Men try to run life according to their wishes; life runs itself according to necessity. – Jean Toomer Category: Wish, Wishes, Wishing
A prayer in its simplest definition is merely a wish turned Godward. – Phillips Brooks Category: Wish, Wishes, Wishing
To him was given the duty and responsibility of making that great classic of liberty, the Declaration of Independence, no longer an empty promise, but a glorious fulfillment. – William McKinley Category: Presidents Day
We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy. – Arthur Ashe Category: Friendship
We are the products of editing, rather than authorship. – George Wald, “The Origin of Optical Activity,” Annals of the New York Academy of Category: Self-Discovery