Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes, Wish Quotes, Ships Quotes

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.

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There are women who are wishing that they were that piece of tape right now.

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Tags : Adam Savage Quotes , Wish Quotes , Tape Quotes

There is a natural limit to the success we wish our friends, even when we have spurred them on their way.

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Tags : Agnes Repplier Quotes , Envy Quotes , Wish Quotes

In a discussion of this kind our interest should be centered not on the weight of the authority but on the weight of the argument. Indeed the authority of those who set out to teach is often an impediment to those who wish to learn. They cease to use their own judgment and regard as gospel whatever is put forward by their chosen teacher.

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You look up when you wish to be exalted. And I look down because I am exalted.

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Tags : Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes , Wish Quotes , Looks Quotes

That politician who curries favor with the citizens and indulges them and fawns upon them and has a presentiment of their wishes, and is skillful in gratifying them, he is esteemed a great statesman.

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I 'gin to be aweary of the sun, And wish th' estate o' th' world were now undone.

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Tags : William Shakespeare Quotes , Wish Quotes , World Quotes

She knew that what Marianne and her mother conjectured one moment, they believed the next: that with them, to wish was to hope, and to hope was to expect.

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The Potemkin city of which I wish to speak here is none other than our dear Vienna herself.

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Tags : Adolf Loos Quotes , Cities Quotes , Wish Quotes

You know, obviously I wish the violence would go down, but not as much as the Iraqi citizens would wish the violence would go down. But, incredibly enough, they showed great courage, and they want our help.

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The best friend is he that, when he wishes a person's good, wishes it for that person's own sake.

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Tags : Aristotle Quotes , Wish Quotes , Sake Quotes

In the present circumstances, no one can afford to assume that someone else will solve their problems. Every individual has a responsibility to help guide our global family in the right direction. Good wishes are not sufficient; we must become actively engaged.

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Tags : Dalai Lama Quotes , Responsibility Quotes , Wish Quotes

You have, let us say, a promising politician, a rising artist that you wish to destroy. Dagger or bomb are archaic, clumsy and unreliable - but teach him, inoculate him with chess.

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Tags : H. G. Wells Quotes , Artist Quotes , Wish Quotes

I do not wish you to act from these truths; no, still and always act from your feelings; only meditate often on these truths that sometime or other they may become your feelings.

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Tags : Samuel Taylor Coleridge Quotes , Feelings Quotes , Wish Quotes

And grace that won who saw to wish her stay.

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I would advise him who wishes to imitate well, to look closely into life and manners, and thereby to learn to express them with truth.

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Tags : Horace Quotes , Imagination Quotes , Wish Quotes

It is just human nature to take time to connect the dots, I know that. But I also know that there can be a day of reckoning when you wish you had connected the dots more quickly.

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Tags : Al Gore Quotes , Wish Quotes , Dots Quotes

He who denies the existence of God, has some reason for wishing that God did not exist.

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Tags : Saint Augustine Quotes , Wish Quotes , Reason Quotes

Such is the strength of the burden of habit. Here I have the power to be but do not wish it. There I wish to be but lacks the power. On both grounds, I'm in misery.

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Tags : Saint Augustine Quotes , Wish Quotes , Misery Quotes

As you travel though life, offer good wishes to each being you meet.

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Tags : Gautama Buddha Quotes , Compassion Quotes , Wish Quotes