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Wishes Quotes by George Washington
- My anxious recollections, my sympathetic feeling, and my best wishes are irresistibly excited whensoever, in any country, I see an oppressed nation unfurl the banners…
- I rejoice that liberty . . . now finds an asylum in the bosom of a regularly organized government; a government, which, being formed to…
- Ours is a kind of struggle designed, I dare say, by Providence to try the patience, fortitude, and virtue of men. None, therefore, who is…
- The power under the Constitution will always be in the people. It is entrusted for certain defined purposes, and for a certain limited period, to…
- I can only say that there is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do to see a plan adopted for the…
- We must consult our means rather than our wishes.
- I can only say that there is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do, to see a plan adopted for the…
More Wishes Quotes
- The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear notion of the truth that the liar… — Hannah Arendt
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most of them wish they were the only… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible. — Saint Augustine
- Discontent with this world gives such a painful longing to quit it that, if the heart finds comfort, it is solely from… — Teresa of Avila
- He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that… — Douglas Adams
- That is ever the way. Tis all jealousy to the bride and good wishes to the corpse. — James M. Barrie
- Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the… — John Adams
- I want people to be blown away when I do what they don't expect. — Drew Barrymore
- The poet enjoys the incomparable privilege of being able to be himself and others, as he wishes. — Charles Baudelaire
- Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble. — Joseph Addison
- Early to bed and early to rise is a bad rule for anyone who wishes to become acquainted with our most prominent… — George Ade