Wishes, at least, are the easy pleasures of the poor.
The history of the American Negro is the history of this strife, - this longing to attain self-conscious manhood, to merge his double self into a better and truer self. In this merging he wishes neither of the older selves to be lost. . . He simply wishes to make it possible for a man to be both a Negro and an American.
In the United States, except for slaves, servants and the destitute fed by townships, everyone has the vote and this is an indirect contributor to law-making. Anyone wishing to attack the law is thus reduced to adopting one of two obvious courses: they must either change the nation's opinion or trample its wishes under foot.
Do not interrupt the flight of your soul; do not distress what is best in you; do not enfeeble your spirit with half wishes and half thoughts. Ask yourself and keep on asking until you find the answer, for one may have known something many times, acknowledged it; one may have willed something many times, attempted it - and yet, only the deep inner motion, only the heart's indescribable emotion, only that will convince you that what you have acknowledged belongs to you, that no power can take it from you - for only the truth that builds up is truth for you.
The three wishes of every man: to be healthy, to be rich by honest means, and to be beautiful.
Everyone can act. Everyone can improvise. Anyone who wishes to can play in the theatre.
Humility is the altar upon which God wishes that we should offer Him His sacrifices.
There are quite a lot of people asking for a painting so I'm not able to fulfil all their wishes. And this gives me a lot of freedom, because if I cannot please them at all I don't have to start to try.
As you travel though life, offer good wishes to each being you meet.
the right to marry whoever one wishes is an elementary human right. . . Even political rights, like the right to vote, and nearly all other rights enumerated in the Constitution, are secondary to the inalienable human rights to 'life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness' proclaimed in the Declaration of Independence; and to this category the right to home and marriage unquestionably belongs.
If a dog doesn't put you first where are you both? In what relation? A dog needs God. It lives by your glances, your wishes. It even shares your humor. This happens about the fifth year. If it doesn't happen you are only keeping an animal.
The sexual wishes in regard to the mother become more intense and the father is perceived as an obstacle to the; this gives rise to the Oedipus complex.
You cannot prevent a man getting drunk if he wishes to do so, but when he becomes a nuisance, then you interfere.
Whoever wishes to go down a long path, must learn that the first lesson is to overcome early disappointments.
There's a part of me that wishes I had gone to school and gotten a business degree, because I almost wonder if that wouldn't be more helpful than my theater degree, in some ways.
I reverence the individual who understands distinctly what he wishes; who unweariedly advances, who knows the means conducive to his object, and can seize and use them.
He who wishes to fight must first count the cost
It is easy to know when a government wishes for peace by observing the character of the person sent to negotiate for it.
It is my wish and the wishes of my people to live peaceably and quietly with you.
We must consult our means rather than our wishes.