Quotes about wishes

Henri Frederic Amiel -

Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.

Charles Caleb Colton -

Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes.

George A. Sheehan -

Exercise is done against one's wishes and maintained only because the alternative is worse.

Napoleon Bonaparte -

One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority.

Stephanie Perkins - Anna and the French Kiss

And then there's the other thing.The thing I'm trying to ignore. The thing I shouldn't want, the thing I can't have.And he's standing in front of me right now.So what do I wish for? Something I'm not sure I want? Someone I'm not sure I need? Or someone I know I can't have?Screw it. Let the fates d

Lailah Gifty Akita - Think Great: Be Great!

Maintain a persistent focus of what you want

A.J. Darkholme - Rise of the Morningstar

Everything can be achieved through gradual steps – one small step at a time: overcoming fears, fulfilling dreams... anything you wish to be different from the way it is.

Lailah Gifty Akita - Think Great: Be Great!

Live each day as if it was your last day on earth.

C.S. Lewis -

What you have made me see,' answered the Lady, 'is as plain as the sky, but I never saw it before. Yet is has happened every day. One goes into the forest to pick food and already the thought of one fruit rather than another has grown up in one’s mind. Then, may it be, one finds a different fruit and not the fruit one thought of. One joy was expected and another is given. But this I had never noticed before–that the very moment of the finding there is in the mind a kind of thrusting back, or set

Simone Elkeles - Perfect Chemistry

But wishes are only granted in fairy tales.

Vironika Tugaleva -

It’s not enough to wish, dream, hope. Even children know this. We must set sail into the sea of uncertainty. We must meet fear face-to-face. We must take our dreams as maps for a greater journey. Dreams, to come true, need a good story. So go live one.

Catherynne M. Valente - The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making

This tub is for washing your courage...When you are born your courage is new and clean. You are brave enough for anything: crawling off of staircases, saying your first words without fearing that someone will think you are foolish, putting strange things in your mouth. But as you get older, your courage attracts gunk and crusty things and dirt and fear and knowing how bad things can get and what pain feels like. By the time you're half-grown, your courage barely moves at all, it's so grunged up

Lailah Gifty Akita - Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

You must want it, to chase for it.

Lailah Gifty Akita - Think Great: Be Great!

Pursuit of passion, dream of dreamers!

Lailah Gifty Akita - Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

You have unlimited resources, begin your work!

Lailah Gifty Akita - Think Great: Be Great!

You will get what you wish for.

Lailah Gifty Akita - Think Great: Be Great!

I love the beauty of nature.

William Ian Beardmore Beveridge - The Art of Scientific Investigation

Cultivate an intellectual habit of subordinating one's opinions and wishes to objective evidence and a reverence for things as they really are.

Lailah Gifty Akita - Think Great: Be Great!

I know what I want.

Lailah Gifty Akita - Think Great: Be Great!

What we long for, we shall possess.

Lailah Gifty Akita - Think Great: Be Great!

What do you want in life?

Dan Groat - An Enigmatic Escape: A Trilogy

It’s a funny thing, one day you’re living and the next day you’re not sometimes, whether you have plans or not. Wishes and wants get trumped by the reaper every time. I don’t even know if I would want a warning if it was my time. I think I’d rather be surprised.

Gautama Buddha -

These... things, householder, are welcome, agreeable, pleasant, & hard to obtain in the world:Long life is welcome, agreeable, pleasant, & hard to obtain in the world.Beauty is welcome, agreeable, pleasant, & hard to obtain in the world.Happiness is welcome, agreeable, pleasant, & hard to obtain in the world.Status is welcome, agreeable, pleasant, & hard to obtain in the world....Now, I tell you, these... things are not to be obtained by reason of prayers or wishes. If they were to be obtained b

M.F. Moonzajer -

Religion serves all of us; men, women, gays, straights, blacks, whites, Americans and Indians. If it does not comply with our needs, wishes and happiness, then religion without a doubt is a plague that must be stopped.

Lailah Gifty Akita -

Men love pleasure, but women wish for purposeful promise.

James Hauenstein -

Be careful when you ask Karma for something that you have always wanted. When I was young, I asked to be surrounded by beautiful women. Now I have a wife and four daughters.

Steven Redhead - Life Is A Cocktail

Change is the medium to become who you wish to be.

Lailah Gifty Akita - Think Great: Be Great!

Live your best sacred-life. It is only one-time in history.

Lailah Gifty Akita -

Whatever you want, you must have the desire to work for it.

Greg Curtis -

If wishes were horses, I'd need a very big stable.

Adele Rose - Possession

Sadly, like many times in life, including winning the lottery, we don’t always get what we wish for.

Latika Teotia -

More often than not we forget to give time to ourselves; we are so caught up in our daily lives that we ignore our wants, desires and wishes. Don’t lose your identity in this busy world; don’t give false promises to yourself saying that you will live it up once you have reached a certain level. Don’t put your career ahead of yourself otherwise you will either break down or burn out. Take time off for yourself and the right time to do that is NOW. Self care is just as important, if not more, as y

Lailah Gifty Akita - Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

I wish you a blessed beautiful Christmas with the fullness of grace.

George Carlin -

May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house.

D. Simone -

May Light always surround you;Hope kindle and rebound you.May your Hurts turn to Healing;Your Heart embrace Feeling.May Wounds become Wisdom;Every Kindness a Prism.May Laughter infect you;Your Passion resurrect you.May Goodness inspire your Deepest Desires.Through all that you Reach For, May your arms Never Tire.

Gautama Buddha -

These... things, householder, are welcome, agreeable, pleasant, & hard to obtain in the world:Long life is welcome, agreeable, pleasant, & hard to obtain in the world.Beauty is welcome, agreeable, pleasant, & hard to obtain in the world.Happiness is welcome, agreeable, pleasant, & hard to obtain in the world.Status is welcome, agreeable, pleasant, & hard to obtain in the world....Now, I tell you, these... things are not to be obtained by reason of prayers or wishes. If they were to be obtained b

Jay Long -

Hopes, wants and wishes, all cast across the night sky with my heart in tow.

Lailah Gifty Akita -

Travel is the dream of travelers.

Lailah Gifty Akita -

If God has given us life, He is capable of any other thing.

Amy Guth - Three Fallen Women

If wishes were held on the skin and swiped by raindrops, then emotions were freeloading off the cells that made up their space. The only offering these cells ever entertained was truth, painful and raw.

Paul Tobin - Prepare to Die!

Lots of men think that women should tell the truth, explain their feelings. These men should use their wishes more wisely. (Prepare To Die!, p.27)

Jackson Pearce - As You Wish

Si quieres que tus deseos duren, tienes que pedir algo que te haga feliz y no la felicidad.

Janet Fitch - White Oleander

The cake had a trick candle that wouldn't go out, so I didn't get my wish. Which was just that it would always be like this, that my life could be a party just for me.

Lailah Gifty Akita -

Every human being desires love and happiness.

Ahmed Mostafa -

If this is a dream, may we never wake up!

Penelope Fitzgerald -

But time given to wishing for what can't be is not only spent, but wasted, and for all that we waste we shall be accountable.

T.S. Eliot -

Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.

Lailah Gifty Akita - Think Great: Be Great!

Don’t be afraid. Be courageous!

Lailah Gifty Akita - Think Great: Be Great!

We hope for what we want.

Lailah Gifty Akita -

The heavenly Father shall never failed to fulfilled His word.

Jodi Livon -

May the love in your heart overshadow any sorrows, and may you always know with a deep inner certainty, how loved you truly are.

Steven Redhead - Unleash The Power of Your Heart and Mind

The heart together with the mind is the most powerful creative state to bring your wishes and ideas into reality.

Delilah S. Dawson - Wicked as They Come

. . . dreams are your heart's playground.

Catherynne M. Valente - The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making

Wishes of one's old life wither and shrivel like old leaves if they are not replaced with new wishes when the world changes. And the world always changes. Wishes get slimy, and their colors fade, and soon they are just mud, like all the rest of the mud, and not wishes at all, but regrets. The trouble is, not everyone can tell when they ought to launder their wishes. Even when one finds oneself in Fairyland and not at home at all, it is not always so easy to remember to catch the world in it's ch

Michael Ende - The Neverending Story

What do you suppose it means?'[Bastian] asked. ""DO WHAT YOU WISH.'" That must mean I can do anything I feel like. Don't you think so? All at once Grograman's face looked alarmingly grave, and his eyes glowed. 'No,' he said in his deep, rumbling voice. 'It means that you must do what you really and truly want. And nothing is more difficult.' 'What I really and truly want? What do you mean by that?' 'It's your own deepest secret and you yourself don't know it.' 'How can I find out?' 'By going the

Joyce Guo -

I can all have all the money in the world, hold all the power, or be worshiped like a god but all are meaningless without love.

Akshay Vasu -

Everything you have said will not matter anymore one day, only those things that you never said will always haunt you and strangle you every time you see your world in someone else's hand.

Alfa H - Abandoned Breaths

She was a warrior by day... playing her part. But she slept at night with wishes in her heart.

Lailah Gifty Akita - Think Great: Be Great!

Hope is enthusiastic anticipation.

Lailah Gifty Akita -

You can what you wish to be.

Willowy Whisper -

Don't make a wish you aren't willing to come true. Don't dream a dream you aren't willing to pursue. Don't love a man you can't say, "I do".

Walt Disney Company -

Here you leave today and enter the world of yesterday, tomorrow, and fantasy.

Zora Neale Hurston - Their Eyes Were Watching God

Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board. For some they come in with the tide. For others they sail forever on the same horizon, never out of sight, never landing until the Watcher turns his eyes away in resignation, his dreams mocked to death by Time. That is the life of men. Now, women forget all those things they don't want to remember, and remember everything they don't want to forget. The dream is the truth. Then they act and do things accordingly.

Altaf ul qadti -

Life's not all about happiness. Take the sad and pain too. But never forget the Almighty ALLAH. Speak to him about every fear,dream and hope

Lailah Gifty Akita -

Think of what you desire out of life.

Lailah Gifty Akita -

To live without your want is the grace of contentment.

Lailah Gifty Akita -

There would be a time, when you will ask for nothing but life.

Lailah Gifty Akita -

The appointed time is the moment of miracles.

P.B. Kerr - The Five Fakirs of Faizabad

To grant all a man's wishes is to take away his dreams and ambitions. Life is only worth living if you have something to strive for. To aim at.

Deb Caletti - The Six Rules of Maybe

I've wished for things and never really had the chance...It's time to stop dreaming and do something about it. You've got to know what you want, then...go.

Corey Ann Haydu - OCD Love Story

I guess I wonder what it would be like, to be living their live instead of mine.

Sally Nicholls - Ways to Live Forever

There's no point having wishes if you don't at least try to do them

Richelle E. Goodrich - Smile Anyway

World peace, true love, and happily-ever-afters amount to wasted wishes, failed endeavors, and most precious dreams.

Terry Lander - Natalie's Fiendish New Headteacher

Everything you could ever wish for is just in reach. Work hard and never be afraid to ask for something.

Iain Pears - The Dream of Scipio

Felix had gone to live in a lotus land of his imagination. Where what is desired is dreamed of as already happened, where obstacles dissolve under the weight of desire, and where reality has vanished entirely.

Nyki Mack -

Dreaming By Day, Wishing On Stars At Night...

Steven Redhead - Unleash The Power of Your Heart and Mind

Life is an accumulation of what your Heart and mind has pondered most, a conclusion of all you wishes, dreams and desires.

Lailah Gifty Akita -

It is possible to have what you wish for.

Lailah Gifty Akita -

Act as if it was and it will be.

Lailah Gifty Akita -

I work for what I want.

Lailah Gifty Akita -

The mind is the center of all attractions.

Aditya Kandari -

everyday i wish her to be mineevery moment i wish that wish again

O. S. Hickman -

life is full of wonders, but you ca't have rainbows without rain, lightning and thunder

Lailah Gifty Akita - Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

Whatever you want, you can create with your imagination.

Lailah Gifty Akita - Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

A fresh day brings new sunrise and new hope for a fresh start.

Lailah Gifty Akita - Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

Bright New Year for a blessed beginning.

Lailah Gifty Akita - Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

I wish you great fun with your sacred adventure.

Lily Amis - Destination: Freedom: A Memoir Based on the True Life Story of a Young Girl Lily and Her Mom.

Believe in yourself, your dreams, wishes, desires and goals, even if others don’t.

Jenim Dibie - The Calligraphy of God

I didn't want to sing.I wanted to be music.

John Kramer - Blythe

Discontent comes from two sources alone: Not having dreams, or not pursuing the ones you have. No one has ever died sorry who tried to turn a wish into a memory.

Emma Chase - Royally Matched

If nightmares can come true, and sometimes they do... then so can our happiest dreams.

Clotilde Martinez - Moura Enchanted

There is an old myth among the old folks here that if you wished on a moonlight river, your dreams will come true

Kilroy J. Oldster - Dead Toad Scrolls

We can imprison ourselves with our wants, wishes, and false dreams.

Cinderella -

A dream is a wish your heart makes when you're fast asleep.

Kurt Vonnegut Jr. - Breakfast of Champions

He dabbed at his tuxedo with a damp rag, and the fungi came away easily. "Hate to do this, Bill," he said of the fungi he was murdering. "Fungi have as much right to life as I do. they know what they want, Bill. Damned if I do anymore."Then he thought about what Bill himself might want. It was easy to guess. "Bill," he said, "I like you so much, and I am such a big shot in the Universe, that I will make your three biggest wishes come true." He opened the door of the cage, something Bill couldn't

Lailah Gifty Akita -

Without suffering, we never wishes to be free.

Francesca Lia Block - Weetzie Bat

Weetzie could see him--it was a man, a little man in a turban, with a jewel in his nose, harem pants, and curly-toed slippers. "Lanky Lizards!" Weetzie exclaimed."Greetings," said the man in an odd voice, a rich, dark purr."Oh, shit!" Weetzie said."I beg your pardon? Is that your wish?

Ahmed Mostafa -

I seem to be torn between 'I wish we'd met earlier' and 'I wish we'd never met'.

Lailah Gifty Akita - Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

God gives the most essential need.

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