“I can assure you that my first and foremost interest is my country. This is not a personal matter. We are not people driven by a wish to be in the government since [it] is for us the least attractive work, even though we are politicians.” PeopleFirstsI CanCountryMatterGovernmentWishInterestPoliticianDrivenAttractivePersonal Matter Author:Fidel Castro
“My dad's dying wish was to have his family around him. I can't help thinking he would have been better off with more oxygen.” ThinkingHas BeensI CanHelpingHumorFunnyWishDyingDadMy DadBetter OffOxygen Book:Only Joking: What's So Funny About Making People Laugh? Source: Only Joking: What's So Funny About Making People Laugh?
“For some reason I can articulate my feelings better in song. I wish it would come out better in regular life too though. The issue is that I struggle with is that I'm worried about what people think, or how they'll react to whatever it is I have to say, and obviously that's not a good thing.” PeopleThinkingI CanReasonFeelingsSongWishStruggleIssuesGood ThingsWorriedFeel Better Author:Brett Dennen
“I wish my parents had raised me in Manhattan because I think it's the greatest thing you can do for a kid is to raise them in New York City. I can see this with my own children.” ThinkingChildrenI CanKidsWishParentCan DoMy OwnCitiesNew YorkRaisesRaisedNew York CityManhattan Author:Woody Allen
“I was so completely anxious before I had a child, but now my biggest worry is something happening to her, so anything other than that I can handle. That's not to say I'm calm, because that would be b****cks! I wish it were the case, but it's getting better as I get older.” ChildrenI CanWould BeWishCasesWorryHappeningsCalmHandleGet BetterAnxious Author:Anna Friel
“Now: For those of you who are lazy I can offer no hope: death will not bring you an eternal resting place. You may rest, if this is your wish, for a while. Not only must you use your abilities after death, however, but you must face up to yourself for those that you did not use during your previous existence.” IfsMayI CanUseFacesWishAbilityExistenceOffersEternalLazyAfter DeathNo HopeHope Death Author:Seth
“I frequently hear persons in old age say how they would live, if they were to live their lives over again: Resolved, That I will live just so as I can think I shall wish I had done, supposing I live to old age.” IfsThinkingPersonsI CanDoneAgeWishOld AgeSupposing Book:Works Source: Works
“I am not what I ought to be! Ah! how imperfect and deficient! - I am not what I wish to be! I 'abhor what is evil,' and I would 'cleave to what is good!' - I am not what I hope to be! Soon, soon, I shall put off mortality: and with mortality all sin and imperfection! Yet, though I am not what I ought to be, nor what I wish to be, nor what I hope to be, I can truly say, I am not what I once was - a slave to sin and Satan; and I can heartily join with the Apostle, and acknowledge; By the grace of God, I am what I am!” I CanEvilWishSinGraceOughtSlaveAcknowledgeSatanMortalityImperfectionImperfectGrace Of GodApostlesI Am What I Am Author:John Newton