Top 82 Well Wish For Quotes
#1. He might as well wish for another thousand men, and maybe a dragon or three.
George R R Martin
#2. If I wish to be well in my mind, then I must write, and there is no cure for my ambition, and thank the Lord for that.
Sally O'Reilly
#3. I hope you end up caring about Bree as much as I do, though that's kind of a cruel wish. You know this: it doesn't end well for her. But at least you will know the whole story. And that no perspective is every really trivial.
Stephenie Meyer
#4. So first of all, I'm sorry for leaving you. I wish I could prove to you that I fought to stay.
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And finally Adelice, don't be sad for me. I'm free, and it is my sincerest wish that you will be as well.
Gennifer Albin
#5. For the people who ostensibly wish me well or are worried about my immortal soul, I say I take it kindly.
Christopher Hitchens
#6. It is better for us to see the destination we wish to reach, than the point of departure
Jules Verne
#7. Do not strive for things occurring to occur as you wish, but wish the things occurring as they occur, and you will flow well.
Epictetus
#8. What's "God"? Well, you know, when you want something really bad and you close your eyes and you wish for it? God's the guy that ignores you.
Steve Buscemi
#9. When planning misfortune for your friends, " he said, "be careful because it will come back to haunt you. You must always wish others well.
William Kamkwamba
#10. The moment he felt well enough to walk any distance, he was out of here and flying to someplace hot. Hopefully not hell.
Barbara Elsborg
#11. You say often you wish a library; here I gif you one; for between these two lids (he meant covers) is many books in one. Read him well, and he will help you much; for the study of character in this book will help you to read it in the world, and paint it with your pen.
Louisa May Alcott
#12. Our suffering, as well as our joy, shapes who we are and who we will become. We may wish for all of our trials to be taken away, but to do so would be a great disservice to our personal growth.
Callie Kanno
#13. Every day, every birthday candle I blow out, every penny I throw over my shoulder in a wishing well, every time my daughter says, 'Let's make a wish on a star,' there's one thing I wish for: wisdom.
Rene Russo
#14. Paradise is the heart of the people who speak well of you; who think fondly about you because of your exemplary life. Hell is is the heart of the people who curse you, who wish you were dead for your evil actions against them
Bangambiki Habyarimana
#15. Every day brings a ship, Every ship brings a word; Well for those who have no fear, Looking seaward well assured That the word the vessel brings Is the word they wish to hear.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
#16. Man's best friend is one who wishes well to the object of his wish for his sake, even if no one is to know of it.
Aristotle.
#17. Ian, man, I didna tell ye because I didna wish to lose you too. My brother was gone, and my father. I didna mean to lose my own heart's blood as well. For you are dearer to me even than home and family, love.'She cast a lopsided smile at Jamie. 'And that's saying quite a bit.
Diana Gabaldon
#18. The conservative may clamor against reform, but he might as well clamor against the centrifugal force. He sighs for the "good old times,"
he might as well wish the oak back into the acorn.
Edwin Hubbel Chapin
#19. As for thinking time versus writing time, well, that's up to you. But - and I wish it were otherwise - books don't get written by thinking about them, they get written by writing them. And that's when you make discoveries about what you're writing. That's when you get the happy accidents.
Neil Gaiman
#20. If you wish me well, do not stand pitying me, but lend me some succour as fast as you can; for pity is but cold comfort when one is up to the chin in water, and within a hair's breadth of starving or drowning.
Aesop
#21. It is foolish to wish for beauty. Sensible people never either desire it for themselves or care about it in others. If the mind be but well cultivated, and the heart well disposed, no one ever cares for the exterior.
Anne Bronte
#22. Our forces saved the remnants of the Jewish people of Europe for a new life and a new hope in the reborn land of Israel. Along with all men of good will, I salute the young state and wish it well.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
#23. I am for God, I am the lover of God, I am loved by God, I am the servant of God, I am the servant of the servant of God, and I am the well-wishing instrument of God's love towards every living being, with all humility. The emergence of that realization is the greatest attainment in life.
Radhanath Swami
#24. And I wish to thank you as well, Royce."
He was puzzled. "For what?"
"For reminding me that anyone, no matter what they've done, can find redemption if they seek it.
Michael J. Sullivan
#25. Those who wish to forget painful thoughts do well to absent themselves for a while from, the ties and objects that recall them; but we can be said only to fulfill our destiny in the place that gave us birth.
William Hazlitt
#26. By all means be selfish; the right way. Wish yourself well, labour at what is good for you. Destroy all that stands between you and happiness. Be all; love all; be happy; make happy. No happiness is greater.
Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
#27. I do really wish to destroy it!' cried Frodo. 'Or, well, to have it destroyed. I am not made for perilous quests. I wish I had never seen the Ring! Why did it come to me? Why was I chosen?
J.R.R. Tolkien
#28. But if one's dreams having to come true was the only referendum on whether they were beautiful, or worth dreaming, well then, no one would wish for anything. And that would be so much sadder.
David Rakoff
#29. It has never occurred to me to wish for empire or royalty, nor for the eminence of those high and commanding fortunes. My aim lies not in that direction; I love myself too well.
Michel De Montaigne
#30. Nor elves, nor fays, nor magic charm, Have pow'r, or will, to work us harm; For those who dare the truth to tell, Fays, elves, and fairies, wish them well.
Maria Edgeworth
#31. I myself, as well as Toyota, am not perfect. I, more than anyone, wish for our customers' cars to be safe.
Akio Toyoda
#32. The Church is not a monastery for the isolation of perfect people. It is more like a hospital provided for those who wish to get well.
Jeffrey R. Holland
#33. Even those who write against fame wish for the fame of having written well, and those who read their works desire the fame of having read them.
Blaise Pascal
#34. Damn you for killing my son. I wish you had died in the womb. Better I should have killed myself than ever given birth to a monster such as you. (Sin's Mother)
Thank you, Mother. As always, I will cherish your well wishes. (Sin)
Kinley MacGregor
#35. Anyone who wishes to combine domestic responsibilities and paid employment with the least stress and most enjoyment might start by pondering this paradox: the first step to better functioning is to stop blaming herself for not functioning well enough.
Faye J Crosby
#36. School-boy. The spectators thou regardest as on work-days they regard each other. For thee, then, it may be well to wish thyself behind a desk, over ruled ledgers, collecting tolls, and picking out reversions. Thou feelest not the co-operating, co-inspiring
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
#37. Those who wish their virtue to be advertised are not striving for virtue but for renown. Are you not willing to be just without being renowned? Nay, indeed you must often be just and be at the same time disgraced. And then, if you are wise, let ill repute, well won, be a delight. Farewell.
Seneca.
#38. Again, the opportunity has come to start off with our best. Make sure all the 365 pages of your book are worth the writing; as well publishing for.
Kaushal Yadav
#39. Katrina Kaif is doing very well for herself and I'd like to wish her a very Happy Birthday
Deepika Padukone
#41. The Sage's Wish: Like Sun, from the East, may you continue to rise, smile and shine.
Ogwo David Emenike
#42. I am very happy that I have great fans. What I can tell them is they must work on themselves; they should just have fun at what they do. I wish them well with everything, and if they really enjoy what they do, then I think they can go a long way. I will be rooting for them to achieve that.
Mesut Ozil
#43. People have forgotten what the human touch is, what it is to smile, for somebody to smile at them, somebody to recognize them, somebody to wish them well. The terrible thing is to be unwanted.
Mother Teresa
#44. Well, now I'm all jealous. I wish I had little voices in my head. Guess I'll just have to settle for people really being out to get me."
"Bitch," she said cordially.
"Bimbo.
Rachel Caine
#45. I wish anytime I went into a nice restaurant and asked for a table, they said, 'Well I'm sure you don't want one in the corner.'
Jennifer Grey
#46. Lou looked at Davis there praying like God was in his heart and home, while his family remained behind in rags and fear and would have starved except for the kindness of Louisa Cardinal. She could only shake her head.
David Baldacci
#47. General Musharraf needs my participation to give credibility to the electoral process, as well as to respect the fundamental right of all those who wish to vote for me.
Benazir Bhutto
#48. I wish you well and I hope it will be a huge hit, because that would be very good for me. And if, God forbid, it's a terrible flop, well that would be very good for me.
Jonathan Harris
#49. Isn't it strange, how one so afraid of contracting a fatal malady ... should so earnestly wish for death, as well?
Alan Brennert
#50. If the person of most consequence in the world has chosen to prefer us over all others, then we become accustomed to having what we wish for. Wasn't that the case with you, as well? How can we not feel that we are strong - people like you and me?
Elizabeth Gilbert
#51. Thank you again for coming with me, and rest you well. But, being who I am and what I am, I cannot find it in my heart to wish you pleasant dreams . . .
Stephen King
#52. It is futile to wish for a long life, and then to give so little care to living well.
Thomas A Kempis
#53. I'm sure there are people who are content to run errands and report for work on time and wait, with an enlivening eagerness, for the lunch bell. I wish them well. They have, however, never been the subjects of novels, and in all likelihood, will never be.
Michael Cunningham
#54. I really wish Hollywood would stop labeling movies, especially movies with predominantly black casts. Then, it makes others feel like, "Oh, well, that's not for me." At the end of the day, everybody understands love, loss, pain and heartbreak. That's not a color.
Taraji P. Henson
#55. It's easy to wish for health when you're sick. When you're doing well, you need just as much vigilance.
Kamal Ravikant
#56. I wish to make my fortune with you.' 'Well, you can forget about that, for a start,' said Francis Crawford. 'And if your place in Paradise has been written, then for God's sake hang on to it. Because we're going in the opposite direction.
Dorothy Dunnett
#57. If someone has harmed you, don't wish them ill
wish for them to gain clarity! Hope that they will soon be able to fully see the pain they have caused you, as well as new ways of being and doing.
Karen Salmansohn
#58. But there is something delusional nonetheless in his optimistic certainty that human beings will wish to choose altruistic values without invoking transcendent principles. They may do so; but they may also wish to build death camps, and may very well choose to do that instead. For
David Bentley Hart
#59. Love yourself enough to give what matters every chance of working by communicating as well as you possibly can, and trying for as long as you wish.
Jay Woodman
#60. Wish not for treasure you can hold,
No gleaming jewels, bright and cold,
For finer still than pearl or gold,
The treasure of a tale well told ...
Brian Holguin
#61. And I mean to hear ye groan like that again. And to moan and sob, even though you dinna wish to, for ye canna help it. I mean to make you sigh as though your heart would break, and scream with the wanting, and at last to cry out in my arms, and I shall know that I've served ye well.
Diana Gabaldon
#62. Let us all so live as we shall wish we had lived when we come to die; for that only is well, that ends well.
Benjamin Whichcote
#63. Imagining the gods could hear him, Mycaela murmured to the well, "I wish I could find a man who'd take me away forever." He laughed softly. "But there are no stories about princes who wish for princes.
Ash Gray
#64. I've always been criticised for how filthy my material is. Victoria Wood said to me once, 'I wish I was a bit ruder, like you,' and I said, 'Well, I wish I was a bit cleaner, like you.'
Jo Brand
#65. As much as we might wish, none of us will be able to go through life without some kind of suffering. That's why it's crucial for us to learn to suffer well.
Emily Esfahani Smith
#66. It appears to me that those who rely simply on the weight of authority to prove any assertion, without searching out the arguments to support it, act absurdly. I wish to question freely and to answer freely without any sort of adulation. That well becomes any who are sincere in the search for truth.
Vincenzo Galilei
#67. There is a ripeness of time for death,
regarding others as well as ourselves, when it is reasonable we should drop off, and make room for
another growth. When we have lived our generation out, we should not wish to encroach on another.
Thomas Jefferson
#68. All your desires, whatever they may be, are expressions of your longing for happiness. Basically, you wish yourself well.
Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
#69. Our usefulness and happiness depend upon us living near to God, for you well know that God alone can make us useful and happy. If we wish to grow in grace, we must read the Bible much and pray much; and not only read and pray, but act. - Samuel Pond (Sr.)
Samuel William Pond
#70. Cannot you conceive that another man may wish well to the world and struggle for its good on some other plan than precisely that which you have laid down?
Nathaniel Hawthorne
#71. It's not just politicians. Any spokesman for a vested interest is well schooled in how to say what it is they wish to say, which may bear no relation at all to what you've asked them.
Jeremy Paxman
#72. Be satisfied, and pleased with what thou art, Act cheerfully and well thou allotted part; Enjoy the present hour, be thankful for the past, And neither fear, nor wish, the approaches of the last.
Martial
#73. I wish," said Dr Perholt to the djinn, "I wish you would love me."
"You honor me," said the djinn, "and maybe you have wasted your wish, for it may well be that love would have happened anyway, since we are together, and sharing our life stories, as lovers do.
A.S. Byatt
#74. I do wish that I had gone to college, just for the simple fact that knowing more than one approach makes you more well-rounded. But I still can't say knowing what I know now, that I would have done it any differently.
Meagan Good
#75. Here is my wish and my desire and my pledge as well: that we remember our true nature and our womanhood. That we own and know that we are more than our bodies and yet our bodies are these sacred, beautiful, rhythmic houses for us.
Tracee Ellis Ross
#76. I do not much wish well to discoveries, for I am always afraid they will end in conquest and robbery.
Samuel Johnson
#77. I have respect for my fellow journalists at the other networks, and I wish them all well. This is a tough business, so good for them.
Megyn Kelly
#78. I wish I had a talent for dropping things as well as taking on new ones. It gets to be quite a clutter after a while.
Joshua Lederberg
#79. If you see yourself in everyone and everything, you will naturally strive for win/win scenarios in all aspects of life. If you wish well for others, you are manifesting success for your broader self.
Russell Anthony Gibbs
#80. Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other qua good, and they are good in themselves.
Aristotle.
#81. Well... I say that but what I really wish for, is this peacefully insignificant days, could just continue on forever.
Inio Asano
#82. Cause I might be naked and lonely Shaking branches for bones But I'm still time zones away From who I was the day before we met You were the first mile Where my heart broke a sweat And I wish you were here I wish you'd never left But mostly I wish you well I wish you my very very best.
Andrea Gibson