I Wish Quotes

It is easy to know when a government wishes for peace by observing the character of the person sent to negotiate for it.

Art is about expressing the true nature of the human spirit in whatever way one wishes to express it. If it is honest, it is beautiful. If it is not honest, it is obvious.

It is inherent in the nature of the capitalistic economy that, in the final analysis, the employment of the factors of production is aimed only toward serving the wishes of consumers.

I never really studied business in school. I kind of wish I had, but how boring is that?

If you wish to succeed in managing and controlling others - learn to manage and control yourself.

If you wish to be happy,Eragon, Think not of what is to come nor of that which you have no control over but rather of the now and that which you are able to change" ~Oromis to eragon ,Brisingr~618

When your claim to be victims of secularism rests on Wal-Mart greeters wishing shoppers Happy Holidays, you are clearly a bunch of great big babies.

Fulfilled life is possible in spite of unfulfilled wishes.

If you wish to obtain a great name or to found an establishment, be completely mad; but be sure that your madness corresponds with the turn and temper of your age.

We wish that all countries around the world honor our wishes and our Jihad, and we avoid interfering in their business.

I don't regret anything I've ever done. I only wish I could have done more.

Here the ways of men divide. If you wish to strive for peace of soul and happiness, then believe; if you wish to be a disciple of truth, then inquire.

Don't wish for bricks when you can build from stone.

I would never wish to say that I've finally waved goodbye to any character, it's just that the emphasis tends to shift.

I just wish, when neither of us has written to my husband's mother, I didn't feel so much worse about it than he does.

One should not wish to enjoy where one does not give joy.

Happy the man whose wish and care a few paternal acres bound, content to breathe his native air in his own ground.

I just wish I could understand my father.

If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise.

Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies.

I wish it was a little easier for an actor to later go into singing and have it be accepted, but maybe I can still do it.

I wish to have a muscular body.

I wish to work miracles.

You are the dream I live with; you are the wish I'd made, the name I always whisper in every prayer I pray ... now that you left me, while you forget me, I'll hold you in my dreams.

It's kind of a reflex for me to ignore my own wishes and think about other people first.

It is easy for me to imagine that the next great division of the world will be between people who wish to live as creatures and people who wish to live as machines.

I wish I could relate to the people I'm related to.

We pray to you, O God ... for strength, determination, and willpower, to do instead of just to pray, to become instead of merely to wish.

And once again we wish you All joyous things and more A day that's filled with happiness And memories to store.

I look forward to hosting an Iftar dinner celebrating Ramadan here at the White House later this week, and wish you a blessed month.

Now, in my opinion, a woman has no business with Power-Power admits no equal, and dismisses friendship for flattery. Besides, it keeps the men at a distance, and that is not always what we wish.

I wish I could say someone taught me my mental toughness, it would have been a lot less painful.

I wish you luck with a capital F.

Wishes cannot be summoned up or kept away at will. They come from deeper within us than good or bad intentions. And they spring up unannounced.

I wish you all the pleasurable excitement one can have without hurting others and one's own dignity.

Dreams are nothing more than wishes and a wish is just a dream you wish to come true.

If I set my mind to something I do it. My biggest wish for all of us is that we are happy, successful, and that we stay true to ourselves.

If you wish to be a mine of jewels, open the deep ocean within your heart.

I love the editing process of making movies. I just wish that life had one.

But it is true that some magazines have a policy to show only a certain amount of black girls on their covers. Naomi is right. It's not fair, and I wish it would change.

Is not marriage an open question, when it is alleged, from the beginning of the world, that such as are in the institution wish to get out, and such as are out wish to get in?

Haven't got a girl, but I can wish. So I'll take me down to Main Street and that's where I'll select my imaginary dish.

Although I believe in reincarnation, as many people do that live in the East, I do not remember my past lives clearly; I only wish I did.

To the youth of today, I also have a wish to make: be the scriptwriters of your destiny and feature yourselves as stars that showed the way towards a brighter future.

You cannot prevent a man getting drunk if he wishes to do so, but when he becomes a nuisance, then you interfere.

One must know oneself as one is, not as one wishes to be, which is merely an ideal and therefore fictitious, unreal; it is only that which is that can be transformed, not that which you wish to be.

Relationship is a mirror in which you can see yourself, not as you would wish to be, but as you are.

It's all about love. We're either in love, dreaming about love, recovering from it, wishing for it or reflecting on it. That's what this record [Call Me Irresponsible] is about.

My wish is to construct a system of sociology on the model of celestial mechanics, physics, and chemistry.

I love accents - I wish I could find an accent for every one of my characters. It makes it so much easier when I don't have to hear my own voice.