What could I wish for the present but to take the greatest pleasure in being what I am?
Wish
What we need is not the will to believe, but the wish to find out.
Men in general are quick to believe that which they wish to be true.
Even those who write against fame wish for the fame of having written well, and those who read their works desire the fame of having read them.
You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
I accept everything which is favorable for the people and the army; for myself, I wish to live in retirement.
What? You seek something? You wish to multiply yourself tenfold, a hundredfold? You seek followers? Seek zeros!
I know my voice has a limited range of motion; I don’t write dramatic monologues and pretend to be other people. But so far, my voice is broad enough to accommodate most of what I want to put into my poetry. I like my persona; I often wish I were him and not me.
The more I see, hear, and think in Europe, the more I wish for every measure that can ensure to the United States dignity, power, and public confidence.
Freedom is the right to live as we wish.