Definition of Need

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Definition of Need

Need

A state that requires supply or relief; pressing occasion for something; necessity; urgent want.

Want of the means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution.

That which is needful; anything necessary to be done; (pl.) necessary things; business.

Situation of need; peril; danger.

To be in want of; to have cause or occasion for; to lack; to require, as supply or relief.

To be wanted; to be necessary.

Of necessity. See Needs.

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Need Quotations

Do not think that love, in order to be genuine, has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired.
Mother Teresa

We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls.
Mother Teresa

Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So, spread your love everywhere you go.
Mother Teresa

This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.
Dalai Lama

There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness.
Dalai Lama

I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.
Maya Angelou

History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.
Maya Angelou

The need for change bulldozed road down the center of my mind.
Maya Angelou

Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful.
Zig Ziglar

A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?
Albert Einstein

Need Translations

need in Dutch is nodig hebben, hoeven, behoeven, moeten
need in Finnish is tarvita
need in Italian is aver bisogno, usare, richiesta, bisogno, richiesta
need in Latin is difficultas, desiderium, indigeo
need in Portuguese is necessidade
need in Spanish is necesitar, menester, necesidad

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