Stop the mindless wishing that things would be different. Rather than wasting time and emotional and spiritual energy in explaining why we don't have what we want, we can start to pursue other ways to get it.

A man of the world must seem to be what he wishes to be thought.

Wishes expand in direct proportion to the resources available for their gratification.

A wish is a desire without an attempt.

Oh, the secret life of man and woman --dreaming how much better we would be than we are if we were somebody else or even ourselves, and feeling that our estate has been unexploited to its fullest.

Men try to run life according to their wishes; life runs itself according to necessity.

Some people develop a wishbone where their backbone should be.