Wish Quotes - Page 49
In idle wishes, fools supinely stay. Be there a will and wisdom finds a way.
George Crabbe, John Crabbe (1834). “The poetical works of the Rev. George Crabbe: in eight volumes”, p.247
I wish thee as much pleasure in the reading, as I had in the writing.
'Emblems' (1635) 'To the Reader'
When you love you wish to do things for. You wish to sacrifice for. You wish to serve.
Ernest Hemingway (2016). “A Farewell to Arms”, p.44, Hamilton Books
The origin of sorrow is this: to wish for something that does not come to pass.
Epictetus (1926). “Epictetus: the Discourses as reported by Arrian, the Manual, and fragments”
Cynthia Lord (2010). “Touch Blue”, p.151, Scholastic Inc.
Every driven person comes from a mountain of pain they wish to keep hidden.
Chris Colfer (2012). “The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell”, p.180, Hachette UK
Charles Wagner (2009). “The Simple Life”, p.18, The Floating Press
Brandon Sanderson (2011). “Mistborn Trilogy”, p.2065, Macmillan