Wish Quotes

9049 Wish quotes by 4630 unique authors

Wine brings to light the hidden secrets of the soul, gives being to our hopes, bids the coward flight, drives dull care away, and teaches… — Horace
I've seen a lot of patriots and they all died just like anybody else if it hurt bad enough and once they were dead their… — Ernest Hemingway
The pleasure of expecting enjoyment is often greater than that of obtaining it, and the completion of almost every wish is found a disappointment. — Samuel Johnson
I believe in equality for everyone. I believe everyone should have the right to love and commit to whomever they want. [...] All I know… — LeAnn Rimes
Small steps can help people make big changes to achieve what they really desire. That wish isn't going to go anywhere unless you do something… — Marlo Thomas
To wish to be well is a part of becoming well. — Seneca the Younger
Well, Page, I do wish the Devil had old Cooke, for I am sure I never was so tired of an old dull scoundrel in… — Thomas Jefferson
we defer therefore till this time twelve month to avail ourselves of the instruction of that place, and particularly of your kindness in the two… — Thomas Jefferson
no one more sincerely wishes the spread of information among mankind than I do, and none has greater confidence in it's effect towards supporting free… — Thomas Jefferson
If we wish to fight, the enemy can be forced to an engagement even though he be sheltered behind a high rampart and a deep… — Sun Tzu
When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a truce. If the enemy's troops march… — Sun Tzu
A prince being thus obliged to know well how to act as a beast must imitate the fox and the lion, for the lion cannot… — Niccolo Machiavelli
When the enemy's envoy's speak in humble terms, but continues his preparations, he will advance. When their language is deceptive but the enemy pretentiously advances,… — Sun Tzu
I believe that the community's duty to education is, therefore, its paramount moral duty. By law and punishment, by social agitation and discussion, society can… — John Dewey
There is nothing obscure about the objectives of educational exchange. Its purpose is to acquaint Americans with the world as it is and to acquaint… — J. William Fulbright
I myself and my wife - in order to escape the disgrace of deposition or capitulation - choose death. It is our wish to be… — Adolf Hitler
How powerful is man! He is able to do all that God wishes him to do. He is able to accept all that God sends… — Marcus Aurelius
If, then, you wish to insure the interest of your pupils, there is only one way to do it; and that is to make certain… — William James
If the topic be highly abstract, show its nature by concrete examples; if it be unfamiliar, make it figure as part of a story; if… — William James
The art of remembering is the art of thinking. When we wish to fix a new thing in either our own mind or a pupil's,… — William James
There's an old story about the person who wished his computer were as easy to use as his telephone. That wish has come true, since… — Bjarne Stroustrup
Sometimes I wish I could have been a bit more relaxed, but then I wouldn't have been the same player. — Steffi Graf
To desire revival...and at the same time to neglect(personal) prayer and devotion is to wish one way and walk another. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
The point I wish to make is that those things cause the soldier to remember that the people at home are behind him. You do… — John J. Pershing
I wish I'd drunk more champagne. — John Maynard Keynes

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