May Quotes

To plead for the Oppress'd and to defend the Weak seem'd to me a generous undertaking; for tho' it may be secure, 'tis not always Honourable to run over to the strongest party.

Americans think of themselves collectively as a huge rescue squad on twenty-four hour call to any spot on the globe where dispute and conflict may erupt.

Without a mission statement, you may get to the top of the ladder and then realize it was leaning against the wrong building!

However much I may sympathise with and admire worthy motives, I am an uncompromising opponent of violent methods even to serve the noblest of causes.

In the words of the old song, it's a long time from May to December but, you know, it's an equally long time from December to May.

Provided that the City of London remains, as it is at present, the clearing-house of the world, any other nation may be its workshop.

We may disagree on some things, but we can do so without being disagreeable.

The ancients, who in these matters were not perhaps such blockheads as some may conceive, considered poetical quotation as one of the requisite ornaments of oratory.

I remember, May 1944: I was 15-and-a-half, and I was thrown into a haunted universe where the story of the human adventure seemed to swing irrevocably between horror and malediction.

Kindness is the music of Good Will to men, and on this harp the smallest fingers may play heaven's sweetest tunes on earth.

Whoever is humble to men for God's sake, may God exalt his eminence.

Published papers may omit important steps and the memory of men of science, even the greatest, is sadly fallible.

Working hard may help you maintain, To learn to overcome the heartaches and pain.

No matter how tough the meat may be, it's going to be tender if you slice it thin enough.

live your life as if you may lose everything.

What is good today may be a cliche tomorrow.

Let the good service of well-deservers be never rewarded with loss. Let their thanks be such as may encourage more strivers for the like.

Human society is based on want. Life is based on want. Wild-eyed visionaries may dream of a world without need. Cloud-cuckoo-land. It can't be done.

Never overlook wallflower at dance; may be dandelion in grass.

If you attach your heart to certain places and occupations, obedience oftentimes places you in some other place that you may not like; to be always cheerful, be always humble and obedient.

I would say that if something has an aesthetic value and it is pleasing to watch or to wear, it may in fact have nothing to do with status symbol. You just like to wear it.

Instead of exhorting you to augment your charity, I will rather utter an exhortation, or at least a supplication, that you may not abuse your charity by misapplying it.

Religion, like water, may be free, but when they pipe it to you, you've got to help pay for the piping. And the piper.

We may not be weaklings because we have a strong enemy.

And if tonight my soul may find her peace in sleep, and sink in good oblivion, and in the morning wake like a new-opened flower then I have been dipped again in God, and new-created.

You seek for knowledge and wisdom as I once did; and I ardently hope that the gratification of your wishes may not be a serpent to sting you, as mine has been.

Sunset and evening star, And one clear call for me! And may there be no moaning of the bar When I put out to sea.

I think too often in our society parents, who may have good impulses, overreach and try to mold and shape and direct their child.

Dr. [ Peter R.] Breggin's book can show you how to take your child back from the authoritarian state that wants to dope your child up because he may be misbehaving.

I may have become a world champion quicker than most, but people should look at me and realise there are all kinds of ways to get where you want to go. Because we didn't plan it. We just did it.

Understanding what and why did not work may be more instructive than celebrating our successes.

You have to manage money. Particularly with market economies. You may have a great product but if your bottom line goes bust then that's it.

One's prime is elusive. You little girls, when you grow up, must be on the alert to recognize your prime at whatever time of your life it may occur. You must then live it to the full.

God may not explain Himself, but He will reveal Himself.

A wise man will see to it that his acts always seem voluntary and not done by compulsion, however much he may be compelled by necessity.

Your village may be different from other people's villages but we are all prisoners.

The Soul of each one of us is sent, that the universe may be complete.

Never trust a woman who wears mauve, whatever her age may be, or a woman over thirty-five who is fond of pink ribbons.

However ugly a face may be, we can discover some beauty in it if we first experience wonder before it and then begin to understand it, too.

We should honor Mother Earth with gratitude; otherwise our spirituality may become hypocritical.

Pretension may sit still, but cannot act. Pretension never feigned an act of real greatness. Pretension never wrote an Iliad, nordrove back Xerxes, nor christianized the world, nor abolished slavery.

The clergyman who lives in the city may have piety, but he must have taste.

You are the nest. You are the hatchling. You are the chrysalis. You are the progeny. You are the rot that falls from stars. You may not understand what I mean. You will.

But Mousie, thou art no thy lane In proving foresight may be vain The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft agley An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain For promis'd joy!

I may not have proved a great explorer, but we have done the greatest march ever made and come very near to great success.

Loving God, help us remember the birth of Jesus, that we may share in the song of the angels, the gladness of the shepherds, and the worship of the wise men.

A manager may be tough and practical, squeezing out, while the going is good, the last ounce of profit and dividend . . .

The societal pursuit of high self-esteem for everyone may literally end up doing considerable harm.

Man does not see reality as it is, but only as he perceives it, and his perception may be mistaken or biased.

If your guidance is your ego, don't rely on luck for help. you sleep during the day and the nights are short. By the time you wake up your life may be over.