Have you ever made a wish on a dandelion flower that has gone to seed, and then blew the tiny seed tufts into the breeze?
“Few wishes come true by themselves.” -June Smith
“Make a wish . . . then make it happen!” -Author Unknown
“We can do whatever we wish to do, provided our wish is strong enough. But the tremendous effort needed - one doesn’t always want to make it - does one? . . . But what else can be done? What’s the alternative? What do you want most to do? That’s what I have to keep asking myself, in the face of difficulties.” -Katherine Mansfield (Katherine Mansfield Beauchamp Murry (1888 - 1923))
Wishes
If wishes were horses,
beggars would ride.
If turnips were watches,
I’d wear one by my side.
If ‘ifs’ and ‘ands’
Were pots and pans,
There’d be no work
for tinkers’ hands!
by Author Unknown
“They told us not to wish in the first place, not to aspire, not to try; to be quiet, to play nice, to shoot low, and aspire not at all. They are always wrong. Follow your dreams. Make your wishes. Create the future. And above all, believe in yourself.” -J. Michael Straczynski
“A wish is a desire without an attempt.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in “Reader’s Digest”
“It is always wise to stop wishing for things long enough to enjoy the fragrance of those now flowering.” -Patricia Clafford (Mary ‘Patricia’ (Wise) Clafford (1900 - 1998))
“Wishes are the echo of a lazy will.” -Author Unknown
“Few wishes come true by themselves.” -June Smith
“Make a wish . . . then make it happen!” -Author Unknown
“We can do whatever we wish to do, provided our wish is strong enough. But the tremendous effort needed - one doesn’t always want to make it - does one? . . . But what else can be done? What’s the alternative? What do you want most to do? That’s what I have to keep asking myself, in the face of difficulties.” -Katherine Mansfield (Katherine Mansfield Beauchamp Murry (1888 - 1923))
Wishes
If wishes were horses,
beggars would ride.
If turnips were watches,
I’d wear one by my side.
If ‘ifs’ and ‘ands’
Were pots and pans,
There’d be no work
for tinkers’ hands!
by Author Unknown
“They told us not to wish in the first place, not to aspire, not to try; to be quiet, to play nice, to shoot low, and aspire not at all. They are always wrong. Follow your dreams. Make your wishes. Create the future. And above all, believe in yourself.” -J. Michael Straczynski
“A wish is a desire without an attempt.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in “Reader’s Digest”
“It is always wise to stop wishing for things long enough to enjoy the fragrance of those now flowering.” -Patricia Clafford (Mary ‘Patricia’ (Wise) Clafford (1900 - 1998))
“Wishes are the echo of a lazy will.” -Author Unknown
It’s your birthday . . . make a secret wish and blow out the candles! What did you wish for - wait, it’s a ‘secret’ wish, so you can’t tell anyone or it might not come true!
“Work will win when wishy washy wishing won’t.” -Thomas S. Monson (born 1927)
“Any Fish You Wish.” -Author Unknown: sign at Larry’s Fish House in the movie “The Flamingo Kid” (21 December 1984)
This one makes a net,
this one stands and wishes.
Would you like to make a bet -
which one gets the fishes?
-Author Unknown
“Stop saying, ‘I wish,’ and start saying, ‘I will.’” -Author Unknown
“You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Don’t let yourself indulge in vain wishes.” -Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941)
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Away with Wishing!
If wishing were being, we’d all be beautiful,
Healthy and wealthy, wise and dutiful;
If wishing were having - what pleasure untold;
With a heartful of joy and purseful of gold!
But wishes, alas! are but empty bubbles,
And the longing heart may teem with troubles,
So idle wishing is vain, forsooth
As the endless search for the fountain of youth.
But work that holds wealth may be had for the taking,
Though it may not bring health, ’tis a balm for heart-aching;
And study makes wise, and love, people say,
Gives the beauty that’s truest, which lasts for aye.
Then away with wishing; and ho! for labor!
And ho! for love - each one for his neighbor!
For a life of labor and study and love
Is the life that fits for the joy above.
by Emma C. Dowd (1851 - 1938)
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“Don’t wish for it . . . work for it!” -Author Unknown
“We will receive not what we idly wish for but what we justly earn. Our rewards will always be in exact proportion to our service.” -Earl Nightingale (1921 - 1989)
“You don’t get what you want in life just by wishing.” -Author Unknown
“Many of us spend half our time wishing for things we could have if we didn’t spend half our time wishing.” -Alexander Woollcott (Alexander Humphreys Woollcott (1887 - 1943))
“Work will win when wishy washy wishing won’t.” -Thomas S. Monson (born 1927)
“Any Fish You Wish.” -Author Unknown: sign at Larry’s Fish House in the movie “The Flamingo Kid” (21 December 1984)
This one makes a net,
this one stands and wishes.
Would you like to make a bet -
which one gets the fishes?
-Author Unknown
“Stop saying, ‘I wish,’ and start saying, ‘I will.’” -Author Unknown
“You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Don’t let yourself indulge in vain wishes.” -Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941)
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Away with Wishing!
If wishing were being, we’d all be beautiful,
Healthy and wealthy, wise and dutiful;
If wishing were having - what pleasure untold;
With a heartful of joy and purseful of gold!
But wishes, alas! are but empty bubbles,
And the longing heart may teem with troubles,
So idle wishing is vain, forsooth
As the endless search for the fountain of youth.
But work that holds wealth may be had for the taking,
Though it may not bring health, ’tis a balm for heart-aching;
And study makes wise, and love, people say,
Gives the beauty that’s truest, which lasts for aye.
Then away with wishing; and ho! for labor!
And ho! for love - each one for his neighbor!
For a life of labor and study and love
Is the life that fits for the joy above.
by Emma C. Dowd (1851 - 1938)
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“Don’t wish for it . . . work for it!” -Author Unknown
“We will receive not what we idly wish for but what we justly earn. Our rewards will always be in exact proportion to our service.” -Earl Nightingale (1921 - 1989)
“You don’t get what you want in life just by wishing.” -Author Unknown
“Many of us spend half our time wishing for things we could have if we didn’t spend half our time wishing.” -Alexander Woollcott (Alexander Humphreys Woollcott (1887 - 1943))
“We wish upon stars, coins tossed into fountains and wishing wells, birthday candles, wishbones, and dandelion tufts . . . perhaps it is time we placed our wishes upon hard work and made our dreams come true.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it, however.” -Richard Bach (Richard David Bach (born 1936)): “Illusions” (1977)
We are MFOL! . . . may your every good wish come true . . .
“You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it, however.” -Richard Bach (Richard David Bach (born 1936)): “Illusions” (1977)
We are MFOL! . . . may your every good wish come true . . .
