L S May Quotes

I never took sheet music seriously. I could do better myself just by listening to other people and using my own intuition.

There is no shadow of protection to be had by sheltering behind the slender stockades of visionary speculation, or by hiding behind the wagon-wheels of pacific theories.

The more colorful the food, the better. I try to add color to my diet, which means vegetables and fruits.

Conceit spoils the finest genius?and the great charm of all power is modesty.

To be alive is to be addicted, and to be alive and addicted is to stand in need of grace.

It does a man good to see his lady being brave while she has their baby... it inspires him.

Even if it has not been your habit throughout your life so far, I recommend that you learn to think positively about your body.

Depression is the inability to construct a future.

Whether an MP is a woman or a man, it's about the qualities of the individual in doing that job.

Willfulness must give way to willingness and surrender. Mastery must yield to mystery.

The human species is no more unsuited to give birth than any other of the 5,000 or so species of mammals on the planet. We are merely the most confused.

Every human being must have a point at which he stands against the culture, where he says, this is me and the damned world can go to hell.

I like good strong words that mean something.

The emerging woman ... will be strong-minded, strong-hearted, strong-souled, and strong-bodied...strength and beauty must go together.

I may be strong-minded, but no one can say I'm out of my sphere now, for woman's special mission is supposed to be drying tears and bearing burdens

What is destructive is impatience, haste, expecting too much too fast.

There are three things to remember when teaching: know your stuff; know whom you are stuffing; and then stuff them elegantly.

We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.

When we fulfill our function, which is to truly love ourselves and share love with others, then true happiness sets in.

The way a culture treats women in birth is a good indicator of how well women and their contributions to society are valued and honored.

I am a vicar's daughter and still a practising member of the Church of England.

Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us - and those around us - more effectively. Look for the learning.

A patchwork solution of provincial targets is an admission of defeat and a statement that we have failed our children and grandchildren.

Donald Trump does not understand the UK and what happens in the UK.

There are all sorts of things embodied in the Lego brick - geometry and mathematics and truth and proportion and shape and colour... It is a faintly spiritual activity that everybody connects with.

I really thought I was pretty good before I saw Hendrix, and then I thought: Yeah, not so good.

The energy that gets the baby in is the energy that gets the baby out.

Thank you...for gracing my life with your lovely presence, for adding the sweet measure of your soul to my existence.

You know how sometimes you lie in bed at night and think, “What if the law of gravity just wears out and lets go and I drift into space?” Does that ever make you anxious?

The biggest emotion in creation is the bridge to optimism.

The minute one utters a certainty, the opposite comes to mind.

My dad would tell me to, 'Play for those who couldn't play.' So my motivation is for people who struggle in life daily.

Life comes from physical survival; but the good life comes from what we care about.

No golfer can ever become too good to practice.

I want to do something splendid… Something heroic or wonderful that won’t be forgotten after I’m dead… I think I shall write books.

I would prefer a thousand mistakes in extravagance of love to any paralysis in wariness of fear.

Don't forget to bring your sense of humor to your labor.

Memory is not just the imprint of the past time upon us; it is the keeper of what is meaningful for our deepest hopes and fears.

I will be ruthless in cutting out waste, streamlining structures and improving efficiency.

The violin - that most human of all instruments.

Blessings sometimes come through brokenness that could never come in any other way.

There is no way that you can ever really repeat something. I have this great belief that the magic of the moment can never be recaptured.

In my clinical experience, the greatest block to a person's development is his having to take on a way of life which is not rooted in his own powers.

Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.

Girls are so queer you never know what they mean. They say No when they mean Yes, and drive a man out of his wits for the fun of it.

I would like to instill in people just to work hard. As long as they keep at it, their dreams will happen.

One does not become fully human painlessly.

Help one another is part of the religion of our sisterhood.

I will not allow a Delia Smith cookbook in my house! It's all so precise with Delia, and it makes cooking seem so inaccessible.

I never wanted to go away, and the hard part now is the leaving you all. I'm not afraid, but it seems as if I should be homesick for you even in heaven.