Wish Quotes - page 89

Today we have done what we had to do. If necessary, we shall do it again. It gives me no pleasure to say that, and I wish it were otherwise... When our citizens are abused or attacked anywhere in the world on the direct orders of a hostile regime, we will respond so long as I'm in this Oval Office. Self-defense is not only our right; it is our duty. ... Despite our repeated warnings, Qadhafi continued his reckless policy of intimidation, his relentless pursuit of terror. He counted on America to be passive. He counted wrong. (Ronald Reagan)
How can someone have the freedom to choose and the power to act freely, unless he were able to be evil, should he so wish? View quote
Gregory Palamas
A man watches a bird flying, and wishes to fly himself, but he cannot, because he has no wings. Even so the will is present with a man to be pure, and blameless, and without spot, and to have no wickedness in him, but to be always with God; but he has not the power. To fly into the air of God and the liberty of the Holy Ghost may be his wish, but unless wings are given him, he cannot. Let us then beseech God to bestow upon us the wings of a dove, even of the Holy Ghost, that we may fly to Him and be at rest, and that He would separate and make to cease from our souls and bodies, that evil wind, which is the sin that dwelleth in the members of our souls and bodies. None but He can do it. View quote
Macarius of Egypt
You know, I really wish now I'd had the nerve to become an actor. Because I'd have been Robert Redford, no question. View quote
Michael Morpurgo
What we think of as our sensitivity is only the higher evolution of terror in a poor dumb beast. We suffer for nothing. Our own death wish is our only real tragedy. View quote
Mario Puzo
I'm always working on something. I wish I had more time for free-thinking and brainstorming new ideas. That's not to say my mind doesn't wander, but I find myself wishing for more of that kind of time. View quote
Marc Guggenheim
I'm not one of these 'the characters write themselves; the story just fell out of me' kind of writers. Wish it was like that. View quote
Markus Zusak
Our inner beliefs trigger failure before it happens. They sabotage lasting change by canceling its possibility. We employ these beliefs as articles of faith to justify our inaction and then wish away the result. I call them belief triggers. View quote
Marshall Goldsmith
You can't make your kids do anything. All you can do is make them wish they had. And then, they will make you wish you hadn't made them wish they had. View quote
Marshall B. Rosenberg
I wish I had taken Spanish instead of French in high school. I could eavesdrop on a lot more conversations on the subway if I knew Spanish. View quote
Meg Cabot
I wish everyone would stop crying, Tom. Uncle Joe would be so angry about it." But she's crying herself now. "He'd be so angry at us, Tom, for crying so much when all he did was laugh. (Melina Marchetta)
Sometimes I wish I were just magically a size 6 and I never had to give it a single thought. View quote
Melissa McCarthy
I love 'The Office.' I'm in the premiere, and I'm maybe gonna shoot another episode this season, but I've been there since the very beginning, so when I found out this is the last year - I am a good Asian kid who was an A student - I wish I could be there to the end to see things through. View quote
Mindy Kaling
I'm quite proud of my piano playing. Robin's never played a note on the piano at our recording sessions. I just wish I could be appreciated musically now. View quote
Maurice Gibb
Employers do not wish to hire victims, rather they try to hire balanced and flexible people who do not blame others for their situation. View quote
Nigel Cumberland
Life changes us. To wish otherwise is pointless. View quote
Nalini Singh
Though my natural instinct is to wish for a life free from pain, trouble, and adversity, I am learning to welcome anything that makes me conscious of my need for Him. If prayer is birthed out of desperation, then anything that makes me desperate for God is a blessing. View quote
Nancy Leigh DeMoss
It seems to me that if you wish to apply laws to us, it were only reasonable to consult us on them, and from what you have read to me about Parliament, I do not think any dragons are invited to go there. View quote
Naomi Novik
When things aren't working out as you wish, be patient. Stop trying to move ahead of God. His timing is perfect. Trust Him. View quote
Nicky Gumbel
We live here and now. Everything before and in other places is past. Mostly forgotten. What could, what should be done with all the time that lies ahead of us, open and unshaped, feather-light in its freedom and lead-heavy in its uncertainty? Is it a wish? Dream-like and nostalgic, to stand once again at that point in life and be able to take a completely different direction than the one that has made us who we are? View quote
Pascal Mercier
And isn't that, at it's core, what the princess fantasy is about for all of us? "Princess" is how we tell little girls that they are special, precious. "Princess" is the wish that we could protect them from pain, that they would never know sorrow, that they will live happily ever after ensconces in lace and innocence. (Peggy Orenstein)
I dedicate the merit of the occasion to all beings. This gesture of universal friendship has been likened to a drop of fresh spring water. If we put it on a rock in the sunshine, it will soon evaporate. If we put it in the ocean, however, it will never be lost. Thus the wish is made that we not keep the teachings to ourselves but to use them to benefit others. View quote
Pema Chodron
i wish means: would it be nice if.. i want means: if i want it enough i will get it. View quote
Paul Arden
When it comes to actually writing the book/story, I work on a computer. I wish I could write longhand, but I can't. View quote
Paul G. Tremblay
You will not find love where you wish or where you hope. View quote
Rick Riordan