Wish Proverbs - page 3

What a man thinks up for himself, his worst enemy couldn't wish for him. (Yiddish Proverb)
If things are not as you wish, wish them as they are. View proverb
Yiddish Proverb
Young people tell what they are doing, old people what they have done, and fools what they wish to do. View proverb
French Proverb
If you wish to be well served, serve yourself. View proverb
Spanish Proverb
The horse may wish to do one thing, but he who saddles him another. View proverb
Spanish Proverb
What people in distress most wish for, they most readily believe. View proverb
Latin Proverb
I wish I were at home. View proverb
Latin Proverb
If you wish another to keep your secret, first keep it yourself. View proverb
Latin Proverb
Be old betimes, if you wish your old age to last. View proverb
Latin Proverb
You must howl with wolves if you wish to be one of their herd. View proverb
Latin Proverb
We must live as we can, not as we would wish. (Latin Proverb)
When they wish to eat a vulture, they call it a guinea fowl. View proverb
Ethiopian Proverb
May the people wish you well. May your god grant what you are in agreement with. View proverb
Sumerian Proverb
The exhausting aspen trembled: wish I were a free coniferous tree! View proverb
Finnish Proverb
A wish is a desire without an attempt. View proverb
Traditional Proverb
May your every wish be granted. View proverb
Traditional Proverb
Not to know is bad; not to wish to know is worse. View proverb
West African Proverb
Wish is power. View proverb
Brazilian Proverb
Marriage is like a besieged castle; those who are on the outside wish to get in; and those who are on the inside wish to get out. View proverb
Arabic Proverb
If you wish a thing done, go; if not, send. View proverb
Danish Proverb
Who would wish to be valued must make himself scarce. (German Proverb)
A Christmas wish - may you never forget what is worth remembering, or remember what is best forgotten. View proverb
Irish Proverb
Put another way, satan is a person's wish to do evil. View proverb
Jewish Proverb
What a man thinks up for himself, his worst enemy couldn't wish for him. View proverb
Jewish Proverb
That my friend should be well is our wish, and that our enemies should be gone! May those friendly to you reach their goal as a ship does a friendly harbour! May your enemy, like the flood waters of a river, return to his city. View proverb
Sumerian Proverb