Wishes Quotes

A person should design the way he makes a living around how he wishes to make a life.

My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.

That is ever the way. 'Tis all jealousy to the bride and good wishes to the corpse.

The poor man wishes to conceal his poverty, and the rich man his wealth: the former fears lest he be despised, the latter lest he be plundered.

He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.

How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest!

Stop the habit of wishful thinking and start the habit of thoughtful wishes.

If God wishes to reveal the love that he harbors for the world, this love has to be something that the world can recognize, in spite of, or in fact in, its being wholly other.

The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather than charming, and seeks to be feared rather than loved. To this type belong many lunatics and most of the great men of history.

Most of the provisions designed to fix what ails our health system don't kick in until 2014, which, one wishes administration officials had noticed, is two years after he has to win an election.

Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.

We belong to the camp of peace. We believe in peace. We believe that our one God wishes us to live in peace and wishes peace upon us, for these are His teachings to all the followers of the three great monotheistic religions, the Children of Abraham.

When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a truce.

Naturalism aimed at giving the primitive wishes full play but failed because these wishes are too primitive, too infantile, too inconsistent with themselves to be satisfied even by the greatest license.

Everyone wishes to have truth on his side, but not everyone wishes to be on the side of truth.

When all of your wishes are granted, many of your dreams will be destroyed.

My officers and men understood wishes so well that this movement was executed under fire, the right wing keeping up fire, without giving the enemy any occasion to seize or even to suspect their advantage.

Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one.

You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Don't let yourself indulge in vain wishes.

Pretexts are not wanting when one wishes to use them.

The poet enjoys the incomparable privilege of being able to be himself and others, as he wishes.

God sometimes does try to the uttermost those whom he wishes to bless.

A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true.

Where there is great love, there are always wishes.

Any woman who wishes to smash into the world of men isn't very feminine.

And I don't believe that children are innocent. In fact, no one seriously believes that. Just go to a playground and watch the kids playing in the sandbox! The romantic notion of the sweet child is simply the parents projecting their own wishes.

Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble.

That is ever the way. 'Tis all jealousy to the bride and good wishes to the corpse.

If I correctly understand the goal of American policy, one wishes Russia to be a partner.

A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading.