Wisdoms from “The Wish Stealers” by Tracy Trivas

1. Penny, penny bring me luck, ‘cause I’m the one who picked you up.
2. Penny for your thoughts, nickel for your dream.
3. Coincidence… or… COIN-incidence?
4. Beware the person who the Buddha smile and the snake’s heart.–Chinese proverb
5. Good luck or bad luck can flip on a dime… or a penny.
6. What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.–Tolstoy
7. Refuse to take on other people’s bad luck.
8. The best way out is always through.–Robert Frost
9. Genuine gold fears no fire.–Chinese proverb
10. Be careful what you wish for.
11. When it is dark enough, men see stars.–Ralph Waldo Emerson
12. No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars or sailed an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.–Helen Kelller
13. Make a wish together and change the world.
14. Turn something ordinary into something extraordinary.
15. Turn a single penny into gold.
16. Courage is… mastery of fear, not absence of fear.–Mark Twain
17. Nothing happens unless first a dream.–Carl Sandburg
18. Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.–Mark Twain
19. Wishes travel in a strange ways.
20. Best wishes.
21. Starlight, star bright, first star I see tonight, I wish I may, I wish I might, have the wish I wish tonight.
22. People’s dreams are fragile –be gentle.
23. Even magic has a secret.
24. The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.–Eleanor Roosevelt
25. Hold fast to dreams for if dreams die. Life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.–Langston Hughes
26. We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves.–Marie Curie
27. Don’t let today’s disappointment cast a shadow on tomorrow’s dreams.
28. Dragons guard the temple of transformation.
29. True beauty is a light from within.
30. Follow your bliss.–Joseph Campbell
31. Shoot the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.–Les Brown
32. Stuff your ears with clouds.
33. Don’t let your stars fade.
34. The heart has no reasons, of which reason knows nothing.–Blaise Pascal
35. To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.–Samuel Johnson
36. Ride out the storms when clouds hide the face of the sun in your life, remembering that even you lose sight of the sun for a moment, the sun is still there.–Blessing of the Apaches
37. Popularity? It is glory’s small change.–Victor Hugo
38. All appears to change when we change.–Henri Frédéric Amiel
39. How does one become a butterfly? You must want to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar.–Trina Paulus
40. If you don’t risk anything, you risk everything.
41. Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.–Margaret Mead
42. Help others achieve their dreams, and you will achieve yours.–Les Brown
43. No dreamer is ever too small; no dream is ever too big.
44. Never give up on a dream just because it takes time. The time will pass anyway.
45. Don’t let the teardrops rust your shining heart.–Holly Cole Trio
46. A good parent is the greatest treasure.
47. Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you imagined. –Henry David Thoreau
48. What lies behind us, and what lies before us, are tiny matter compared to what lies within us.–Ralph Waldo Emerson
49. The best wish of all.
50. You must be change you wish to see in the world. –Gandhi

Source:

Trivas, T. (2010). The Wish Stealers. New York: Scholastic Inc.