Quotes with wish-it

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  • William Shakespeare Children wish fathers looked but with their eyes; fathers that children with their judgment looked; and either may be wrong.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Bo Bennett Confusing the words wish, faith and pray with each other usually just results in a minor grammatical faux pas, but when any of these words, especially hope, is confused with action, the results are much more devastating.
    Bo Bennett
    American author (1972 - )
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  • Sigmund Freud Conscience is the internal perception of the rejection of a particular wish operating within us.
    Sigmund Freud
    Austrian psychiatrist (1856 - 1939)
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  • Samuel Butler Conscience is thoroughly well-bred and soon leaves off talking to those who do not wish to hear it.
    Samuel Butler
    English poet (1835 - 1902)
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  • John Ruskin Cursing is invoking the assistance of a spirit to help you inflict suffering. Swearing on the other hand, is invoking, only the witness of a spirit to an statement you wish to make.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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  • Seneca Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all.
    Seneca
    Roman philosopher, statesman and playwright (5 - 65)
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  • Auberon Herbert Deny human rights, and however little you may wish to do so, you will find yourself abjectly kneeling at the feet of that old-world god, Force.
    Auberon Herbert
    British writer, theorist, philosopher
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  • Caroline Knapp Desires collide; the wish to eat bumping up against the wish to be thin, the desire to indulge conflicting with the injunction to restrain. Small wonder food makes a woman nervous.
    Caroline Knapp
    American writer and columnist
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  • Samuel Johnson Difficult do you call it, Sir? I wish it were impossible.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Bryce Dallas Howard Do I wish I had never endured postpartum depression? Absolutely. But to deny the experience is to deny who I am.
    Bryce Dallas Howard
    American actress and filmmaker (1981 - )
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  • St. Francis de Sales Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
    St. Francis de Sales
    Bishop of Geneva and is honored as a saint in the Catholic Church (1567 - 1622)
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  • Blaise Pascal Do you wish people to think well of you? Don't speak well of yourself.
    Blaise Pascal
    French mathematician, physicist and philosopher (1623 - 1662)
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  • Augustus William Hare Do you wish to find out a person's weak points? Note the failings he has the quickest eye for in others. They may not be the very failings he is himself conscious of; but they will be their next-door neighbors. No man keeps such a jealous lookout as a rival.
    Augustus William Hare
    British writer (1792 - 1834)
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  • St. Augustine of Hippo Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.
    St. Augustine of Hippo
    Roman African Christian theologian and philosopher (354 - 430)
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  • Bill Hybels Don't let your prayers turn into a wish list for Santa Claus. Worship God and praise him when you come to him in prayer.
    Source: Too Busy Not to Pray
    Bill Hybels
    American church figure and author (1951 - )
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  • Barbara Billingsley Don't think your dreams don't come true, because they do. You'd better be careful what you wish for. And I truly and honestly - one day I am doing the 'Beaver' show and I said, 'This is the show I have always wanted to do.
    Barbara Billingsley
    American actor (1915 - 2010)
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  • Jim Rohn Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.
    Jim Rohn
    American entrepreneur, author and motivational speaker (1930 - 2009)
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  • Anne Morrow Lindbergh Don't wish me happiness - I don't expect to be happy it's gotten beyond that, somehow. Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor - I will need them all.
    Anne Morrow Lindbergh
    American Author (1906 - 2001)
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  • Sir James Matthew Barrie Dreams do come true, if we only wish hard enough, You can have anything in life if you will sacrifice everything else for it.
    Sir James Matthew Barrie
    British playwright (1860 - 1937)
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  • Robert E. Lee Duty is the sublimest word in the language. You can never do more than your duty. You should never wish to do less.
    Robert E. Lee
    American legeraanvoerder (1807 - 1870)
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