My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more. Charles Lamb
Little islands are all large prisons: one cannot look at the sea without wishing for the wings of a swallow. Richard Burton
As Christopher Marlowe's Faust learned the hard way, wishing for a moment of bliss to say "the same” indefinitely is guaranteed to procure indefinite commitment to hell instead of indefinite happiness. ... A state of rest would not be a state of happiness but of boredom. Zygmunt Bauman
There is a difference between WISHING for a thing and being READY to receive it. No one is ready for a thing, until he believes he can acquire it. The state of mind must be BELIEF, not mere hope or wish. Open-mindedness is essential for belief. Napoleon Hill
"I wish...” she said, and stopped. There was nothing that could be gained by wishing for it. A final deep shaky breath, and she was ready to go on. Philip Pullman
Many of us spend half of our time wishing for things we could have if we didn't spend half our time wishing. Alexander Woollcott