Wish Quotes

9049 Wish quotes by 4630 unique authors

The best part of having two babies at once, a son and a daughter, is mostly everything. You're just having that feeling of love inside… — Jennifer Lopez
It is not enough to have knowledge; one must apply it. It is not enough to have wishes; one must also accomplish it. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Love of glory, fear of shame, greed for fortune, the desire to make life agreeable and comfortable, and the wish to depreciate others - all… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Granting our wish is one of Fate's saddest jokes. — James Russell Lowell
Friends are like a pleasant park where you wish to go; while you may enjoy the flowers, you may not eat them. — E. W. Howe
The signore...wishes her to begin at the beginning. — Philip Roth
When the morning's freshness has been replaced by the weariness of midday, when the leg muscles give under the strain, the climb seems endless, and… — Dag Hammarskjold
Poets wish to profit or to please. — Horace
A litterateur is not a confectioner, not a dealer in cosmetics, not an entertainer. . . . He is just like an ordinary reporter. What… — Anton Chekhov
I just think that there's so much judgment in the world, whether it's coming from women in general or from men onto women - it's… — Hilary Duff
Anyone buying this book is going to be out a tidy sum if he is sucked in by the title. I wish I could write… — Groucho Marx
What we want to tell, we wish our friend to have curiosity to hear. — Samuel Richardson
If you wish to be brothers, drop your weapons. — Pope John Paul II
He is free who lives as he wishes to live; who is neither subject to compulsion nor to hindrance, nor to force; whose movements to… — Epictetus
Whosoever wishes to know about the world must learn about it in its particular details. Knowledge is not intelligence. In searching for the truth be… — Heraclitus
Man is a transitory being, and his designs must partake of the imperfections of their author. To confer duration is not always in our power.… — Samuel Johnson
The gratification which affluence of wealth, extent of power, and eminence of reputation confer, must be always, by their own nature, confined to a very… — Samuel Johnson
There is reason to suspect, that the distinctions of mankind have more show than value, when it is found that all agree to be weary… — Samuel Johnson
We are unreasonably desirous to separate the goods of life from those evils which Providence has connected with them, and to catch advantages without paying… — Samuel Johnson
I wish to become rich, so that I can instruct the people and glorify honest poverty a little, like those kind hearted, fat, benevolent people… — Mark Twain
I care about our young people, and I wish them great success, because they are our Hope for the Future, and some day, when my… — Dave Barry
Who does not wish to be beautiful, and clever, and rich, and to have back, in old age, the time spent trying to be any… — Robert Breault
We deceive ourselves when giving respect to the person for whom we have surrendered ourselves, when we respectively expect them to be as we would… — Friedrich Nietzsche
I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practice resignation, unless it was quite… — Henry David Thoreau
We automatically give to each person we meet, but we choose what we give. Our words, our actions, must consciously set the stage for the… — Marlo Morgan

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