Best Wishes Quotes

• A little smile, a word of cheer, A bit of love from someone near, A little gift from one held dear, Best wishes for the coming year. These make a merry christmas!

  John Greenleaf Whittier

  Christmas, Cheer, Years

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• Do not seek to bring things to pass in accordance with your wishes, but wish for them as they are, and you will find them.

  Epictetus

  Wish, Ecstasy

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• A wise unselfishness is not a surrender of yourself to the wishes of anyone, but only to the best discoverable course of action.

  David Seabury

  Wise, Selfishness, Action

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• When you wish someone joy, you wish them peace, love, prosperity, happiness... all the good things.

  Maya Angelou

  Happiness, Laughter, Blessing

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  The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.

  Lucille Ball

  Happy Birthday, Beauty, Funny Birthday

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• May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house.

  George Carlin

  Funny, Sarcastic, Witty

  George Carlin (2002). “Napalm & Silly Putty”, Hyperion

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• For last year's words belong to last year's language And next year's words await another voice.

  T. S. Eliot

  Inspirational, New Year, New Beginnings

  T. S. Eliot (2014). “Complete Poems and Plays, 1909-1950”, p.150, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.

  Phyllis Diller

  Funny, Happiness, Smile

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• Fear not for the future, weep not for the past.

  Percy Bysshe Shelley

  Positive, Fear, Moving Forward

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• I just want you to be happy. If that’s with me or with someone else or with nobody. I just want you to be happy.

  John Green

  Happiness, Happy, Want

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• Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Mother, Perseverance, Men

  "Don Quixote de la Mancha". Book by Miguel de Cervantes, part II, book IV, chapter 38., 1605-1615.

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• If you believe in yourself, things are possible.

  Shannon MacMillan

  Motivational, Believe, Ifs

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• We're sending you best wishes
  And hope your day goes well
  And that you'll find some memories
  With stories you can tell
  Of how you had a marvelous time
  And those around you too
  With fun and lots of laughter
  And all this just for you..
  Have a Very Happy Birthday

  Janet Horne

  Birthday, Laughter, Fun

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• HUMORIST, n. A plague that would have softened down the hoar austerity of Pharaoh's heart and persuaded him to dismiss Israel with his best wishes, cat-quick.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Heart, Cat, Israel

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.114, University of Georgia Press

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• On your birthday . . . Have a cuppa, kick off your shoes, sit back and relax ? you deserve it! Best Wishes for a Very Relaxing Birthday.

  Margaret Jones

  Birthday, Shoes, Relax

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• I am honest; I try to be truthful. I like people and wish us well. We are not always deserving of our own best wishes.

  Nikki Giovanni

  People, Trying, Honest

  "It's No Secret - An interview with poet Nikki Giovanni". Interview with John Kryder, artvoice.com. April 3, 2008.

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• On the eve of my laying down office, with the inauguration of the Republic, I should like to tender my greetings and best wishes to the men and women of India who will henceforth be a citizen of a republic. I feel deeply thankful for the affection showered on me by all sections of the people, which alone enabled me to hear the burden of an office to the duties and conventions of which I had been an utter stranger.

  C. Rajagopalachari

  Men, People, Office

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• "I take my leave of you, Mr. Creakle, and all of you," said Mr. Mell, glancing round the room, and again patting me gently on the shoulders. "James Steerforth, the best wish I can leave you is that you may come to be ashamed of what you have done today. At present I would prefer to see you anything rather than a friend, to me, or to anyone in whom I feel an interest."

  Charles Dickens

  Character, Interesting, Done

  Charles Dickens (2015). “David Copperfield: Classic English Literature”, p.96, 谷月社

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• Here is the best wish for the new year: Let there be more freedom of thought throughout the world! Fields need rain; truths need freedom of thought!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  New Year, Freedom, Rain

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• Ronald Reagan just signed the new tax law. But I think he was in Hollywood too long. He signed it, 'Best wishes, Ronald Reagan.'

  Johnny Carson

  Thinking, Law, Long

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• God sometimes does try to the uttermost those whom he wishes to bless.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Adversity, Trying, Doe

  Mahatma Gandhi (1965). “Glorious Thoughts of Gandhi: Being a Treasury of about Ten Thousand Valuable and Inspiring Thougths of Mahatma Gandhi, Classified Under Four Hundred Subjects”

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• I'm suprised he doesn't send Christmas cards," Antonio said. "I can see them now. Tasteful, embossed veilum cards, the best he can steal. Little notes in perfect penmanship,"Happy holidays. Hope everyone is well. I sliced up Ethan Ritter in Miami and scattered his remains in the Atlantic. Best wishes for the new year. Karl.

  Kelley Armstrong

  New Year, Holiday, Years

  Kelley Armstrong (2012). “Werewolves: Book One: Bitten, Stolen and Beginnings”, p.131, Vintage Canada

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• Please receive in the name of the Spanish government and the people of Spain our warmest congratulations for your election as Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic Church and my best wishes for the Papacy which you begin today. [to Pope Benedict XVI]

  Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

  Congratulations, Government, Names

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• I am sure you will be guided right in your decision, to place implicit faith in his integrity and honesty. Best wishes from one who has known Richard longer than anyone else. His mother

  Hannah Milhous Nixon

  Mother, Honesty, Integrity

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• Best wishes for a great marathon. Be sure to savor it. The first marathon is something special. Run long and healthy.

  Amby Burfoot

  Running, Long, Healthy

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