#wishes

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. ↗

— Martin Luther

#burden #choose #contend #god #goes

Man knows that the world is not made on a human scale; and he wishes that it were. ↗

— Andre Malraux

#knows #made #man #scale #were

He who receives money in trust to administer for the benefit of its owner, and uses it either for his own interest or against the wishes of its rightful owner, is a thief. ↗

— Jose Marti

#against #benefit #either #his #interest

If a lecturer, he wishes to be heard; if a writer, to be read. He always hopes for a public beyond that of the long-suffering wife. ↗

— Samuel E. Morison

#beyond #heard #hopes #lecturer #public

Under current law volunteers who are not working with an official nonprofit organization are not covered by the Volunteer Protection Act. Therefore, there are absolutely no legal protections for the average American who wishes to volunteer. ↗

— Jon Porter

#act #american #average #average american #covered

A tough lesson in life that one has to learn is that not everybody wishes you well. ↗

— Dan Rather

#learn #lesson #life #tough #well

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#live #living #others #selfishness #wishes

Economics is a subject that does not greatly respect one's wishes. ↗

— Nikita Khrushchev

#economics #greatly #respect #subject #wishes

I am your fairy tale. Your dream. Your wishes and desires, and I am your thirst and your hunger and your food and your drink. ↗

— Klaus Kinski

#desires #dream #drink #fairy #fairy tale

I am not unaware of the saying that more tears have been shed over wishes granted than wishes denied. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#been #denied #granted #i #i am