If we are ever in doubt about what to do, it is a good rule to ask ourselves what we shall wish on the morrow that we had done.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
To a resolute mind, wishing to do is the first step toward doing. But if we do not wish to do a thing it becomes impossible.
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it, however.
When in doubt, do something.
I don't believe that wishing works. I think we get the things we work for.
If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think in vain, and make life a greater dream and shadow than it really is.
Sometimes, things you wish had happened don't, or there are things you wish you'd been able to do but can't.
If God wants us to do a thing, he should make his wishes sufficiently clear. Sensible people will wait till he has done this before paying much attention to him.
When it is not in our power to follow what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable.
Let us act on what we have, since we have not what we wish.
We must first pray, that God would make us wise; before we can wish, he would make us happy.