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Wishing the constant hectic of the fool.
The apparently irreconcilable dissimilarity between our wishes and our means, between our hearts and this world, remains a riddle.
In respect the man who knows distinctly what he wishes. The greater part pf all the mischief in the world arises from the fact that men do not sufficiently understand their own aims. They have undertaken to build a tower, and spend no more labor on the foundation than would be necessary to erect a hut.
Wishes run over in loquacious impotence; will presses on with laconic energy.
Every wish is like a prayer with God.
It is a fearful mistake to believe that because our wishes are not accomplished they can do no harm.
Wishes are, at least, the easy pleasures of the poor.
To a resolute mind, wishing to do is the first step toward doing. But if we do not wish to do a thing it becomes impossible.
It is probable that God punishes the wrong wish as truly as he does the actual performance; for what is performance but a wish perfected with power; and what is a wish but a desire wanting opportunity of action; a desire sticking in the birth, and miscarrying for lack of strength and favorable circumstances to bring it into the world.
There is nothing more properly the language of the heart than a wish. It is the thirst and egress of it, after some wanted, but desired object.
I could write down twenty cases wherein I wished that God had done otherwise than he did, but which I now see, if I had my own way, would have led to extensive mischief.
Happy the man who early learns the wide chasm that lies between his wishes and his powers!.
Wishes are the parents of large families, but the children are generally inefficient and useless. They are the source of idle and vain dreams, and of air castles which have no solid foundation. The idle wish sends one on a vain journey from which he gains nothing but mental emptiness and discontent with his lot, and it may be, some rebukes of conscience, if it is sharp enough to see his folly.
What we ardently wish we soon believe.
Men’s thoughts are much according to their inclination.
Why wish for more? Wishing of all employments is the worst.
Our wishes are the true touchstone of our estate; such as we wish to be we are. Worldly hearts affect earthly things; spiritual, divine. We cannot better know what we are than by what we would be.
Young.
The apparently irreconcilable dissimilarity between our wishes and our means, between our hearts and this world, remains a riddle.
Richter.
In respect the man who knows distinctly what he wishes. The greater part pf all the mischief in the world arises from the fact that men do not sufficiently understand their own aims. They have undertaken to build a tower, and spend no more labor on the foundation than would be necessary to erect a hut.
Goethe.
Wishes run over in loquacious impotence; will presses on with laconic energy.
Lavater.
Every wish is like a prayer with God.
E.B.Browning.
It is a fearful mistake to believe that because our wishes are not accomplished they can do no harm.
Gertrude.
Wishes are, at least, the easy pleasures of the poor.
To a resolute mind, wishing to do is the first step toward doing. But if we do not wish to do a thing it becomes impossible.
It is probable that God punishes the wrong wish as truly as he does the actual performance; for what is performance but a wish perfected with power; and what is a wish but a desire wanting opportunity of action; a desire sticking in the birth, and miscarrying for lack of strength and favorable circumstances to bring it into the world.
South.
There is nothing more properly the language of the heart than a wish. It is the thirst and egress of it, after some wanted, but desired object.
South.
I could write down twenty cases wherein I wished that God had done otherwise than he did, but which I now see, if I had my own way, would have led to extensive mischief.
Cecil.
Happy the man who early learns the wide chasm that lies between his wishes and his powers!.
Geothe.
Wishes are the parents of large families, but the children are generally inefficient and useless. They are the source of idle and vain dreams, and of air castles which have no solid foundation. The idle wish sends one on a vain journey from which he gains nothing but mental emptiness and discontent with his lot, and it may be, some rebukes of conscience, if it is sharp enough to see his folly.
Anon.
What we ardently wish we soon believe.
Young.
Men’s thoughts are much according to their inclination.
Bacon.
Why wish for more? Wishing of all employments is the worst.
Young.
Our wishes are the true touchstone of our estate; such as we wish to be we are. Worldly hearts affect earthly things; spiritual, divine. We cannot better know what we are than by what we would be.
Bp.Hall.
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