May Quotes

By God, if women had written stories, As clerks had within here oratories, They would have written of men more wickedness Than all the mark of Adam may redress.

When you feel yourself breaking down, may you break open instead.

A man may conquer a million men in battle but one who conquers himself is, indeed, the greatest of conquerors.

The remedy for our social evils does not consist so much in changing the system of government as it does in increasing the general intelligence of the people so that they may learn how to govern.

O Love that wilt not let me go, I rest my weary soul in Thee : I give Thee back the life I owe, That in Thine ocean depths its flow May richer, fuller be.

A work can have in it a pent-up energy, an intense life of its own, independent of the subject it may represent.

We may need to solve problems not by removing the cause but by designing the way forward even if the cause remains in place.

Sad times May follow your tracks, Bad times May bar you from Saks, Add times When Satan in slacks Breaks down your self control.

Only to live, to live and live! Life, whatever it may be!

Ugliness and evil are necessary for growth but they may be experienced vicariously.

Greed may not be good, but it’s not so bad either. You humans think greed is just for money or power, but everyone wants something they can’t have.

Only in intimate communion with solitude may man find himself. Solitude is good company and my architecture is not for those who fear or shun it.

A free man must not be told how to think, either by the government or by social activists. He may certainly be shown the right way, but he must not accept being forced into it.

There may be a time when we'll attend Weather Theaters to recall the sensation of rain.

Meanings, moods, the whole scale of our inner experience, finds in nature the 'correspondences' through which we may know our boundless selves.

Let us all agree to die a little, or even completely so that African unity may not be a vain word

A scar is not always a flaw. Sometimes a scar may be redemption inscribed in the flesh, a memorial to something endured, to something lost.

May my life be like a great hospitable tree, and may weary wanderers find in me a rest.

The Irishman in English literature may be said to have been born with an apology in his mouth.

A pure heart won't get us out of conflict and controversy. It may well be the very thing that gets us into it.

Psychology teaches us at every step that though two types of activity can have the same external manifestation, whether in origin or essence, their nature may differ most profoundly.

I suspect any worries about genetic engineering may be unnecessary. Genetic mutations have always happened naturally, anyway.

Help us to recognize your voice, help us not to be allured by the madness of the world, so that we may never fall away from you, O Lord Jesus Christ.

The smallest good act today is the capture of a strategic point from which, a few months later, you may be able to go on to victories you never dreamed of.

No man can be a politician, except he be first a historian or a traveller; for except he can see what must be, or what may be, he is no politician.

If your ride through life is not as smooth as you would like it to be, blaming the road may not be the answer.

To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.

In the midst of the shopping and the wrapping and the arranging of presents under your tree this Christmas, may you not forget the gifts you cannot yet hold in your hands.

Keep on keeping on, no matter how hard the going may be.

The naming of cats is a difficult matter. It isn't just one of your holiday games. You may think at first I'm mad as a hatter. When I tell you a cat must have three different names.

God grant me to SERENITY to accept what I cannot change the TENACITY to change what I may and the GOOD LUCK not to f*** up too often

We may be truly said to worship God, though we lack perfection; but we cannot be said to worship Him if we lack sincerity.

Whatever the lengths to which others may go, His Majesty's Government will never resort to the deliberate attack on women and children and other civilians for purposes of mere terrorism.

Those people who think only of themselves, are hopelessly uneducated. They are not educated, no matter how instructed they may be.

Endeavor to have always in your hand a pious book, that with this shield you may defend yourself against bad thoughts.

Force may subdue, but love gains, and he that forgives first wins the laurel.

We're not responsible for the bustling and hustling that may go on here. Lots of people bustle, and some hustle. But that's their business, and a very old one.

Sickness may be the solemn occasion of God's intervention in a person's life.

A gracious soul may look through the darkest cloud and see God smiling on him.

Justice is a faculty that may be developed. This development is what constitutes the education of the human race.

I think it not improbable that man, like the grub that prepares a chamber for the winged thing it never has seen but is to be - that man may have cosmic destinies that he does not understand.

God places His saints where they will bring the most glory to Him, and we are totally incapable of judging where that may be.

A standing army, however necessary it may be at some times, is always dangerous to the liberties of the people. Such power should be watched with a jealous eye.

In prosperity you may count on many friends; if the sky becomes overcast you will be alone.

In every chain of reasoning, the evidence of the last conclusion can be no greater than that of the weakest link of the chain, whatever may be the strength of the rest.

Take care of your health, that it may serve you to serve God.

Good bye may seem forever. Farewell is like the end, but in my heart is the memory and there you will always be.

One may not doubt that, somehow Good Shall come of Water and of Mud; And sure, the reverent eye must see A purpose in Liquidity.

As for the presence of large NGF [nerve growth factor] sources in snake venom and male genital organs, they may be conceived as instances of bizarre evolutionary gene expression.

People who are making decisions about the future often don't have access to some of the best ideas in the company, which may be at the periphery or at lower levels.