Keith Johnstone

Needed quote You need a little bit of insanity to do great things.
You need a little bit of insanity to do great things.

We already know that social security is more affordable in Scotland than it is in the rest of the U.K. - spending on social protection takes up a smaller share of our economic output and our tax revenues than is the case in the U.K. as a whole. — Nicola Sturgeon

Just take them rascals [rapists, killers, child abusers] out in the swamp / Put 'em on their knees and tie 'em to a stump / Let the rattlers and the bugs and the alligators do the rest. — Charlie Daniels

Do not wonder why things are "taking so long." In fact, everything is rolling out exactly as it needs to, using not a minute more than Perfection requires. Rest easy and be at peace. Life is working its magic even as you take your very next breath. — Neale Donald Walsch

It may take a little self-discipline - be simple, be kind, stay rested. Attend to your own inner-health and happiness. — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Need Rest Quotes

The world isn't getting any easier. With all these new inventions I believe that people are hurried more and pushed more... The hurried way is not the right way; you need time for everything - time to work, time to play, time to rest. — Hedy Lamarr

We are living in revolutionary times. The good news is we have everything we need to leave fossil fuels in the ground. All we need is for you to join the rest of the world to bring about a cleaner, more stable, and peaceful future. — Mark Ruffalo

Our sport is dangerous. We risk the life out there, so we need to stay calm and focused and leave all the rest out. — Valentino Rossi

In the new computer age, the proliferation of typefaces and type manipulations represents a new level of visual pollution threatening our culture. Out of thousands of typefaces, all we need are a few basic ones, and trash the rest. — Massimo Vignelli

Every actual democracy rests on the principle that not only are equals equal but unequals will not be treated equally.Democracy requires, therefore, first homogeneity and second—if the need arises elimination or eradication of heterogeneity. — Carl Schmitt

May I be a light for those in need of light. May I be a bed for those in need of rest. May I be a servant for those in need of service, for all embodied beings. — Shantideva

You need your ego to survive in the three-dimensional world, but you need only that part of the ego which processes information. The rest - pride, arrogance, defensiveness, fear - is worse than useless. The rest of the ego separates you from wisdom, joy, and God. — Brian Weiss

We need society, and we need solitude also, as we need summer and winter, day and night, exercise and rest. — Philip Gilbert Hamerton

The message from Wal-Mart today to the rest of the business community is there need not be any conflict between the environment and the economy. We will find the way not only to reconcile (those), but to find new profits and new opportunities as we do the right thing. — Al Gore

We need marriage equality in every state in this nation. Otherwise, no state really has marriage equality, and we will not rest until it is a reality. — Andrew Cuomo

Need To Get Away Quotes

It’s time to put away our fairytales, all of them, and assume our responsibilities, the adult responsibilities that begin with adult knowledge. Our planet needs us. She needs us to think like healers and act like warriors. And if you think that’s a contradiction, then get out of the way. — Lierre Keith

The Stones don't really need to do it for money, so they must get some kind of pleasure out of it. They're not like a group that's disbanded and gone away and made a comeback. They've always been there. — Mick Taylor

When I was a child, I was unable to go to any type of sleepaway summer camp because of health issues. Once I learned about the Lopez Foundation, I knew I wanted to get involved, send kids with kidney disease away to camp so they can still experience overnight camp with medical needs at hand. — Sarah Hyland

But I don't have such a strong desire to need to get away from filmmaking. — Mike Figgis

When I want to be lectured on strategy, I'll consult someone who's actually won battles," Amelie said. "Not one who ran away from them." "Snap," Eve said. "You know what they're talking about?" Shane asked. "Don't need to know to get that one. She smacked him so hard his momma felt it. — Rachel Caine

I think if Tottenham are going to be top four side, the fans and the club will need to get away from the philosophy of 'pretty football', that's got to go. — Alan Hansen

When a man loves a woman, periodically he needs to pull away before he can get closer. — John Gray

I've reached a point where I'm comfortable in my own skin, and I do what I need to do, to feel good, but I'm built the way I am. The dancer's feet, the bruises on my legs, they're not going to go away. I think real girls have bruises. Tough chicks get bruised. They get dirty. And they have fun. — Nina Dobrev

When you're in a band that's so big when you're young, you kind of lose your identity a little bit. You just become part of the band. I just needed to get away from it. — Roger Andrew Taylor

The time will come when mankind will begin to get away from the consciousness of needing so many material things. More security and peace will be found in the simple life. — Paramahansa Yogananda

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More Needed Quotes

You need a heart which is in love, not an easy life, to achieve happiness. - Josemaria Escriva quote

You need a heart which is in love, not an easy life, to achieve happiness. — Josemaria Escriva

Everything you need God already is. - Priscilla Shirer quote

Everything you need God already is. — Priscilla Shirer

A champion needs a motivation above and beyond winning. - Pat Riley quote

A champion needs a motivation above and beyond winning. — Pat Riley

The more you know the less you need to say. - Jim Rohn quote

The more you know the less you need to say. — Jim Rohn

Judges,lawyers an politicians have a license to steal.We don't need one. - Carlo Gambino quote

Judges,lawyers an politicians have a license to steal.We don't need one. — Carlo Gambino

To know the will of God, we need an open Bible and an open map. - William Carey quote

To know the will of God, we need an open Bible and an open map. — William Carey

I have a great need for Christ: I have a great Christ for my need. - Charles Spurgeon quote

I have a great need for Christ: I have a great Christ for my need. — Charles Spurgeon

When things are perfect, that's when you need to worry most. - Drew Barrymore quote

When things are perfect, that's when you need to worry most. — Drew Barrymore

Prayer is an act of love. Words are not needed. - Teresa of Avila quote

Prayer is an act of love. Words are not needed. — Teresa of Avila

One chance is all you need. - Jesse Owens quote

One chance is all you need. — Jesse Owens

All you need for happiness is a good gun, a good horse, and a good wife. - Daniel Boone quote

All you need for happiness is a good gun, a good horse, and a good wife. — Daniel Boone

There are only three things women need in life: food, water, and compliments. - Chris Rock quote

There are only three things women need in life: food, water, and compliments. — Chris Rock

No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself. - Virginia Woolf quote

No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself. — Virginia Woolf

We need never be ashamed of our tears. - Charles Dickens quote

We need never be ashamed of our tears. — Charles Dickens

A suffering person does not need a lecture - he needs a listener. - Billy Graham quote

A suffering person does not need a lecture - he needs a listener. — Billy Graham

Divine love always has met and always will meet every human need. - Mary Baker Eddy quote

Divine love always has met and always will meet every human need. — Mary Baker Eddy

Everybody needs a hug. It changes your metabolism. - Leo Buscaglia quote

Everybody needs a hug. It changes your metabolism. — Leo Buscaglia

Big girls need big diamonds. - Elizabeth Taylor quote

Big girls need big diamonds. — Elizabeth Taylor

Be kind to unkind people. They need it the most. - Ashleigh Brilliant quote

Be kind to unkind people. They need it the most. — Ashleigh Brilliant

I really don't think I need buns of steel. I'd be happy with buns of cinnamon. - Ellen DeGeneres quote

I really don't think I need buns of steel. I'd be happy with buns of cinnamon. — Ellen DeGeneres

The need to be right is the sign of a vulgar mind. - Albert Camus quote

The need to be right is the sign of a vulgar mind. — Albert Camus

Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly? - Frida Kahlo quote

Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly? — Frida Kahlo

To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. - Thomas A. Edison quote

To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. — Thomas A. Edison

We don't need more to be thankful for, we just need to be more thankful. - Carlos Castaneda quote

We don't need more to be thankful for, we just need to be more thankful. — Carlos Castaneda

Your children need your presence more than your presents. - Jesse Jackson quote

Your children need your presence more than your presents. — Jesse Jackson

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