May Quotes

I never personalize anything because I think that can be dangerous. For me, the best way is - this may sound pretentious - but its to breathe the character and get into the psychology of it.

May your rice never burn,' is the New Year's greeting of the Chinese. 'May it never be gummy,' is ours.

When asked for advice by beginners. Know your ending, I say, or the river of your story may finally sink into the desert sands and never reach the sea.

A scientist is as weak and human as any man, but the pursuit of science may ennoble him even against his will.

Though reading and conversation may furnish us with many ideas of men and things, yet it is our own meditation must form our judgment.

The stars, that in their courses roll, Have much instruction given; But Thy good Word informs my soul How I may climb to Heaven.

We may not all break the Ten Commandments, but we are certainly all capable of it. Within us lurks the breaker of all laws, ready to spring out at the first real opportunity.

I am a prisoner of a gaudy and unlivable present, where all forms of human society have reached an extreme of their cycle and there is no imagining what new forms they may assume.

When there is breakdown in a relationship, you must have the hard conversation. It may not be pretty and it may not feel good. But if you are willing to listen and tell the truth, it will open up.

Let us resolve by God's grace, that however poor and feeble our prayers may seem to be, we will pray on.

Death and taxes may be inevitable, but they shouldn't be related.

Even though people may be well known they still hold in their hearts the emotions of a simple person for the moments that are the most important of those we know on earth - birth, marriage, death.

A page of my journal is like a cake of portable soup. A little may be diffused into a considerable portion.

Making a wrong choice early may limit making the right choice later.

The religion then of every man must be left to the conviction and conscience of every man; and it is the right of every man to exercise it as these may dictate.

We are each of us responsible for the evil we may have prevented.

Whatever you may be sure of, be sure of this, that you are dreadfully like other people.

The act of not discussing or confiding the event with another may be more damaging than having experienced the event per se.

So if you feel as if you feel too much, well then you are not alone. May these words find you like a friend.

There may be circumstances in this life that God uses to keep bringing us back to Him, looking for His grace.

It is said, that the thing you possess is worth more than two you may have in the future. The one is sure and the other is not.

It may be the best that Hillary Clinton can do, but it's not the best America can do.

A strong man who has known power all his life may lose respect for that power. But a weak man knows the value of strength.

Adoption is an answer to a tragedy that has already happened, but may it never be the impetus for one that hasn’t.

I take little bits and pieces of ideas that I may or may not believe in but I give them to this character and he runs with them. I have fun with however he handles the situation.

You may repeat the most marvelous poems. And that is not worth a cent if you don't live it.

What works for the person you're imitating may not work for you.

The best way to suppose what may come, is to remember what is past.

Do you know whether or not you are in God's grace? Joan: If I am not, may God put me there; and if I am, may God so keep me.

I may be Irish, but I'm not stupid.

Hard times may have held you down, but they will not last forever. When all is said and done, you will be increased.

Your life may have taken a detour, but God is still on the throne. He has brought you this far, and sooner or later, your peace will be restored.

Action, looks, words, steps, form the alphabet by which you may spell character.

Every man's ability may be strengthened or increased by culture.

When public virtue is gone, when the national spirit is fled the republic is lost in essence, though it may still exist in form

What I have said may serve to recommend mathematics for acquiring a vigorous constitution of mind; for which purpose they are as useful as exercise is for procuring health and strength to the body.

If that a pearl may in a toad's head dwell, And may be found too in an oyster shell.

People may teach what they know, but they reproduce what they are.

The man who pets a lion may tame it, but the man who coddles the body makes it ravenous.

The slave of the belly ponders the menu with which to celebrate the feast. The servant of God, however, thinks of the graces that may enrich him.

Well i know that my company is not corrupt or unfair because i got all this with all my hard work. I see no reason why you say my company was corrupt may you explain to me miss [Ida] Tarbell.

Nor is the people's judgment always true: the most may err as grossly as the few.

For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.

We can say with some assurance that, although children may be the victims of fate, they will not be the victims of our neglect.

Be sensitive to your mistakes. Put it on the wall for a couple of weeks. It may be that you can learn more from the study of your own work than from others.

A king may spille, a king may save; A king may make of lorde a knave; And of a knave a lorde also.

Cheats, liars and criminals may resist every blandishment while respectable gentlemen have been moved to appalling treasons by watery cabbage in a departmental canteen.

The miniskirt enables young ladies to run faster, and because of it, they may have to.

The peculiar circumstances of the moment may render a measure more or less wise, but cannot render it more or less constitutional.

If you work outdoors be passive, go with the weather. This may mean two hours sheltering from a downpour, followed by a wonderful burst of sunlight and a rainbow.