May Quotes
Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognized, ultimately bears fruit.
It's not just about life, of course; it's about healthy life. Getting frail and miserable and dependent is no fun, whether or not dying may be fun.
The criminal does not expect his prey to fight back. May he never choose you, but, if he does, surprise him.
The Annex is an ideal place to hide in. It may be damp and lopsided, but there's probably not a more comfortable hiding place in all of Amsterdam. No, in all of Holland.
God sees us perfect in His Son while He disciplines and chastens and purges us that we may be partakers of His holiness.
If you go fishing you may not catch any fish. If you don't go fishing, you'll never catch any fish.
Warning: we may become so enamored with God's good gifts that we fail to worship the Giver.
The shirt may be cut slimmer or looser, the suit might be darker or lighter, the sneakers might not have laces, but you're still talking about shirts and suits and sneakers.
My favourite road sign is 'Falling Rocks'. What exactly am I supposed to do with that information? They may as well have a sign saying "Random accidents ahead", "Life's a lottery, Be lucky."
The Cold War may be 'over' for the West. For the Soviets it has entered a new, active and promising phase.
The art of flatterers is to take advantage of the foibles of the great, to foster their errors, and never to give advice which may annoy.
Afflictions are meant for our spiritual benefit; we are sometimes tempted that we may learn to pray the more.
You've got a lot pulling at your time already - which may be the best reason to start cultivating your green thumb.
You may be hurt if you love too much, but you will live in misery if you love too little.
You may know what you need, but to get what you want, better see that you keep what you have.
Truth, like all other good things, may be loved unwisely may be pursued too keenly may cost too much.
I encourage you to accept that you may not be able to see a path right now, but that doesn't mean it's not there.
Whatever field of human activity one may take, only those trends that are in harmony with the needs of society show rapid progress.
You ought to be extremely cautious, watchful, jealous of your liberty; for instead of securing your rights, you may lose them forever.
An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence; a vain man, in order that it may.
Transparency may be the most disruptive and far-reaching innovation to come out of social media.
The fortunes of the entire world may well ride on the ability of young Americans to face the responsibilities of an old America gone mad.
However often you may have done them a favour, if you once refuse they forget everything except your refusal.
God seeks us where we are, not so that we stay there, but so that we may come to be where He is, so that we may get beyond ourselves.
Choose always the way that seems the best, however rough it may be; custom will soon render it easy and agreeable.
It is essential that the painter should develop not only his eyes, but also his soul, so that it too may be capable of weighing colors in balance.
The experiments I am about to relate ... may be repeated with great ease, whenever the sun shines, and without any other apparatus than is at hand to every one.
In a landscape where nothing officially exists (otherwise it would not be 'desert'), absolutely anything becomes thinkable, and may consequently happen.
There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel.
One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul and yet no one ever came to sit by it. Passers-by see only a wisp of smoke from the chimney and continue on their way.
The judiciary must not take on the coloration of whatever may be popular at the moment. We are guardian of rights, and we have to tell people things they often do not like to hear.
Science is the Differential Calculus of the mind. Art the Integral Calculus; they may be beautiful when apart, but are greatest only when combined.
I can not, and will not judge, by what my eyes may see. For the skin on a man shall not reveal his true identity.
I am not anti-rational, just unrational. You may infer a rational meaning in what I say or do, but it is your doing, not mine.
One may preach a covenant of grace more clearly than another... But when they preach a covenant of works for salvation, that is not truth.
The power to tax involves the power to destroy;...the power to destroy may defeat and render useless the power to create.
I've got a hold of something that won't move. It's a willingness to keep walking into the next day, open to whatever may turn out to be true that day.
However horrible the incidents of war may be, the soldier who is called upon to offer and to give his life for his country is the noblest development of mankind.
