Wishes Quotes

Similarly, anyone who wishes to understand the mind of the sacred writers must first cleanse his own life, and approach the saints by copying their deeds.

My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.

A man of the world must seem to be what he wishes to be thought.

Were one merely to seek information, one should inquire of the man who hates, but if one wishes to know what truly is, one better ask the one who loves.

When all of your wishes are granted, many of your dreams will be destroyed.

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

We have reiterated on many occasions that China wishes to establish and develop long-term, good-neighbourly and friendly relations with all countries in south Asia.

Man knows that the world is not made on a human scale; and he wishes that it were.

That children shall be compelled to receive religious instruction which is in antagonism to the wishes of their parents, is what no man with say sense of justice would suggest.

Usually, those persons closest to the incoming President will be the main leaders of the Transition effort. They are most familiar with his policies and practices, and are able to interpret his wishes regarding the structure and staffing of the new Administration.

No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a nice man who wishes that she were not.

It is hard to describe the thrill of creative joy which the artist feels when the conviction seizes her that at last she has caught the very soul of the character she wishes to portray, in the music and action which reveal it.

It always makes me sad when I think of how I saw Wagner wasting his vitality, not only by singing their parts to some of his artists, but acting out the smallest details, and of how few they were who were responsive to his wishes.

By taking a second wife he pays the highest compliment to the first, by showing that she made him so happy as a married man, that he wishes to be so a second time.

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

I don't feel like a dream girl, but I think it's really nice. I guess a part of me wishes I got that sort of attention in my real life. Because in my real life, I'm this weird, dorky girl who just hangs out with her dog.

A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart of stone.

So, it becomes an exercise in futility if you write something that does not express the film as the director wishes. It's still their ball game. It's their show. I think any successful composer learns how to dance around the director's impulses.

You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Don't let yourself indulge in vain wishes.

Where consumption is both conspicuous and competitive, humanity will never run out of new wishes. All the while, industry creates new desires that are marketed, in the great fashion paradox, as both novelty and need.

I would like to wish the England squad every success. I would also very much like to extend those wishes to Martin Johnson, Brian Smith, Mike Ford, John Wells, Graham Rowntree and the rest of the England 2011 World Cup management team who have been fantastic and deserve people to know that.

A person should design the way he makes a living around how he wishes to make a life.

That is ever the way. 'Tis all jealousy to the bride and good wishes to the corpse.

The poor man wishes to conceal his poverty, and the rich man his wealth: the former fears lest he be despised, the latter lest he be plundered.

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

How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest!

That is ever the way. 'Tis all jealousy to the bride and good wishes to the corpse.

Stop the habit of wishful thinking and start the habit of thoughtful wishes.

If God wishes to reveal the love that he harbors for the world, this love has to be something that the world can recognize, in spite of, or in fact in, its being wholly other.

The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather than charming, and seeks to be feared rather than loved. To this type belong many lunatics and most of the great men of history.