God cannot use you as He wishes until you come into the fullness of His Glory. Do not get alarmed, my friend, when doubts creep in. That is old Satan. Pray, pray, pray.

Regret is not a proactive feeling. It is situated in disappointment, sorrow, even remorse. It merely wishes things were different without an act to cause a difference. However, repentance is different. Repentance is an admission of, hatred of, and turning away from sin before God.

We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving, and we all have the power to make wishes come true, as long as we keep believing.

The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear notion of the truth that the liar and deceiver wishes to hide.

I am indeed rich, since my income is superior to my expenses, and my expense is equal to my wishes.

Consequently he who wishes to attain to human perfection, must therefore first study Logic, next the various branches of Mathematics in their proper order, then Physics, and lastly Metaphysics.

Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first makes mad.

If wishes were fishes we'd all be throwing nets. If wishes were horses we'd all ride.

Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old.

Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.

Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.

One of the great attractions of patriotism - it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able, vicariously, to bully and cheat. Bully and cheat, what's more, with a feeling that we are profoundly virtuous.

However many blessings we expect from God, His infinite liberality will always exceed all our wishes and our thoughts.

By taking a second wife he pays the highest compliment to the first, by showing that she made him so happy as a married man, that he wishes to be so a second time.

One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority.

He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.

Few have all they need, none all they wish.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

If wishes were fishes, beggars would drink.

We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.