Wish Quotes - Page 102

In matters of dress we wish neither silk nor rags," President Hinckley said. "We seek for the clean look, call it a wholesome look, the bright and happy look of young men and women who walk with a sense of who they are, of what is expected of them, and of what they may become.

When I do work, I feel the same sort of urgency as I ever did. If I didn't feel that, I don't think I would wish to be doing it. I wouldn't really see the point.

My desk is covered with talismans: pieces of rose quartz, wishing stones from a favorite beach.

If you wish to marry well, inquire well.

We cannot hope to die peacefully if our lives have been full of violence, or if our minds have mostly been agitated by emotions like anger, attachment, or fear. So if we wish to die well, we must learn how to live well: Hoping for a peaceful death, we must cultivate peace in our mind, and in our way of life.

It is my wish and the wishes of my people to live peaceably and quietly with you.

I really wish that we had passed a comprehensive immigration bill because that would've really helped our country.

I wish I knew what was next. I got this movie without planning to. I'm really excited to be continuing in film because it's a great job but I have my portfolio and resume for any other opportunity.

Though her soul requires seeing, the culture around her requires sightlessness. Though her soul wishes to speak its truth, she is pressured to be silent.

The little Plumpuppets are fairies of beds; They have nothing to do but watch sleepyheads; They turn down the sheets and they tuck you in tight, And dance on your pillow to wish you good night!

I used to wish there was a useful term for those of us who thought American power should be used to remove psychopathic dictators.

I find myself continually falling back into wounds, wishes, terrors I thought I had risen beyond.

I haven't yet met a woman who told me, 'I wish I had shorter legs.'

Live in such a way as, when you come to die, you will wish to have lived. [Ger., Lebe, wie Du, wenn du stirbst, Wunschen wirst, gelebt zu haben.]

I don't wish to not be a woman, but I'd certainly like to be a woman whose sense of purpose comes from within.

In life, it's best not to take anything for free - unless it's from someone who wishes you well.

I like to see flowers growing, but when they are gathered, they cease to please. I look on them as things rootless and perishable; their likeness to life makes me sad. I never offer flowers to those I love; I never wish to receive them from hands dear to me.

No one knows who is listening, say nothing you would not wish put in the newspapers.

The wishing gate opens into nothing.

Peace is the wish of the French of Italy Spain Germany and all the world, and Great Britain alone the cause of preventing its accomplishment, and this not for any point of honour or even interest, but merely lest there should be an example in the modern world of a great powerful Republic.

You have to dream big, wish hard and chase after your goals, because no one is going to do it for you.

Growing up happens when you start having things you look back on and wish you could change -Clary Fray

Get a backbone, not a wishbone.

It is with great regret that I have to inform Manchester City of my wish to leave the club.

Whatever the reason you're on Mars, I'm glad you're there, and I wish I was with you.