#wish

The difference between this waiting period and the wait that I had already been enduring was that I was no longer hoping that he would see me, wishing that he would work, or wondering if he would care. Instead, I knew that he would be at work in my marriage, and that somehow, someway, someday he would be glorified through our sufferings. ↗

— Tracie Miles

#god #hope #waiting #wish #marriage

‎I was cursed with the pessimism of both the Russians and the Jews two of the gloomiest tribes in the world. Still if there wasn't greatness in me maybe I had the talent to recognize it in others even in the most irritating others. ↗

— David Benioff

#history #inspirational #jewish #jews #pessimism

Face reality as it is, not as it was or as you wish it to be. ↗

— Jack Welch

#face reality #reality #wish #you

Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be. ↗

— Thomas a Kempis

#angry #cannot #make #others #since

Withhold a smile only when the smile can hurt someone. Otherwise, let it bloom forth in a riot. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#harm #kindness #mercy #smile #smiling

Many working mothers feel guilty about not being at home. And when they are there, they wish it could be perfect. This pressure to make every minute happy puts working parents in a bind when it comes to setting limits and modifying behavior. ↗

— Cathy Rindner Tempelsman

#behavior #being #bind #comes #could

There's a part of me that wishes I'd never said one single solitary word on any subject publicly. Then I could have been the tortured poet, and there's so much mileage in that. But it's too late to stop now. ↗

— Richard Thompson

#been #could #i #late #me

I believe the things that happened to me as a child scarred me terribly, and I wish somebody would have helped me with some of the things that happened. ↗

— Scott Thompson

#child #happened #helped #i #i believe

We have some Jewish members of Congress, not a lot but there's a bunch of us. ↗

— Gary Ackerman

#congress #jewish #lot #members #some

Usually, those persons closest to the incoming President will be the main leaders of the Transition effort. They are most familiar with his policies and practices, and are able to interpret his wishes regarding the structure and staffing of the new Administration. ↗

— Richard V. Allen

#administration #closest #effort #familiar #his