Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous
old wishful thinking quotes, wishful thinking sayings, and wishful thinking proverbs, collected over the years from a variety
of sources.
Wishful thinking is not idealism. It is self-indulgence at best and self-exaltation at worst. In either case, it is usually at the expense of others. In other words, it is the opposite of idealism.Thomas Sowell
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It had been wishful thinking, plain and simple, dangerous for me to indulge in. Hope, happiness and freedom were not in my future.Maria V. Snyder
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The act of speaking our intentions aloud shifts them from wishful thinking into action.Michael Thomas Sunnarborg
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A goal without real consequences is wishful thinking. Good follow-through doesn't depend on the right intentions. It depends on the right incentives.Tim Ferriss
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Writing what you wished was the most dangerous form of wishful thinking.Amy Tan
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Never act upon wishful thinking. Act without checking the facts, and chances are that you will be swept away along with the mob.Jim Rogers
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Wishful thinking gives false gods to people who hunger for gods, but those who yearn for a world with no gods are no less likely to fall victim to their own wishful thinking.Orson Scott Card
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Stop the habit of wishful thinking and start the habit of thoughtful wishes.Mary Martin
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If something is true, no amount of wishful thinking will change it.Richard Dawkins
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It isn't common sense that is paramount in this world, it's wishful thinking.Francoise Sagan
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Where there is life there is wishful thinking.Gerald F. Lieberman
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There is a great deal of wishful thinking in such cases it is the easiest thing of all to deceive ones self.Demosthenes
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People get into the habit of entrusting the things they desire to wishful thinking, and subjecting things they don't desire to exhaustive thinking.Thucydides
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To me, you can be young in your mind, in the way you think, but if your body don't come with that, then it's wishful thinking.Bernard Hopkins
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With the first drink comes the truth, with the second drink comes wishful thinking, and with the third drink come the liesDouglas Coupland
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Unplanned process improvement is wishful thinking.Watts Humphrey
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Maybe this is wishful thinking, Probably mindless dreaming but if we loved again, I swear I'd love you right, Taylor Swift
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Faith is not by wishful thinking, it is what takes root in the heart and shows in one's actions.Sayyid Qutb
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If you have a dream of writing, that's wishful thinking. If you have a commitment to writing, that's the way to make your dreams come true. Nancy Pickard