Between the wish and the thing life lies waiting. – Proverb
We would often be sorry if our wishes were granted. – Aesop
Stop the mindless wishing that things would be different. Rather than wasting time and emotional and spiritual energy in explaining why we dont have what we want, we can start to pursue other ways to get it. – Greg Anderson
A prayer in its simplest definition is merely a wish turned Godward. – Phillips Brooks
A man of the world must seem to be what he wishes to be thought. – Jean De La Bruyere
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
To do nothing evil is good; to wish nothing evil is better. – Claudius
DATOS LAW. Wishes expand in direct proportion to the resources available for their gratification. – Robert Dato
Beware what you set your heart upon. For it shall surely be yours. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
A man, when he wishes, is the master of his fate. – Jose Ferrer
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
If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles. – Benjamin Franklin
Industry need not wish. – Benjamin Franklin
We are never further from what we wish than when we believe that we have what we wished for. – Johann von Goethe
If wishes were fishes wed all be throwing nets. If wishes were horses wed all ride. – Doug Horton
Let us act on what we have, since we have not what we wish. – Cardinal J. Newman
My only wish is that my wishes be at rest. – Ruckett
The wishing gate opens into nothing. – C. H. (Charles Haddon) Spurgeon
Men try to run life according to their wishes; life runs itself according to necessity. – Jean Toomer
If wishes were horses then beggars would ride. – Source Unknown
