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You Wish Quotes by Epictetus
- It’s time to stop being vague. If you wish to be an extraordinary person, if you wish to be wise, then you should explicitly identify…
- Seek not that the things which happen should happen as you wish; but wish the things which happen to be as they are, and you…
- Who are those people by whom you wish to be admired? Are they not these whom you are in the habit of saying that they…
- Now is the time to get serious about living your ideals. Once you have determined the spiritual principles you wish to exemplify, abide by these…
- Do you know that disease and death must needs overtake us, no matter what we are doing?... what do you wish to be doing when…
- If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
- If you wish to be a writer, write.
- So you wish to conquer in the Olympic Games, my friend? And I, too... But first mark the conditions and the consequences. You will have…
- Don't seek to have events happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do happen, and all will be well with you.
More You Wish Quotes
- Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of… — Saint Augustine
- Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first… — Saint Augustine
- You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an old man long. — Marcus Aurelius
- The only defense is offense, which means that you have to kill more women and children more quickly than the enemy if… — Stanley Baldwin
- It is time to get drunk! So as not to be the martyred slaves of Time, get drunk; get drunk without stopping!… — Charles Baudelaire
- Don't you wish you had a job like mine? All you have to do is think up a certain number of words!… — Dave Barry
- Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order. — John Adams
- If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope… — Joseph Addison
- Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen. — Ambrose Bierce
- If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing. — Napoleon Bonaparte
- There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one… — Dale Carnegie
- To be able to give away riches is mandatory if you wish to possess them. This is the only way that you… — Muhammad Ali