Welcome to the enchanting world of wishes quotes! Here, we delve into the magical realm of heartfelt desires, dreams, and aspirations, beautifully crafted into words that can inspire, console, and celebrate the power of hope and imagination. Wishes have the extraordinary ability to touch the deepest corners of our hearts, and they often find their most poignant expression through quotes. Whether you’re seeking the perfect words to convey your sentiments on a special occasion, searching for inspiration to lift your spirits, or simply in need of some eloquent phrases to adorn your messages and images, you’ve arrived at the right place.
On this page, you’ll discover a treasure trove of wishes quotes that span the spectrum of human emotions and experiences. These quotes capture the essence of what it means to dream, to hope, and to wish for a brighter future. Feel free to explore, take inspiration, and use these quotes to your heart’s content. You can copy them, overlay them onto captivating images, or enhance them with stylish fonts to make your wishes truly memorable. Let the journey through these quotes begin, and may your wishes find their wings and soar to new heights!
At the basis of a country’s immigration policy is the recognition that a country has the right to pursue its interests first, and whenever it wishes to be altruistic and humane, this is instantiated without ever risking the danger of its citizens and/or its cultural values. Gad Saad
A wise woman wishes to be no one’s enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone’s victim. Maya Angelou
Every proper exertion has been made and will be continued to carry out the wishes of Congress in relation to the tobacco trade, as indicated in the several resolutions of the House of Representatives and the legislation of the two branches. Martin Van Buren
The Citizenship Amendment Act is a historic law. It has fulfilled wishes of the Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi. Ram Nath Kovind
Were one merely to seek information, one should inquire of the man who hates, but if one wishes to know what truly is, one better ask the one who loves. Hermann Broch
Exercise is done against one’s wishes and maintained only because the alternative is worse. George A. Sheehan
Spain, must we some day tell Filipinas that thou hast no ear for her woes and that if she wishes to be saved she must redeem herself? Jose Rizal
Be slow to speak, and only after having first listened quietly, so that you may understand the meaning, leanings, and wishes of those who do speak. Thus you will better know when to speak and when to be silent. Saint Ignatius
Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old. Jonathan Swift
Man is free at the moment he wishes to be. Voltaire
All a man’s affairs become diseased when he wishes to cure evils by evils. Sophocles
No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a nice man who wishes that she were not. H. L. Mencken
Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty. John F. Kennedy
As a supporter of secularism, I am willing to accept same-sex weddings in a state-sanctioned register office, on grounds of equity. As a believer in Islam, however, I insist that no mosque be forced to hold one against its wishes. Mehdi Hasan
Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified. Samuel Johnson
The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear notion of the truth that the liar and deceiver wishes to hide. Hannah Arendt
Our inventions mirror our secret wishes. Lawrence Durrell
It’s so hard to know what to do when one wishes earnestly to do right. George Bernard Shaw
What you wish to others, God wishes to you. T. B. Joshua
We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified. Aesop
One must change one’s tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one’s superiority. Napoleon Bonaparte
Economics is a subject that does not greatly respect one’s wishes. Nikita Khrushchev
Over the years to come, one thing is for certain: if the monarchy wishes to stay relevant and in power, it will have to change more. Kate Williams
I think that public service is tough on a family – no ifs, ands, buts about it. I have my own personal wishes, but they’re not always front and center. Maria Shriver
Samuel Johnson called it the vanity of human wishes, and Buddhists talk about the endless cycle of desire. Social psychologists say we get trapped on a hedonic treadmill. What they all mean is that we wish, plan and work for things that we think will make us happy, but when we finally get them, we aren’t nearly as happy as we thought we’d be. Alison Gopnik
A reactionary is fixed on the past and wanting to return to it; a conservative wishes to adapt what is best in the past to the changing circumstances of the present. Roger Scruton
Great minds have purposes; others have wishes. Washington Irving
What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. Oscar Wilde
A tough lesson in life that one has to learn is that not everybody wishes you well. Dan Rather
Similarly, anyone who wishes to understand the mind of the sacred writers must first cleanse his own life, and approach the saints by copying their deeds. Athanasius
All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome. George Orwell
Discontent with this world gives such a painful longing to quit it that, if the heart finds comfort, it is solely from the thought that God wishes it to remain here in banishment. Saint Teresa of Avila
It is one of the most effective attitudes of the neurotic to measure thumbs down, so to speak, a real person by an ideal, since in doing so he can depreciate him as much as he wishes. Alfred Adler
Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first makes mad. Euripides
The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds. Will Durant
Hors d’oeuvres have always a pathetic interest for me; they remind me of one’s childhood that one goes through wondering what the next course is going to be like – and during the rest of the menu one wishes one had eaten more of the hors d’oeuvres. Hector Hugh Munro
I worked with Stanley Kubrick for almost a year back in 1990, trying to develop the screen story for his project ‘Artificial Intelligence,’ which is about a robot boy who wishes to become a real boy, a future scientific fairy tale inspired in the myth of Pinocchio. Ian Watson
America lives in the heart of every man everywhere who wishes to find a region where he will be free to work out his destiny as he chooses. Woodrow Wilson
Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible. Saint Augustine
He who receives money in trust to administer for the benefit of its owner, and uses it either for his own interest or against the wishes of its rightful owner, is a thief. Jose Marti
Gold is a treasure, and he who possesses it does all he wishes to in this world, and succeeds in helping souls into paradise. Christopher Columbus
I always make my decisions together with my family, my father. Of course, I hear the advice of everyone who wishes me well, but the final decision is always mine, with my family. Neymar
Begin noticing and being careful about keeping your imagination free of thoughts that you do not wish to materialize. Instead, initiate a practice of filling your creative thoughts to overflow with ideas and wishes that you fully intend to manifest. Honor your imaginings regardless of others seeing them as crazy or impossible. Wayne Dyer
The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather than charming, and seeks to be feared rather than loved. To this type belong many lunatics and most of the great men of history. Bertrand Russell
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
Everyone wishes to have truth on his side, but not everyone wishes to be on the side of truth. Richard Whately
Thank you to all for your prayers and good wishes. It gave me the strength to persevere and warmed my heart. Steven Cojocaru
In catering, you’re always changing; the client is always dictating to you in terms of their wishes. Carla Hall
I would never come out and say I was gay, because I’m not gay. And there’s part of me that kind of wishes I was gay, and I think that that comes from anybody who is constantly wishing they were in the minority, you know, and constantly wants to be kind of fighting everybody off, you know? Pete Wentz
The government of Puerto Rico has every right to hold a plebiscite, to consult the people of Puerto Rico regarding their wishes. But the truth is that for a change in the status of Puerto Rico to happen, you need both Congress and Puerto Rico agreeing to it. Pedro Pierluisi
If someone said to me that you can have three wishes, my first would have been to get into racing, my second to be in Formula 1, my third to drive for Ferrari. Gilles Villeneuve
You know that genie where you get three wishes? One that has never changed for me is I would like to sing, and move an audience through song. Henry Winkler
We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving, and we all have the power to make wishes come true, as long as we keep believing. Louisa May Alcott
He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command. Niccolo Machiavelli
To complete your daily mental hygiene, observe any part of you that is upset or anxious, and offer that part of yourself the following simple wishes: ‘May you be well. May you be happy. May you be free from suffering.’ Repeat this until you actually mean it. Martha Beck
People wish to be poets more than they wish to write poetry, and that’s a mistake. One should wish to celebrate more than one wishes to be celebrated. Lucille Clifton
Enmity means ‘hatred toward, hostility to, or a state of opposition.’ It is the power by which Satan wishes to reign over us. Ezra Taft Benson
Whoever wishes peace among peoples must fight statism. Ludwig von Mises
I wouldn’t go across the street to see a Bouguereau. His pictures look false; he does not get the truth of what he wishes to represent. His light is not outdoor light; his works are waxy and artificial. They are extremely near being frauds. Winslow Homer
My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. Aristotle
When you love someone all your saved up wishes start coming out. Elizabeth Bowen
By taking a second wife he pays the highest compliment to the first, by showing that she made him so happy as a married man, that he wishes to be so a second time. Samuel Johnson
All physical systems can be thought of as registering and processing information, and how one wishes to define computation will determine your view of what computation consists of. Seth Lloyd
We call ourselves a dog’s ‘master’ – but who ever dared to call himself the ‘master’ of a cat? We own a dog – he is with us as a slave and inferior because we wish him to be. But we entertain a cat – he adorns our hearth as a guest, fellow-lodger, and equal because he wishes to be there. H. P. Lovecraft
It is hard to contend against one’s heart’s desire; for whatever it wishes to have it buys at the cost of soul. Heraclitus
Stop the habit of wishful thinking and start the habit of thoughtful wishes. Mary Martin
One of the great attractions of patriotism – it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able, vicariously, to bully and cheat. Bully and cheat, what’s more, with a feeling that we are profoundly virtuous. Aldous Huxley
A man of the world must seem to be what he wishes to be thought. Jean de la Bruyere
Although one may fail to find happiness in theatrical life, one never wishes to give it up after having once tasted its fruits. Anna Pavlova
No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most of them wish they were the only one alive, and quite a number fondly believe their wish has been granted. W. H. Auden
God sometimes does try to the uttermost those whom he wishes to bless. Mahatma Gandhi
If the human race wishes to have a prolonged and indefinite period of material prosperity, they have only got to behave in a peaceful and helpful way toward one another. Winston Churchill
The euro currency both presupposes and promotes a fiction – that ‘Europe’ has somehow become, against the wishes of most Europeans, a political rather than a merely geographic expression. George Will
If wishes were fishes we’d all be throwing nets. If wishes were horses we’d all ride. Douglas Horton
The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him. Abraham Lincoln
Don’t be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had missed. Lily Tomlin
Destiny has two ways of crushing us – by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them. Henri Frederic Amiel
I am indeed rich, since my income is superior to my expenses, and my expense is equal to my wishes. Edward Gibbon
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
A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, – a mere heart of stone. Charles Darwin
I can only say that there is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do, to see a plan adopted for the abolition of it – but there is only one proper and effectual mode by which it can be accomplished, and that is by Legislative authority: and this, as far as my suffrage will go, shall never be wanting. George Washington
Man knows that the world is not made on a human scale; and he wishes that it were. Andre Malraux
I like to get one pair of shoes and wear them till they’re dirty. Besides, I don’t walk – I glide, like butter. Float like a vampire. I’m like Louis Vuitton, but smoother. He wishes he were like me. Kid Cudi
If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles. Benjamin Franklin
God cannot use you as He wishes until you come into the fullness of His Glory. Do not get alarmed, my friend, when doubts creep in. That is old Satan. Pray, pray, pray. George Washington Carver
The will is a beast of burden. If God mounts it, it wishes and goes as God wills; if Satan mounts it, it wishes and goes as Satan wills; Nor can it choose its rider… the riders contend for its possession. Martin Luther
When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a truce. Sun Tzu
If I correctly understand the goal of American policy, one wishes Russia to be a partner. Gerhard Schroder
The world is full of genies waiting to grant your wishes. Percy Ross
Agnes Darling, if such should be we never meet again, while firing my last shot, I will gently breathe the name of my wife – Agnes – and with wishes even for my enemies I will make the plunge and try to swim to the other shore. Wild Bill Hickok
A God Jar is anything you wish it to be, in which you can put your wishes, dreams, problems, prayers. You may want to think of it as a spiritual mailbox. Julia Cameron
He put in your heart certain wishes and plans; in my heart, he put other different desires. Sitting Bull
He who wishes to be rich in a day will be hanged in a year. Leonardo da Vinci
Where there is great love, there are always wishes. Willa Cather
My dad was a very quiet person, and unbelievably tough. But my grandmother gave me my first look at negative thinking to bring about positive results. When I was just a little guy, anytime I came to my grandmother and said I wish for this or that, Grandma would say, ‘If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.’ Bobby Knight
Good wishes alone will not ensure peace. Alfred Nobel
I am a Senator against my wishes and feelings, which I regret more than any other of my life. Andrew Jackson
A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true. Demosthenes
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
