Wishes Quotes
Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes
Chinese Proverb
In idle wishes fools supinely stay; Be there a will, and wisdom finds a way.
George Crabbe
Every proper exertion has been made and will be continued to carry out the wishes of Congress in relation to the tobacco trade, as indicated in the several resolutions of the House of Representatives and the legislation of the two branches.
Martin Van Buren
Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true.
Diane Arbus
But now, severed from the companion of my infancy, the partaker of all my thoughts, my cares, and my wishes, I was like one set afloat upon a stormy sea, hanging his safety upon a plank; night was closing upon him, and an unexpected surge had torn him from his hold and overwhelmed him forever.
Charles Brockden Brown
I will go about, from kingdom to kingdom, training many disciples. They heedful, resolute doing my teachings despite your wishes, will go where, having gone, there's no grief.
Gautama Buddha
For the trouble with lying and decieving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear notion of the truth that the liar and deceiver wishes to hide. In this sense, truth, even if it does not prevail in public, possesses an ineradicable primacy over all falsehoods.
Hannah Arendt
If a man could have just half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.
Benjamin Franklin
Like our shadows, Our wishes lengthen as our sun declines.
Edward Young
The public wishes itself to be managed like a woman; one must say nothing to it except what it likes to hear
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The fact is that people are good, if only their fundamental wishes are satisfied, their wish for affection and security. Give people affection and security, and they will give affection and be secure in their feelings and their behavior.
Abraham Maslow
He that humbleth himself wishes to be exaltedî
Friedrich Nietzsche
Your goal is to achieve the best results by following their wishes. If they want you to build a house upside down standing on its chimney, it's up to you to do it.
Richard M. Hunt
Whoever wishes peace among peoples must fight statism.
Ludwig von Mises
