"He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing."

Sallust | Hatred | 6 bookmarks

"A wish is a desire without an attempt."

Digest, Farmer | Wish and Wishing | 1 bookmarks

"Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes."

Proverb, Chinese | Will and Will Power | 2 bookmarks

"Things don't change, but by and by our wishes change."

Proust, Marcel | Change | 5 bookmarks

"Bore -- a person who talks when you wish him to listen."

Bierce, Ambrose | Bores and Boredom | 3 bookmarks

"It is part of the cure to wish to be cured."

Seneca | Remedies | 1 bookmarks

"Great minds have purposes; others have wishes."

Irving, Washington | Purpose | 4 bookmarks

"Progress is the injustice each generation commits with regard to its predecessors."

Cioran, E. M. | Injustice | 4 bookmarks

"Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance."

Vonnegut Jr., Kurt | Character | 2 bookmarks

"Patience is not active; on the contrary, it is active; it is concentrated strength."

Bulwer-Lytton, Edward G. | Patience | 4 bookmarks