“Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments; any enlargement of wishes is therefore equally destructive to happiness with the diminution of possession, and he that teaches another to long for what he never shall obtain is no less an enemy to his quiet than if he had robbed him of part of his patrimony” IfsMenLongDesireWishPoorEnemyTeachRichQuietPossessionEvery ManEnjoymentProportionDestructiveConsumerismOverconsumptionRich Or PoorEnlargementPatrimony Book:Works: With an Essay on His Life and Genius Source: Works: With an Essay on His Life and Genius
“Every man wishes to pursue his occupation and to enjoy the fruits of his labours and the produce of his property in peace and safety, and with the least possible expense. When these things are accomplished, all the objects for which government ought to be established are answered.” MenGovernmentWishEnjoyObjectsProduceOughtSafetyPropertyFruitEvery ManPursueAccomplishedLabourExpensesOccupation Author:Thomas Jefferson
“Nature ordains that a man should wish the good of every man, whoever he may be, for this very reason that he is a man.” MenShouldMayReasonWishAtheismPositive AtheismEvery Man Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero
“What would a man of God say, who felt aright, when Joseph asked him for his money? He would say, 'Yes, and I wish I had more to help to build up the Kingdom of God.' Or if he came and said 'I want your wife?' 'O Yes,' he would say, 'here she is, there are plenty more.' ... Did the Prophet Joseph want every man's wife he asked for? He did not... If such a man of God should come to me and say, 'I want your gold and silver, or your wives,' I should say, 'Here they are, I wish I had more to give you, take all I have got.'” IfsMenWantGivingShouldSaidHelpingWishFeltWifeGoldEvery ManKingdomsPlentyProphetSilverI Want YouKingdom Of GodPolygamyGold And SilverMan Of God Author:Jedediah M. Grant
“Who is the happy Warrior? Who is he That every man in arms should wish to be? It is the generous spirit, who, when brought Among the tasks of real life, hath wrought Upon the plan that pleased his boyish thought: Whose high endeavors are an inward light That makes the path before him always bright: Who, with a natural instinct to discern What knowledge can perform, is diligent to learn; And in himself posses his own desire” MenShouldRealLightHappinessSpiritDesireWishNaturalPathPlansArmsTasksInstinctEvery ManReal LifeWarriorGenerousEndeavorInwardDiligentPosseNatural InstinctBoyishGenerous Spirit Author:William Wordsworth
“...revivals (or any other spiritual gifts and graces) come only to those who want them badly enough. It may be said without qualification that every man is as holy and as full of the Spirit as he wants to be. He may not be as full as he wishes he were, but he is most certainly as full as he wants to be.” MenWantMaySaidEnoughSpiritualSpiritWishGraceHolyEvery ManRevivalQualificationsSpiritual Gifts Author:Aiden Wilson Tozer
“Every man who accomplishes things sees first in his mind what he wishes to do. He puts away all doubt. It makes no difference how small or how large the thing you want to do may be; if you have an unlimited confidence in your ability to do it, you will do” IfsMenWantMindFirstsMayWishDifferencesAbilityDoubtAchievementAccomplishEvery ManUnlimited Book:Unity [devoted to Practical Christianity] Source: Unity [devoted to Practical Christianity]