Wish Quotes

• Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.

  Washington Irving

  Inspirational, Positive, Meaningful

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  Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.

  Jim Rohn

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Apr 12, 2016

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• Be as you wish to seem.

  Socrates

  Inspirational, Integrity, Hypocrisy

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  It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Love, Motivational, Family

  Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (2003). “The Power of Positive Thinking: 10 Traits for Maximum Results”, p.38, Simon and Schuster

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• The wish for healing has always been half of health.

  Seneca the Younger

  Inspiration, Healing, Health

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• If you wish others to believe in you, you must first convince them that you believe in them.

  Harvey Mackay

  Inspirational, Believe, Inspire

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• Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

  Erica Jong

  Funny, Being Strong, Spiritual

  FaceBook post by Erica Jong from Oct 02, 2015

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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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  Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.

  Plato

  Love, Romantic, Song

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• To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Thinking, Hiking, Mind

  Henry David Thoreau (2006). “Thoreau and the Art of Life: Precepts and Principles”, p.27, Heron Dance Press

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• You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well.

  Lewis B. Smedes

  Forgiveness, Hurt, Forgiving

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• If you wish to advance into the infinite, explore the finite in all directions.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Infinite, Exploration, Brainstorming

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1964). “Goethe : [selected Verse]”

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• Somewhere inside, we hear a voice. It leads us in the direction of the person we wish to become. But it is up to us whether or not to follow.

  Pat Tillman

  Military, Voice, Hearing

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• To do nothing evil is good; to wish nothing evil is better.

  Claudius

  Evil

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• Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.

  Napoleon Hill

  Inspirational, Success, Dream

  "The Law of Success". Book by Napoleon Hill, 1928.

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• I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.

  Simone de Beauvoir

  Inspirational, Freedom, 4th Of July

  "Le sang des autres (The Blood of Others)". Book by Simone de Beauvoir, 1945.

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• Love others as you would love yourself, judge others as you would judge yourself, cherish others as you would cherish yourself. When you wish for others as you wish for yourself and when you protect others as you would protect yourself, that's when you can say it's true love.

  Confucius

  True Love, Love You, Judging

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• Don't wish for less challenges, wish for more wisdom.

  John Earl Shoaff

  Challenges

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• A wish is a desire without energy

  Paramahansa Yogananda

  Achievement, Desire, Energy

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• I heard a definition once: Happiness is health and a short memory! I wish I'd invented it, because it is very true.

  Audrey Hepburn

  Happiness, Inspiring, Memories

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• My mother taught me about the power of inspiration and courage, and she did it with a strength and a passion that I wish could be bottled.

  Carly Fiorina

  Mother, Courage, Inspiration

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• I wish I had invented blue jeans. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes.

  Yves Saint Laurent

  Fashion, Sex, Blue Dress

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Be The Peace You Wish To See In The World!

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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