Wish Quotes - Page 14

It is hard to contend against one's heart's desire; for whatever it wishes to have it buys at the cost of soul.

I once wanted to become an atheist, but I gave up - they have no holidays.

Have you no wish for others to be saved? Then you're not saved yourself, be sure of that!

There is a strange kind of tragic enigma associated with the problem of racism. No one, or almost no one, wishes to see themselves as racist; still racism persists, real and tenacious.

Success never resides in the world of weak wishes, but in the palace of purposeful plans and prayerful persistence.

If you wish, I shall grow irreproachably tender: not a man, but a cloud in trousers!

The world is so constructed, that if you wish to enjoy its pleasures, you also must endure its pains.

Every second you spend wishing God would take away a struggle is a forfeited opportunity to overcome.

Every effective drug provokes in the human body a sort of disease of its own, and the stronger the drug, the more characteristic, and the more marked and more violent the disease. We should imitate nature, which sometimes cures a chronic affliction with another supervening disease, and prescribe for the illness we wish to cure, especially if chronic, a drug with power to provoke another, artificial disease, as similar as possible, and the former disease will be cured: fight like with like.

Inevitably we construct ourselves. Let me explain. I enter this house and immediately I become what I have to become, what I can become: I construct myself. That is, I present myself to you in a form suitable to the relationship I wish to achieve with you. And, of course, you do the same with me.

The man who does not wish to be one of the mass only needs to cease to be easy on himself.

I've decided to become a member of the Houston Rockets. I feel it's the best place for me and I am excited about joining the Rockets and I'm looking forward to a great season. I want to thank the fans in Los Angeles and wish them the best.

People always ask me if I wish I were bigger. I tell them no. I always wanted to be a miniature badass.

There's an old story about the person who wished his computer were as easy to use as his telephone. That wish has come true, since I no longer know how to use my telephone.

Remember that you don't have to like or admire someone to feel compassion for that person. All you have to do is wish for that person to be happy.

Do you care about freedom? Dreams may have inspired it, and wishes prompted it, but only war and weapons have made it yours.

I wish I had spent more time at the office.

Followers of the Way [of Chán], if you want to get the kind of understanding that accords with the Dharma, never be misled by others. Whether you're facing inward or facing outward, whatever you meet up with, just kill it! If you meet a buddha, kill the buddha. If you meet a patriarch, kill the patriarch. If you meet an arhat, kill the arhat. If you meet your parents, kill your parents. If you meet your kinfolk, kill your kinfolk. Then for the first time you will gain emancipation, will not be entangled with things, will pass freely anywhere you wish to go.

Your mind has a way of not letting you forget things you wish you could. Especially with people. Like, you'll always try your best to forget things that people say to you or about you, but you always remember. And you'll try to forget things you've seen that no one should see, but you just can't do it. And when you try to forget someone's face, you can't get it out of your head.

Once you know your deepest wish you can base your life on intention rather than craving

Write. Write every day. Write honestly. Write something that doesn’t exist, and you wish did. Read. Learn. Study. Watch people. Listen to what they say, listen to how they say it and listen to what they do not say. Surprise yourself. Scare yourself.

Be careful what you wish for. I know that for a fact. Wishes are brutal, unforgiving things. They burn your tongue the moment they're spoken and you can never take them back.

My primary phone is the iPhone. I love the beauty of it. But I wish it did all the things my Android does, I really do.

I wish I was taller or curvier, but I'm happy with the way I look.

Our aspirations are our possibilities.