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A man, when he wishes, is the master of his fate.
— Jose Ferrer
You will get what you wish for.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
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.
— Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach
She needs to make one phone call, and she wishes she could make it into her past. Into last year. Or two years ago.
— Adele Griffin
Whoever wishes to hold the fortress of contemplation must first of all train in the camp of action.
— Pope Gregory I
It is not enough to have knowledge; one must apply it. It is not enough to have wishes; one must also accomplish it.
— Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
I said Justin Bieber looked like a little lesbian
and I stand by it: He's the daughter Cher wishes she'd had. — Joan Rivers
and I stand by it: He's the daughter Cher wishes she'd had. — Joan Rivers
Imagination is divine.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Overcoming fear is a critical factor for anyone who wishes to be really happy, or anyone who wishes to become enlightened
— Frederick Lenz
Heartache find you anytime it wishes. A particular century won't protect you from its touch.
— Maeve Greyson
If wishes were wings, sheep would fly.
— Robert Jordan
Men are more ready to offend one who desires to be beloved than one who wishes to be feared.
— Niccolo Machiavelli
You must want it, to chase for it.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
She sincerely wishes success, for her new life, and intends that no failure of effort, temper, or spirits on her part will jeopardise it.
— Jude Morgan
Strange / to wish wishes no longer. / Strange / to see things / that seemed to / belong together / floating in every / direction.
— Rainer Maria Rilke
But what are wishes, compared with longings?
— Sylvia Townsend Warner
God's work is freedom. Freedom is dear to his heart. He wishes to make man's will free, and at the same time wishes it to be pure, majestic, and holy.
— Edwin Hubbel Chapin
It is easier to hold on to a dream than it is to let it go.
— Tanja Kobasic
You must live the life of your dreams.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Wait in expectant of the desired wishes.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Pursue your dreams with all your strength.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
I know what I want. I will pursue it with all heart.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
The heroic man does not pose; he leaves that for the man who wishes to be thought heroic.
— Elbert Hubbard
Sometimes, I think we're afraid to admit we want certain things. Especially things that contradict the image we have of ourselves.
— Debbie Macomber
Dreams are nothing more than wishes and a wish is just a dream you wish to come true,
— Harry Nilsson
My thoughts and wishes are all that surrounds, mysteries hold you then fly you away. You know you are my life, my lady of dreams.
— Jon Anderson
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
All your secret wishes could right now be coming true.
— Elliott Smith
Our dreams are just wishes, if we never follow them through with action. And in life, you have got to be able to light your own fire.
— Bear Grylls
The heart together with the mind is the most powerful creative state to bring your wishes and ideas into reality.
— Steven Redhead
The person who wishes to attain human perfection should study logic first, next mathematics, then physics, and, lastly, metaphysics.
— Maimonides
If a man wishes to truly not be written about, he would do well not to write letters to 18-year-old girls, inviting them into his life.
— Joyce Maynard
A healer is someone who seeks to be the light that she wishes she had in her darkest moments.
— Vironika Tugaleva
He who wishes to find Jesus should seek Him, not in the delights and pleasures of the world, but in mortification of the senses.
— Alphonsus Liguori
I wish I were a rock,' he said, and he became a rock.
— William Steig
Everyone wishes to have truth on his side, but not everyone wishes to be on the side of truth.
— Richard Whately
He who prefers to give Linus the half of what he wishes to borrow, rather than to lend him the whole, prefers to lose only the half.
— Martial
Those who dare try and failure are courageous souls.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
If one wishes for revenge, before you know it, a hurt as bad as the one wished for will come upon the wisher.
— CLAMP
Cultivate an intellectual habit of subordinating one's opinions and wishes to objective evidence and a reverence for things as they really are.
— William Ian Beardmore Beveridge
In catering, you're always changing; the client is always dictating to you in terms of their wishes.
— Carla Hall
The mind is the center of all attractions.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
If I had one wish, it would be for self-drying pants. Wait
no! Unlimited wishes! How do I return these stupid pants?! — Stephen Colbert
no! Unlimited wishes! How do I return these stupid pants?! — Stephen Colbert
You have unlimited resources, begin your work!
— Lailah Gifty Akita
He says... only when God wishes it. But when God doesn't wish for it. It's like this. This is when we steal kisses while God is blinking.
— Tarako Kotobuki
Act as if it was and it will be.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
One must be aware that one is continually being tested in what one wishes most in order to make clear whether one's heart is on earth or in heaven.
— Vilayat Inayat Khan
If the wishes came true, they came true in terrible ways. Wishes were dangerous things. That was the idea you got from fairy tales.
— Kate DiCamillo
Without suffering, we never wishes to be free.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
If wishes were horses mine would be glue -
— Carrie Fisher
No successful business is run through thought. It requires people who work.
— Stephen Richards
To be happy without your wants is greatest contentment.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Someone gave me wishes and I wished for an embrace.
— Leonard Cohen
I think whenever you lose somebody close to you, there's always a part of you that wishes you could have done something differently.
— Tracy Spiridakos
Fear brings about that which one is afraid of, and hyper-intention makes impossible what one wishes
— Viktor E. Frankl
He who wishes to injure another, will soon find a pretext.
— Publilius Syrus
She didn't leave any written instructions. She has verbally expressed her wishes to me and other people.
— Michael Schiavo
T h e C o n t e x t Anyone who wishes to master an activity must first understand its tools and rules
— Anonymous
He who wishes to know, must seek to understand.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Keep questioning! With time, you will find answers to your questions.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
What wish did you grant me?" Lolly asked. "I can't tell you," the little girl said very seriously. "But if you believe, it will come true.
— Viola Shipman
Making a wish is fun to do.
Dreaming it out is much fun too.
Work, and your wish just might come true. — Richelle E. Goodrich
Dreaming it out is much fun too.
Work, and your wish just might come true. — Richelle E. Goodrich
He who has gold makes and accomplishes whatever he wishes in the world and finally uses it to send souls to paradise.
— Christopher Columbus
Keep trusting God, He will give you what you need
— Lailah Gifty Akita
I wish you much more grace for all your works.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Wait patiently for what you want.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Collectivism answers: The power of society is unlimited. Society may make any laws it wishes, and force them upon anyone in any manner it wishes.
— Ayn Rand
For a shy girl unused to men, it is easier to hurl the moon from the sky than it is to turn away from a man who truly wishes to pursue her.
— Simone St. James
hell is full of good wishes and desires.
— Bernard Of Clairvaux
Man is more likely to believe an opinion that he wanted to hear ... than a fact that he wishes was an opinion.
— Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Be brave to chase your dreams.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
A birthday wish granted 23 years late is still a birthday wish granted.
— R. K. Milholland
I felt that it was getting very late indeed, but I did not say anything, for I felt under obligation to meet my host's wishes in ever way.
— Bram Stoker
Success never resides in the world of weak wishes, but in the palace of purposeful plans and prayerful persistence.
— William Arthur Ward
I wish I could fly.
I wish I were rich.
I wish I had more time."
"But you can, and you are, and you do;
I wish you would open your eyes. — Richelle E. Goodrich
I wish I were rich.
I wish I had more time."
"But you can, and you are, and you do;
I wish you would open your eyes. — Richelle E. Goodrich
Our wishes are endless.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
We understood nothing at all. Not what it meant to wish for a miracle ... nor its price.
— Magica Quartet
I would rather live a joyful simple life, doing what I love, than to be unhappy and rich.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Ah, well, my mother told me that if wishes were fishes, we would all be swimming in riches. Ok, tell me about these two facilities.
— Craig Alanson
As you travel though life, offer good wishes to each being you meet.
— Gautama Buddha
Joy is that kind of happiness that does not depend on what happens.
— David Steindl-Rast
Whoever wishes to go down a long path, must learn that the first lesson is to overcome early disappointments.
— Paulo Coelho
I once thought it would take a miracle to improve my circumstances. Now, I believe it will take something far more powerful, if such a thing exists.
— Richelle E. Goodrich
Art is not difficult because it wishes to be difficult, but because it wishes to be art.
— Donald Barthelme
Man can be defined, if one wishes, as a languag-ized mammal.
— Charlton Laird
Dare to make wishes. The fulfillment of your wishes is possible.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Pretexts are not wanting when one wishes to use them.
— Carlo Goldoni
Say what you will about the south, but in North Carolina a hot dog is free to swing anyway it wishes.
— David Sedaris
Dream. Desire. Dare.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Wanting and wishing are very different
— Jonathan Friesen
Greece wishes to be part of the eurozone, but it must, of course, go through with the necessary reforms to make this happen.
— Angela Merkel