May Quotes

Reserve may be pride fortified in ice; dignity is worth reposing on truth.

O' What may man within him hide, though angel on the outward side!

By medicine life may be prolonged, yet death will seize the doctor too.

The amity that wisdom knits not, folly may easily untie.

No doubt they rose up early to observe the rite of May; and, hearing our intent, Came here in grace of our solemnity.

So may the outward shows be least themselves; The world is still deceived with ornament.

And his unkindness may defeat my life, But never taint my love.

Children wish fathers looked but with their eyes; fathers that children with their judgment looked; and either may be wrong.

Security of character would be like a compass, you know? Other people may say that this way is north, or this way might be north. But the compass just says -- north. That's what we count on.

A few yes men may be born, but mostly they are made. Fear is a great breeder of them.

Caen's San Francisco may not be the city we remember, but it is the city we want to remember.

Commitment cannot be taught; it can only be caught. I refer to the crusading spirit. Without the crusading spirit, you may have the starting power but not the staying power.

If we value so highly the dignity of life, how can we not also value the dignity of death No death may be called futile.

…because talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing.

Comedy may be big business but it isn't pretty.

There are mysteries which men can only guess at, which age by age they may solve only in part.

There is happiness in duty, although it may not seem so.

With copious evidence ranging from Plato's haughtiness to Beethoven's tirades, we may conclude that the most brilliant people of history tend to be a prickly lot.

I was member of the Diet as long as it existed, until May 1933.

California must be all American or all Chinese. We are resolved that it shall be American, and are prepared to make it so. May we not rely upon your sympathy and assistance?

I accept that there may be things far grander and more incomprehensible than we can possibly imagine.

That is sad until one recalls how many bad books the world may yet be spared because of the busyness of writers.

Success is an absurd, erratic thing. She arrives when one least expects her and after she has come may depart again almost because of a whim.

There may be more poetry than justice in poetic justice.

I may not be as stong as I think, but I know many tricks and I have resolution.

Well sir, I may not be a for-real cowboy... But I am one hell of a stud!

When it comes to making love, I may not be the best, but I'm damn gouda.

The laws of God, the laws of man, He may keep that will and can; Not I: let God and man decree Laws for themselves and not for me.

You always have to make positive choices as an actor, even when you're playing someone who may not be doing the best things.

The thorn is a bridge spanning the muddy depths of agony and sorrow so that one may on the other side dance to the drums of the rose of joy.

Those of faith who plant sacred thoughts in the uplands of time, the secret gardeners of the Lord in mankind's desolate hopes, may slacken and tarry but rarely betray their vocation.

That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.

That everyone may receive at least a moderate education appears to be an objective of vital importance.

We shall not fail - if we stand firm, we shall not fail. Wise counsels may accelerate, or mistakes delay it, but, sooner or later, the victory is sure to come.

We hope all danger may be overcome; but to conclude that no danger may ever arise would itself be extremely dangerous.

Many free countries have lost their liberty, and ours may lose hers; but, if she shall, be it my proudest plume, not that I was the last to desert, but that I never deserted her.

I happen temporarily to occupy this big White House. I am living witness that any one of your children may look to come here as my father's child has.

Suspicions which may be unjust need not be stated.

No matter what an architect may be at home, he becomes a monumentalist when he comes to Washington.

Should one whole year from this July 4th pass while the crimes of this government are allowed to continue, we may have passed the point at which non-violent revolution becomes impossible.

Acne may be good at destroying self-confidence, but Proactiv+ is good at destroying acne.

Soldiers of the Reich! This day, you are to take part in an offensive of such importance that the whole future of the war may depend on its outcome.

It is the thirtieth of May, the thirtieth of November, a beginning or an end, we are moving into the solstice and there is so much here I still do not understand.

May dawn, as the proverb goes, bring happy tidings coming from her mother night.

I pray for no more youth To perish before its prime; That Revenge and iron-heated War May fade with all that has gone before Into the night of time.

Others may try to feed our ego, but it is up to us to constrain it.

Appearances may be deceiving.

I have no objection to a man being a man, however masculine that may be.

The moral imperative to make big changes is inescapable...that what we take for granted may not be here for our children

The mind may be reluctant to think properly when thinking is all it is supposed to do; the task can be as paralysing as having to tell a joke or mimic an accent on demand.