Quotes & Sayings About Unfulfilled Wishes

I want to see the king," I said, after explaining who I was.
"Wonderful," said the ancient Nkumai who sat on a cushion near the corner pole of the house. "I'm glad for you."
That was all, and apparently he meant to say no more. "Why are you so glad?" I asked.
"Because it's good for every human being to have an unfulfilled wish. It makes all of life so poignant. — Orson Scott Card

Assuming that we have trained our imagination to denounce the past, we will not suffer much from unfulfilled wishes. — Friedrich Nietzsche

On any given night the stars are endless losses or endless gains. One for the love you experience and one for the love you lose. One for the unfulfilled wish and one for the wish yet to come. — Lawren Leo

The thing stank of unnamed yearnings, unfulfilled wishes, and a hunger so deep it make her feel hollow inside. — J.D. Lakey

Madness is the result of unfulfilled wishes — Bano Qudsia

We must pray to God everyday to show we don't forget that all gifts come from Him. But if some wishes remain unfulfilled we must show our confidence in Him, for He knows best. — Johanna Spyri

I hate the calendar, which is both a circle and a straight line, a wheel and an arrow, grinding each anniversary, each day a reminder of my failures, my lost plans, unfulfilled objectives and wishes, the days aren't taken off the calendar, subtracted one by one, but added, another small stone accumulated, another foot moved ahead, the arrow flying forward instead of falling back to earth, when all I want is a complete stop. — Gregory Galloway

Do your heart's calling, dear dreamer or be doomed forever in the fire of unfulfilled wishes, a soul disease. — Aporva Kala

Fulfilled life is possible in spite of unfulfilled wishes. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Dreams are the way to unfulfilled wishes in the individual; visions are the way to unfulfilled dreams in mankind. — Gabrielle Bernstein