Wish Quotes · Page 159

I wish I could have gone back and told myself what I know now: Accepting yourself is the way to go.

— Anthony Carrigan

I wish you could invent some means to make me at all happy without you. Every hour I am more and more…

— John Keats

I wish I'd done better for England. I only played three Tests and three One Day internationals. You have to take your…

— Jonathan Agnew

I have heard men talk about the blessings of freedom," he said to himself, "but I wish any wise man would teach…

— Walter Scott

“A shooting star. Make a wish, lo—ahem. Wendy,” Peter whispered. Wendy laid her head on Peter’s chest and breathed deeply. “I have…

— Lucy Gould

We must not think that [God] takes no notice of us, when He does not answer our wishes: for He has a…

— John Calvin

perhaps, if one wishes to remain an individual in the midst of the teeming multitudes, one must make oneself grotesque.

— Salman Rushdie

You know, I really wish now I'd had the nerve to become an actor. Because I'd have been Robert Redford, no question.

— Michael Morpurgo

The power under the Constitution will always be in the people. It is entrusted for certain defined purposes, and for a certain…

— George Washington

When institutions are endowed to train women for all departments connected with the family state, domestic labor, now so shunned and disgraced,…

— Catharine Beecher

Over the great bridge, with the sunlight through the girders making a constant flicker upon the moving cars, with the city rising…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

I'm an ambassador for the Make-A-Wish Foundation, and one of the children, his wish was to go to the Emmys, so he's…

— Christina Hendricks

My parents never told me I couldn't do anything, I remember watching superhero movies and saying, 'I wish I had superpowers.' And…

— Caleb McLaughlin

This future man, whom the scientists tell us they will produce in no more than a hundred years, seems to be possessed…

— Hannah

I feel like they would just be the funnest people. I wish I could have been friends with Michael Jackson, just because…

— Thomston

It is the job of conscious rational thought to decide what you want, select the goals you wish to achieve-and concentrate upon…

— Maxwell Maltz

If we wish to quench our thirst, we must lay aside books which explain thirst and take a drink.

— Jean-Pierre de Caussade

The most perceptive character in a play is the fool, because the man who wishes to seem simple cannot possibly be a…

— Anonymous

If parents wish to preserve childhood for their own children, they must conceive of parenting as an act of rebellion against culture

— Neil Postman

Sometimes I have that kind of critical mind to myself as well. This is because there are times where I have to…

— Kim Nam-joon

The Sage expects no recognition for what he does; he achieves merit but does not take it to himself; he does not…

— Laozi

Religion consists in a set of things which the average man thinks he believes and wishes he was certain of.

— Mark Twain

This is a photo as I would wish myself to look all the time. Then I would maybe have a chance to…

— Anne Frank

Perhaps fortunately, no one has ever found out what it would be like to have all his wishes fulfilled.

— Mason Cooley

There we times when everybody in the house has the flu. You're cleaning up vomit and it's 2 in the morning, and…

— Meg Tilly

I just wish I’d asked you sooner. We could’ve had ages . . . months . . . years maybe. . . .

— Anonymous

I find that most people [in social media] just want me to say "happy birthday" to their mom or wish them good…

— Boy George

Jesus' commandment never wishes to destroy life, but rather to preserve, strengthen, and heal life.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

What higher obligation does a President have than to explain his intentions to the people and persuade them that the direction he…

— Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr

I have never found a better way to enhance the communications process than by reinforcing the points or concepts I wish to…

— Carolyn Warner

“If I could wish for my life to be perfect, it would be tempting; but I would have to decline, for life…

— Allyson Jones

I wish I could help you" I whisper. You are," he murmurs against my knee. "just dont leave me, okay? Everyone leaves…

— Simone Elkeles

We do not wish to say only that a man is responsible for his own individuality, but that he is responsible for…

— Jean-Paul Sartre

One must be aware that one is continually being tested in what one wishes most in order to make clear whether one's…

— Anonymous

The meaning of our lives is revealed through experiences that at first seem at odds with each other--moments we wish would never…

— John Eldredge

I hate cameras. They interfere, they're always in the way. I wish: if I could work with my eyes alone.

— Richard Avedon

I certainly want campaign finance reform. I just wish this would do it in a way that would stand up to a…

— Ben Nelson

“But I love you and I want you and I need you. Can’t you see that? This world has nothing to offer…

— Jennifer Elisabeth

I think watching my mom gave me great inspiration, I wish that had been reinforced more verbally. It would have kept me…

— Viola Davis

It's sometimes unnerving to think of that, and I wish it were possible for all children in the world to have the…

— James MacArthur