Wishes Quotes

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.
Corin Nemec

As a little boy of eleven I entered the Cadet Corps. I was not particularly eager to become a Cadet, but my father wished it. So my wishes were not consulted.
Manfred von Richthofen

Canada has made a strong commitment as a partner in the International Space Station and, like the other partners, wishes to see the assembly of this unique orbiting laboratory continue.
Marc Garneau

Consequently he who wishes to attain to human perfection, must therefore first study Logic, next the various branches of Mathematics in their proper order, then Physics, and lastly Metaphysics.
Maimonides

Destiny grants us our wishes, but in its own way, in order to give us something beyond our wishes.

Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes.

Do not seek to bring things to pass in accordance with your wishes, but wish for them as they are, and you will find them.

Don't be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had missed.

Early to bed and early to rise is a bad rule for anyone who wishes to become acquainted with our most prominent and influential people.
George Ade

Economics is a subject that does not greatly respect one's wishes.
Nikita Khrushchev

Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old.

Everyone wishes that the man whom he fears would perish.

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

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

Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.

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

Gold is a treasure, and he who possesses it does all he wishes to in this world, and succeeds in helping souls into paradise.
Christopher Columbus

He put in your heart certain wishes and plans; in my heart, he put other different desires.
Sitting Bull

He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted.

He who advises you to be reserved to your friends wishes to betray you without witnesses.
Don J. Manuel

He who praises you for what you lack wishes to take from you what you have.
Don J. Manuel

He who receives money in trust to administer for the benefit of its owner, and uses it either for his own interest or against the wishes of its rightful owner, is a thief.
Jose Marti

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







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