Our wishes never seem so little desirable as when on the verge of accomplishment; we draw back instinctively, they look so different… — Geraldine Jewsbury Copy Share Image
THERE IS NO mystery to happiness. Unhappy men are alike. Some wound they suffered long ago, some wish denied, some blow to… — Jed Rubenfeld Copy Share Image
It would've cost less, and left the previous owners with nothing, to go into liquidation. But it would also be humiliating for… — Fergus McCann Copy Share Image
You may wish me luck, or curse me for a damnable pirate, but do not look for me. I will be gone… — Celia Rees Copy Share Image
I wish that all Americans would realize that American politics is world politics. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
How desperately we wish to maintain our trust in those we love! In the face of everything, we try to find reasons… — Sonia Johnson Copy Share Image
It is always the sign of the second-rate man when the decision merely meets the present situation. It is the left-over in… — Mary Parker Follett Copy Share Image
WHAT IF we all treat other people as we wish to be treated? MORE happiness. LESS selfishness, crime, fraud, hatred, terrorism, wars... — Phil Harding Copy Share Image
There comes always a moment when the desire to act, however ill the cause, is stronger than the wish to listen. — Kate Mosse Copy Share Image
Whoever wishes to investigate medicine should proceed thus: In the first place, consider the seasons of the year and what effect each… — Hippocrates Copy Share Image
People allow themselves to be slaves of their bad habits and society's bad habits - but they have free will, and if… — Peace Pilgrim Copy Share Image
I wish it didn't take soooooo much to get physically to where I need to be. — Lindsey Vonn Copy Share Image
If you wish to collect complimentary material for a record of yourself, never appeal to your relations. They may be proud of… — Corra May Harris Copy Share Image
I wish Obama would focus on governing the United States and would forget his country's imperialist pretensions. — Hugo Chavez Copy Share Image
I'm sure if you were a Bosnian during the war, you would wish to kill Serbs. Just because it is the opposite… — Gaspar Noe Copy Share Image
We live in this irreparably broken world, and I don't wish to deny reality, but the amazing thing to me is not… — John Green Copy Share Image
You are never given a wish without being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it,… — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
A landscape clean and crisp in form and colour, rich in inspiration is all that an artist could wish for, begging to… — Franklin Carmichael Copy Share Image
For every person wishing to teach there are thirty not wanting to be taught. — W. C. Sellar Copy Share Image
If you wish to appear agreeable in society, you must consent to be taught many things which you know already. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
I wish I could do it again, only I wish I could take all of the animals out of the environmental fur… — Rod Coronado Copy Share Image
I ask and wish not to appear More beauteous, rich or gay: Lord, make me wiser every year, And better every day. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
“The essence of faith … is the idea that that which man wishes actually is: he wishes to be immortal, therefore he… — Ludwig Feuerbach Copy Share Image
