Quotes About Wishes Not Coming True

#1. Wishes on their way to coming true will not be rushed.

Arnold Lobel

#2. As my nostrils filled with the stench of burnt hair and my friends scurried to clean up the mess, I thought, 'If your hair catches on fire while you're making a wish, does that mean it isn't coming true?

Sarah Thebarge

#3. My advice is very simple: if you can win a small battle, it gives you confidence in the political process to take on bigger battles, and so it is very much a bottom-up grass-roots way of doing politics.

David Miliband

#4. We grow to deserve what we need to believe ...
Since I've known you
I've been careful not to pray out loud
Wishes have a way of coming true when you least expect ...

Merrit Malloy

#5. God will only give you what you would have asked for if you knew everything he knows

Timothy Keller

#6. I don't believe in wishes coming true. But if I do, what would I wish for? Normally I have such willpower. Like a dieter resisting a cookie, I don't even let myself go there. But for the briefest second, I do.

Gayle Forman

#7. Cuteness in code often appears in the form of colloquialisms or slang. For example, don't use the name whack() to mean kill(). Don't tell little culture-dependent jokes like eatMyShorts() to mean abort().
Say what you mean. Mean what you say.

Robert C. Martin

#8. It was a night of impossible things, and he fought to stay awake, to be conscious and alert for as long as possible, to enjoy and repeat to himself everything that had happened to him, a lifetime's worth of wishes coming true in a few brief hours.

Hanya Yanagihara

#9. Mistakes are joyful, truth infernal.

Albert Camus

#10. We want to be seen for who we really are, and each person has his own complex story and reasons for doing what they do.

Annette Bening

#11. I'm not sure why the saying goes ... "be careful what you wish for" ... it should be, "prepare yourself for your wishes". We need to know ahead of time to prepare for what we wish for, so that when our wishes come true, we don't regret the wish or have them turn into nightmares.

C. Nzingha Smith

#12. Replace your pursuit of success with the pursuit of contribution.

Peter Drucker

#13. Focus your mind on love, peace and harmony.
It will vanish fear, doubt and disharmony.

Debasish Mridha

#14. All your secret wishes could right now be coming true.

Elliott Smith

#15. Dreams are possibilities, cherish your dreams.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#16. It wasn't my most fashionable dress, but anyone who called for me at nine o-clock in the bloody morning would have to take what he was given.

Alyxandra Harvey