Wish And Wishing

(152 votes)   We are never further from what we wish than when we believe that we have what we wished for.

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
1749-1832, German Poet, Dramatist, Novelist

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(145 votes)   Stop the mindless wishing that things would be different. Rather than wasting time and emotional and spiritual energy in explaining why we don't have what we want, we can start to pursue other ways to get it.

Greg Anderson
American Author of ''The 22 Non-Negotiable Laws of Wellness''

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(117 votes)   Let us act on what we have, since we have not what we wish.

Cardinal J. Newman
1801-1890, British Preacher

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(115 votes)   Beware what you set your heart upon. For it shall surely be yours.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
1803-1882, American Poet, Essayist

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(108 votes)   My only wish is that my wishes be at rest.

Ruckett

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(108 votes)   There is no beautifier of complexion or form of behavior like the wish to scatter joy, and not pain, around us.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
1803-1882, American Poet, Essayist

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(96 votes)   Oh, the secret life of man and woman --dreaming how much better we would be than we are if we were somebody else or even ourselves, and feeling that our estate has been unexploited to its fullest.

Zelda Fitzgerald
1900-1948, American Writer

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(94 votes)   The wishing gate opens into nothing.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon
1834-1892, British Baptist Preacher

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(94 votes)   We must not wish anything other than what happens from moment to moment, all the while, however, exercising ourselves in goodness.

St. Catherine of Genoa

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(85 votes)   A man, when he wishes, is the master of his fate.

Jose Ferrer
1912-1992, Puerto Rican Actor, Director, Producer

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(79 votes)   Between the wish and the thing life lies waiting.

Proverbs

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(76 votes)   If wishes were horses then beggars would ride.

Source Unknown

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(74 votes)   DATO'S LAW. Wishes expand in direct proportion to the resources available for their gratification.

Robert Dato

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(73 votes)   Some people develop a wishbone where their backbone should be.

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(71 votes)   A wish is a desire without an attempt.

Farmer Digest

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