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

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.

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.

What you wish to others, God wishes to you.

Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first makes mad.

However many blessings we expect from God, His infinite liberality will always exceed all our wishes and our thoughts.

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.

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.

Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.

My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.

Exercise is done against one's wishes and maintained only because the alternative is worse.

Everyone wishes that the man whom he fears would perish.

Don't be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had missed.

I am sure my fellow-scientists will agree with me if I say that whatever we were able to achieve in our later years had its origin in the experiences of our youth and in the hopes and wishes which were formed before and during our time as students.

No wishes are silly, no dreams remain dreams, for those committed to clear and definitive goals.

When a child, my dreams rode on your wishes, I was your son, high on your horse, My mind a top whipped by the lashes Of your rhetoric, windy of course.

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.

When all of your wishes are granted, many of your dreams will be destroyed.

A person should design the way he makes a living around how he wishes to make a life.

The window in which it's acceptable to listen to Ella Fitzgerald's 1960 record 'Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas' is short, so I keep it in heavy rotation throughout the festive season.

One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority.

Facebook has gone from a nice-and-boring social network to becoming an identity layer of the web. It is where nearly a billion people are depositing the artifacts of civilization in the 21st century - photos, videos, and birthday wishes.

In the time of social media, I get lots of wishes. It's overwhelming! What makes the day most special is the love I get from my fans, who try to make the occasion extra special. Almost 50 days before my birthday, they have started making plans. In fact, I have been receiving letters, too.

Citizens, thank you for all your birthday wishes. I am 88 years old today and still lucky to live in the greatest city in the world.