May Quotes

It isn't the experience of today that drives men mad. It is the remorse for something that happened yesterday, and the dread of what tomorrow may disclose.

There may be said to be three sorts of lawyers, able, unable, and lamentable.

May I make a suggestion, hoping it is not an impertinence? Write it down: write down what you feel. It is sometimes a wonderful help in misery.

When considering a man's motives, remember you must not measure his wheat with your bushel. He may not be using the same standard at all.

For some people it may be kind of off-putting. But the idea that fear accompanies us at every step: the point is that our courage has to be bigger than our fear.

It is true there is a scent in the desert, though there may be no flower or tree or blade of grass within miles. It is the essence of the untrodden, untarnished earth herself!

There is a relationship between cartooning and people like Mir? and Picasso which may not be understood by the cartoonist, but it definitely is related even in the early Disney.

A real artist may create his picture in a lonely desert... gods look over his shoulder; he creates in their company. What does he care whether or not anybody admires his picture?

If you have not clung to a broken piece of your old ship in the dark night of the soul, your faith may not have the sustaining power to carry you through to the end of the journey.

Open to me, so that I may open. Provide me your inspiration So that I might see mine.

Weep like the waterwheel, that green herbs may spring up from the courtyard of your soul. If you wish for tears, have mercy on one who sheds tears; if you wish mercy, show mercy to the weak.

Memory of our good works makes us negligent and leads to arrogance. Do not think of your good deeds, so that God may remember them.

With gifts, you may gather your enemies about you. When giving nothing, even your own family will leave.

We [people] may enjoy this fleeting beauty [of life] for such a brief instance. And then we are compost. G - , the creator-destroyer, certainly has a strange sense of humor!

The interval between a cold expectation and a warm desire may be filled by expectations of varying degrees of warmth or by desires of varying degrees of coldness.

To have the management of the mind is a great art, and it may be attained in a considerable degree by experience and habitual exercise.

As the greatest liar tells more truths than falsehoods, so may it be said of the worst man, that he does more good than evil.

Fly-fishing may be a very pleasant amusement; but angling or float fishing I can only compare to a stick and a string, with a worm at one end and a fool at the other.

A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but, one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still.

There will be associations and partnerships between some Muslim countries and some Christian countries. Those already exist. And they may shift as different regimes come and go and interests change.

Labour may be a burden and a chastisement, but it is also an honour and a glory. Without it, nothing can be accomplished.

It may be tempting and more comfortable to just keep your head down, plod along, and appease those who demand: 'Sit down and shut up,' but that's the worthless, easy path; that's a quitter's way out.

Behold a worthy sight, to which the God, turning his attention to his own work, may direct his gaze. Behold an equal thing, worthy of a God, a brave man matched in conflict with evil fortune.

The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.

Successful investors must temper the arrogance of taking a stand with a large dose of humility, accepting that despite their efforts and care, they may in fact be wrong.

One of these modest little moves may be more embarrassing to your opponent than the biggest threat

Let my soul, a shining tree, Silver branches lift towards thee, Where on a hallowed winter's night The clear-eyed angels may alight.

The psychical, whatever its nature may be, is itself unconscious.

I like to avoid concessions to faint-heartedness. One can never tell where that road may lead one; one gives way first in words, and then little by little in substance too.

An atheist may be simply one whose faith and love are concentrated on the impersonal aspects of God.

I kicked down doors to show that Hiphop has matured. And it may be a little controversial.

Things that upset a terrier may pass virtually unnoticed by a Great Dane.

May I consider the wise man rich, and may I have such wealth as only the self-restrained man can bear or endure.

Whatever a woman's reason may say, her feelings tell her the truth.

Hey-ho, it's raining inside: it isn't my fault and there's nothing I can do about it, but sit it out. But the sun may well come out tomorrow and when it does, I shall take full advantage.

You know, there's a big lie in this business. The lie is that it's okay to go out in flames. But that doesn't do anybody much good. I may be wrong, but I think Hendrix was trying to come around.

If solace is any sort of succor to someone, that is sufficient. I believe in the faith of people, whatever faith they may have.

When you shoot a bow and arrow, you aim at the clouds, not because you expect to hit them, but so that you may reach the distant target on the ground.

We may not have a future, but you can't deny we have a past.

Whether you are religious or nonreligious, may you find solace in the knowledge that the suffering is ours, but that those we love suffer no more.

A struggle for existence is not a decent living. A man or woman or child may die of starvation in a city teeming with plenty. Only human life is concerned.

No one likes to feel helpless. We find it psychologically unbearable and inside ourselves we may try to make ourselves part author of our misfortune rather than simply the recipient of it.

May our lives be born from the beauty of darkness, and shine with the possibility of light.

The squeeze machine is not going to cure anybody, but it may help them relax; and a relaxed person will usually have better behavior.

I may not say it all the time or I may not pray as much as I need to, but I am not forgetting where I came from and how I got to be where I am today.

The fairy tale journey may look like an outward trek across plains and mountains, through castles and forests, but the actual movement is inward, into the lands of the soul.

The one man you most want to sleep with may be the worst choice of all.

The character of a people may be ruined by charity.

You may not, cannot, appropriate beauty. It is the wealth of the eye, and a cat may gaze upon a king.

If we live in peace ourselves, we in turn may bring peace to others. A peaceable man does more good than a learned one.