#wish

These people are very unskilled in arms... with 50 men they could all be subjected and made to do all that one wished. ↗

— Christopher Columbus

#could #made #men #people #subjected

I sit on a man's back, choking him and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and wish to ease his lot by all possible means - except by getting off his back. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#assure #back #carry #choking #ease

As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

#deep #dominate #earth #kind #lives

We draw our Presidents from the people. It is a wholesome thing for them to return to the people. I came from them. I wish to be one of them again. ↗

— Calvin Coolidge

#came #draw #i #i came #i wish

I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement. ↗

— Calvin Coolidge

#enforcement #i #law #little #more

The professional world was much more unpleasant than I thought. I was always wishing I could get back that enthusiasm I had when I was doing shows at college. ↗

— Francis Ford Coppola

#back #college #could #doing #enthusiasm

Soon you won't even have the choice to live or die as you wish! ↗

— Billy Corgan

#die #even #live #soon #wish

Due to irresolvable personality conflicts as well as musical differences, I am permanently leaving the band Audioslave. I wish the other three members nothing but the best in all of their future endeavours. ↗

— Chris Cornell

#band #best #conflicts #differences #due

Mention Hubert Sumlin, as well, because Hubert's a great man, and again, you know, I don't play the guitar very good, but when I'm playing this kind of music, I always have him in my mind. I wish I could play like Hubert. ↗

— Elvis Costello

#always #because #could #good #great

If you wish to achieve worthwhile things in your personal and career life, you must become a worthwhile person in your own self-development. ↗

— Brian Tracy

#become #career #life #must #own