#wish

You must be the change you wish to see in the world. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

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Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order. ↗

— John Adams

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If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius. ↗

— Joseph Addison

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Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble. ↗

— Joseph Addison

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Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible. ↗

— Saint Augustine

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The news of the open military help to Franco from Hitler and Mussolini, and the heroic resistance of the people of Madrid, Barcelona and the big cities fired a widespread wish to help the Republic and its people. ↗

— Bill Alexander

#big #big cities #cities #fired #franco

I wish to Christ I could make up a really great lie. Sometimes, after an interview, I say to myself, 'Man, you were so honest - can't you have some fun? Can't you do some really down and dirty lying?' But the puritan in me thinks that if I tell a lie, I'll be punished. ↗

— Willem Dafoe

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He who has no wish to be happier is the happiest of men. ↗

— William R. Alger

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I wish they'd shut the gates, and let us play ball with no press and no fans. ↗

— Richie Allen

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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

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