#wishes

We believed that growth through Local Government, and perhaps through some special machinery for bringing the wishes and influence of women of all classes to bear on Parliament, other than the Parliamentary vote, was the real line of progress. ↗

— Mary A. Ward

#believed #bringing #classes #government #growth

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

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#every #maintain #must #superiority #tactics

Men try to run life according to their wishes; life runs itself according to necessity. ↗

— Jean Toomer

#itself #life #men #necessity #run

If wishes were fishes we'd all be throwing nets. If wishes were horses we'd all ride. ↗

— Douglas Horton

#horses #nets #ride #throwing #were

One of the great attractions of patriotism - it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able, vicariously, to bully and cheat. Bully and cheat, what's more, with a feeling that we are profoundly virtuous. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

#able #attractions #bully #cheat #feeling

Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble. ↗

— Joseph Addison

#become #devout #humble #people #plenty

He put in your heart certain wishes and plans; in my heart, he put other different desires. ↗

— Sitting Bull

#desires #different #heart #other #plans

If God wants us to do a thing, he should make his wishes sufficiently clear. Sensible people will wait till he has done this before paying much attention to him. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#before #clear #done #god #him

Where there is great love, there are always wishes. ↗

— Willa Cather

#always #great #great love #love #where

There is no doubt that now, more than ever, we must work to end our dependence on foreign oil sources. But we cannot do so by ignoring the wishes of the coastal communities that oppose drilling. ↗

— Elizabeth Dole

#coastal #communities #dependence #doubt #drilling