Wishes Quotes

It may be said without qualification that every man is as holy and as full of the Spirit as he wants to be. He may not be as full as he wishes he were, but he is most certainly as full as he wants to be.

~ A.w. Tozer

Life is not what you wish it to be , rather it’s what you make it.

~ Steven Redhead

You will find what you look for.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

The whole thing could have been uncomfortable if all your wishes were to be drowned in to the sea or passed through a heart of a lion that shed not the innocent blood.

~ Auliq Ice

Never wish to be somebody. You never know what they are made up of.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

He reads histories and mythologies and fairy tales, wondering why it seems that only girls are ever swept away from their mundane lives on farms by knights or princes or wolves. It strikes him as unfair to not have the same fanciful opportunity himself. And he is not in the position to do any rescuing of his own.During the hours spent watching the sheep as they wander aimlessly around their fields, he even wishes that someone would come and take him away, but wishes on sheep appear to work to better than wishes on stars.

~ Erin Morgenstern

For that thought to be strong, however, it must be free of doubt, for doubt weakens the will, weakens the response of the universe, and slows the manifestation of desire.

~ Stephen Richards

My shooting star wish would truthfully be to never leave your side. To be the one who will be there to encourage you in all your hopes and dreams. Be there if you fail so I can pick you back up and never let anything bad happen to you again.

~ Christina Marie Morales

What do you know?”“Almost everything. That almost part can be a real kick in the teeth sometimes.”“What do you want, then?”“What I can’t have.” Wit turned to him, eyes solemn. “Same as everyone else, Kaladin Stormblessed.

~ Brandon Sanderson

Whenever I saw a sunset, I would quietly make my secret wish right before the sun tucked under the western horizon and disappeared. It would seem as if the sun had taken my wish with it. I'd make it right before the last speck of light vanished.

~ Michael Jackson

I wish to be washed clean of my old life. To let go of my tide of sorrows and find my way to a new shore.

~ William Joyce

But those coins are wishes! You’re stealing other people’s wishes!”The look Matteo gave her was so flinty, she could have chipped a tooth on it. “If you have money to waste on wishes, you don’t need the wishes as badly as I need the money.

~ Katherine Rundell

Times are not what they were, and we cannot be, either. If you sit and wish for what you want, you may not see it this side of the grave.

~ Robert Jordan

What you don't wish for will always be beyond your reach.

~ Michael Ende

I wish I were a rock,' he said, and he became a rock.

~ William Steig

He looked upon this verdant, blossoming spring, a spring Joanna would never see, he looked upon a field of brilliant blue flowers- the bluebells Joanna had so loved- and at that moment he'd willingly have bartered all his tomorrows for but one yesterday.

~ Sharon Kay Penman

The subjects range from the pastoral (sniffing of the butt of a melon to tell if it's ripe. and almost romantically lush descriptions of lightening storms sweeping across fields on summer nights) to elaborations on the value of man's having a life of his own, apart from whatever life he has with his family, a private life that no one knows anything about, a place he can be himself without concern of disappointment or rejection.

~ A.m. Homes

Wondered to see, these luscious Flowers'' ''Blossoming everywhere, like drops of Shower'' ''WISH! My ecstasy would has that Power'' ''Days come true! those for me, are so Far'' ~Samar Sudha

~ Samar Sudha

Haven't you ever wanted something you couldn't have?

~ Tracy Guzeman

You must return to the fairy cave while children sleep. Fairies only exist if children believe in Fairyland. If you return after they wake from their dreams, you could remain frozen between two worlds for all eternity.

~ Caz Greenham

If a fairy makes a wish to leave the fairy cave, she must return to the cave every year and always on her birthday to live as a tiny fairy on that day. If she fails to obey the Fairy Queen’s Rules, she’ll turn to fairy dust, forever.

~ Caz Greenham

There is a very good organization called Make a Wish Foundation that helps make a dying child's wishes come true. People go out of their way and work together to create an unbelievable lasting memory for a deserving person. What just dawned on me was:Why do we wait until someone is dying in order to do that?We have the opportunity to do this everyday for many, many, many people over our lifetime. It doesn't have to be a really big wish, small wishes add up fast.Imagine how much better the world would be if we all granted each other small wishes that came true every day. Find someone today and implement the Make a Wish concept in your life.Watch what happens.

~ Johna Passaro

Lily knew then that Sheen was right. She would have a horse one day, but not for a long time. When she did, she would have control over what she could and could not have, although maybe she could right now, to an extent. She might not be able to have a horse, but she could choose to have Sheen as a friend, if he was willing to be her friend.

~ Jesse Haubert

Regardless of how far we have come, we are still looking for answers. While many are being answered, what we really want to know is how we can make our lives better.

~ Stephen Richards

Every night I used to pray that I’d find my people, and finally I did on the open road.We had nothing to lose, nothing to gain, nothing we desired anymore, except to make our lives into a work of art.

~ Lana Del Rey

I know women are supposed to stand on their own and all. I get that. But every once in a while it doesn't hurt to wish for a fairy godmother, a little magic, and a happy ending.

~ Jennifer Salvato Doktorski

Sometimes, I think we're afraid to admit we want certain things. Especially things that contradict the image we have of ourselves.

~ Debbie Macomber

...a dream isn't a wish - it's an altered state of consciousness ...

~ John Geddes

[T]he whole point is the wishing and remembering--not if what you want happens, not if remembering hurts. Because when you wish for something, you're askin. And when you ask, you're trying. And all anyone can do really is try, right?

~ Melissa Senate

What can a fallen star wish for, but it fulfills other's wishes, is it not?

~ Aporva Kala

My first rule of war, Cat-never give the enemy his wish

~ George R.r. Martin

But when you're in second grade, you don't yet know the meaning of impossible

~ Adina Rishe Gewirtz

we wish you everything you wish yourself' Jurgen said.'What do you wish yourself?' Birgit asked.I felt silly 'I don't really have any specific wishes''a new old man perhaps?' Juliet said playfully'but please, not just any old man!' I said.'of course not just any old man! The man with whom it'll all be different.

~ Eva Heller

If I had one wish, it would be for self-drying pants. Wait -- no! Unlimited wishes! How do I return these stupid pants?!

~ Stephen Colbert

If he had to wish, what would he wish for, he asked himself. What was there to wish for... a wish asked for the unattainable. The impossible.

~ Dalene Matthee

The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds.

~ Will Durant

Hope and wishes for all that delights will sour in the midst of action not taken and words unsaid.

~ Maximillian Degenerez

As an overruling providence may succeed our wishes, let us rear an offspring in every respect worthy to fill the most illustrious stations of their predecessors.

~ Deborah Sampson

Economics is a subject that does not greatly respect one's wishes.

~ Nikita Khrushchev

When all of your wishes are granted, many of your dreams will be destroyed.

~ Marilyn Manson