We would often be sorry if our wishes were granted.
-- Aesop
620-560 BC, Greek Fabulist
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Stop the mindless wishing that things would be different. Rather than wasting time and emotional and spiritual energy in explaining why we don't have what we want, we can start to pursue other ways to get it.
-- Greg Anderson
American Author of ''The 22 Non-Negotiable Laws of Wellness''
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A prayer in its simplest definition is merely a wish turned Godward.
-- Phillips Brooks
1835-1893, American Minister, Poet
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A man of the world must seem to be what he wishes to be thought.
-- Jean De La Bruyère
1645-1696, French Classical Writer
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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
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To do nothing evil is good; to wish nothing evil is better.
-- Claudius
10 BC-AD 54, Roman Emperor
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DATO'S LAW. Wishes expand in direct proportion to the resources available for their gratification.
-- Robert Dato
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A wish is a desire without an attempt.
-- Farmer Digest
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