I Wish Quotes

Whoever wishes to go down a long path, must learn that the first lesson is to overcome early disappointments.

true philosophical atheism must be regarded as a superstition, often nurtured by an infantile wish to live in a world proportionate to one's own hopes or conceptual limitations.

I wish the first word I ever said was the word "quote", so right before I die I could say "unquote".

I wish very much that the wrong people could be prevented entirely from breeding

Sad to say I’m missing the Masters. Thanks to the fans for so many kind wishes.

If we wish our nature to be free and joyous, we should bring our activities into same order.

When you're safe at home you wish you were having an adventure; when you're having an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

Sometimes I wish we could rub out all of our mistakes and start fresh, from the beginning,' I said. 'And sometimes I think there isn't anything to us but our mistakes.

The biggest pests are the people who use altruism as an alibi. What they passionately wish is to make themselves important.

John Le Mesurier wishes it to be known that he conked out on November 15th. He sadly misses family and friends.

If I could have just one more wish, I'd wipe the cobwebs from my eyes.

I wish everyone could hear the soundtrack for my life that I hear in my head.

Don't wish. Don't Start. Wishing only wounds the heart.

[Remark about Calvin Coolidge she says was erroneously attributed to her:] I do wish he did not look as if he had been weaned on a pickle.

The chicken had his wish, and was magically transformed into a fox. Then he found that he could not digest grain.

My wish is that we design the future of learning. We don't want to be spare parts for a great human computer.

He who wishes to fight must first count the cost

I wish they would take me as I am.

The works of God are not accomplished when we wish them, but whenever it pleases Him.

Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day, nor long for it.

Make whatever decision you wish but never forget one thing: all of you are much better than you believed. Take advantage of the chance that tragedy has given you; not everyone is capable of doing so

A diet is when you watch what you eat and wish you could eat what you watch.

Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heaven did a recompense as largely send: He gave to mis'ry (all he had) a tear, He gained from Heav'n ('t was all he wish'd) a friend.

With no clear picture of how you wish your life to be, how on earth are you going to live it?

Sometime I wish the aliens would abduct me and crown me as their leader.

Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen.

It's better to recall something you wish you'd said than something you wish you hadn't.

People who confuse what they wish were true with what is really true create distorted pictures of reality that make it impossible for them to make the best choices.

If you have never changed your mind about some fundamental tenet of your belief, if you have never questioned the basics, and if you have no wish to do so, then you are likely ignorant.

Sometimes, when I see my granddaughters make small discoveries of their own, I wish I were a child.

In this service I hope to live; in it I wish to die!

Think! You can think any think that you wish.

Some sigh for this and that; My wishes don't go far; The world may wag at will, So I have my cigar.

I wish to be moved. I cannot feel in life. I must have others do it for me in theater.

Do you wish to see God's love? Look at the cross. Do you wish to see God's wrath? Look at the cross.

If we wish to discuss knowledge in the most highly developed contemporary society, we must answer the preliminary question of what methodological representation to apply to that society

What is common in all these dreams is obvious. They completely satisfy wishes excited during the day which remain unrealized. They are simply and undisguisedly realizations of wishes.

I wish I could be like Shaw who once read a bad review of one of his plays, called the critic and said: 'I have your review in front of me and soon it will be behind me.'

He has the ability to catch someone by the way that he looks at her, and make her wish he would go on looking.

The future is sending back good wishes and waiting with open arms.

In every moment you are someone new and therefore can be and do anything you wish to be and do, totally unlimited, unrestrained, made in the image of the Infinite.

Most people believe in God because they have been taught from early infancy to do it, and that is the main reason. Then I think that the next most powerful reason is the wish for safety.

My mother's greatest joy in life was to make people laugh. Although that is difficult to do right now, I know her final wish would be that we return to laughing soon.

Never underestimate your talents, and try not to compare or wish for the talents of others. Focus on and accept the talents you have, and you will find great fulfillment in life.

The most important quality of leadership is intellectual honesty. The reality principle - the ability to see the world as it really is, not as you wish it were.

I wish I had an answer to that because I'm tired of answering that question.

Sometimes we wish the world could cry and tell us about that which made it pregnant with fear-filling grandeur. Sometimes we wish our own heart would speak of that which made it heavy with wonder.

I won't let this be my good-bye. I've folded one thousand paper crane memories of me and Grace, and I've made my wish. I will find a cure. And then I will find Grace.

God will not make you do something you don't want to do - He will just make you wish you had.

I wish I could say farewell and retire but there is nothing for me to retire from.