He who wishes to be a surgeon should go to war.
Usually, those persons closest to the incoming President will be the main leaders of the Transition effort. They are most familiar with his policies and practices, and are able to interpret his wishes regarding the structure and staffing of the new Administration.
We cannot disrespect the wishes of states.
Philosophy cannot be extinguished, though men will try. . . The spirit seeks the light, that is its nature. It wishes to return to its origin, and must forever try to reach enlightenment.
God wishes to be seen, wishes to be sought, wishes to be expected, and wishes to be trusted.
All adults who care about a baby will naturally be in competition for that baby. . . . Each adult wishes that he or she could do each job a bit more skillfully for the infant or small child than the other.
aim, n. The task we set our wishes to.
It is against womanhood to be forward in their own wishes.
The French are always reticent to surrender to the wishes of their friends and always more than willing to surrender to the wishes of their enemies.
If we're a family and your brother wishes you death, it's not a very happy family.
This I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected.
We often tend to think that the executive wishes to maintain standard, wishes to reach a certain quality of production, and that the worker has to be goaded in some way to do this. Again and again we forget that the worker is often, usually I think, equally interested, that his greatest pleasure in his work comes from the satisfaction of worthwhile accomplishment, of having done the best of which he was capable.
I made Man with too many faults. Yet I love him. And if he wishes, I have a home above for him.
If you live in the [Middle East] area, you see [U. S actions] as part of a continuing drive for dominance, and with it a kind of obduracy, a stubborn opposition to the wishes and desires and aspirations of the people there.
Whoever wishes to be a Christian, let him pluck out the eyes of his reason.
There is one characteristic of the present direction of public opinion, peculiarly calculated to make it intolerant of any marked demonstration of individuality. The general average of mankind are not only moderate in intellect, but also moderate in inclinations: they have no tastes or wishes strong enough to incline them to do anything unusual, and they consequently do not understand those who have, and class all such with the wild and intemperate whom they are accustomed to look down upon.
The future is sending back good wishes and waiting with open arms.
Love has the kind of power criticism only wishes it had.
In sleep, when fancy is let loose to play, Our dreams repeat the wishes of the day.
You are too generous to trifle with me. If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell me so at once. My affections and wishes are unchanged; but one word from you will silence me on this subject for ever.