May Quotes

If I have a script, I tend to stick to it even if God may be leading me elsewhere in the moment.

God gave us free will, and we may choose to exercise it in ways that end up hurting other people.

If thy words be too luxuriant, confine them, lest they confine thee; he that thinks he never can speak enough may easily speak too much. A full tongue and an empty brain are seldom parted.

How is the anxious soul of man befool'd in his desire, That thinks an hectic fever may be cool'd in flames of fire?

Whosoever obeyeth the devil, casteth himself down: for the devil may suggest, compel he cannot.

However different men's fortunes may be, there is always something or other that balances the ill and the good, and makes all even at last.

Only strong natures can really be sweet ones; those that seem sweet are in general only weak, and may easily turn sour.

It is much better to learn to deal with the ills we have now than to speculate on those that may befall us.

Whatever pretended causes we may blame our afflictions upon, it is often nothing but self-interest and vanity that produce them.

No accidents are so unlucky [bad] but that the wise may draw some advantage [good] from them.

There are no accidents so unlucky but the prudent may draw some advantage from them.

There is no accident so unfortunate but wise men will make some advantage of it, nor any so entirely fortunate but fools may turn it to their own prejudice.

A respectable man may love madly, but not foolishly.

There may be talent without position, but there is no position without some kind of talent.

However wicked men may be, they do not dare openly to appear the enemies of virtue, and when they desire to persecute her they either pretend to believe her false or attribute crimes to her.

A man may be sharper than another, but not than all others.

In all professions each affects a look and an exterior to appear what he wishes the world to believe that he is. Thus we may say that the whole world is made up of appearances.

Pity is often a reflection of our own evils in the ills of others. It is a delicate foresight of the troubles into which we may fall.

Those who have the most cunning affect all their lives to condemn cunning; that they may make use of it on some great occasion, and to some great end.

One man may be more cunning than another, but no one can be more cunning than all the world.

Our repentances are generally not so much a concern and remorse for the harm we have done, as a fear of the harm we may have brought upon ourselves.

We may sooner be brought to love them that hate us, than them that love us more than we would have them do.

However evil men may be they dare not be openly hostile to virtue, and so when they want to attack it they pretend to find it spurious , or impute crimes to it.

Whatever discoveries we may have made in the regions of self-love, there still remain many unknown lands.

That man, we may be sure, is a person of true worth, whom those who envy him most are yet forced to praise.

The most ingenious men continually pretend to condemn tricking--but this is often done that they may use it more conveniently themselves, when some great occasion or interest offers itself to them.

I didn't lie; nobody calls me a liar, I may have increased my age.

The human face does not always reflect the beauty that may repose in the soul.

Some people may say my curved panels look like sails. Well, I am a sailor, so I guess I probably do use that metaphor in my work - though not consciously.

To endure oneself may be the hardest task in the universe.

“You may have eternity. I have only now.” “But this is eternity.”

Opportunity may knock only once but it passes by your door every day.

As wounded men may limp through life, so our war minds may not regain the balance of their thoughts for decades.

I think we may very well, in many areas, get likelihood, but not certitude. We don't want certitude anyway, do we?

I try to look at the texts and say: Is there a way that I can find history in the texts and separate it from what may be the mythological elements, and I don't find any rules for that.

Friendship among nations, as among individuals, calls for constructive efforts to muster the forces of humanity in order that an atmosphere of close understanding and cooperation may be cultivated.

As a nation, we may take pride in the fact that we are softhearted; but we cannot afford to be soft-headed.

The German mind, may it live! Almost invisible as a mind, it finally manifests itself assertively as a conviction.

They are miserly, the princes of Austria, you need not grieve about it; they may not donate anything, but they allow themselves tobe fleeced, the good lords.

A man may welcome his beloved with circumstance, but a woman's love and her concern for his well-being are discreet.

Ours is a lost generation, it may be, but it is more blameless than those earlier generations.

The Gospel net never breaks; whosoever will may come

For example, lead paint in old houses can be a greater threat to children's health than lead that may be under some industrial site where there are no children

The publication of the Revised New Testament by the two University Presses on May 17, 1881, was the most sensational in the annals of publishing.

This Fourth of July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn.

American labor rights activist, on activities of the National Farm Workers Association Human law may know no distinction among men in respect of rights, but human practice may.

The sinner's ego is crude that of the saint refined, distilled. Careful! It may be more poisonous!

Does power bring happiness? Does it bring refinement? Does it bring humor? Does it bring a good-heartedness, or is it just cold? Power is never cold. Cold people may use power in cold ways.

If you have only been around people who use power in cruel and petty ways, then when you hear the very word, you may have a negative reaction.

Certainly, you may have been hurt beofre in love, but just because you get one bad apple doesn't mean they are all bad - and you can learn from the difficult ones.