May Quotes

20575 May quotes by 7930 unique authors

During our mortal schooling in submissiveness, we will see the visible crosses that some carry, but other crosses will go unseen. A few individuals may… — Neal A. Maxwell
Adversity itself may lead toward and not away from God and spiritual enlightenment; and privation may prove a source of strength if we can but… — David O. McKay
No one wants adversity. Trials, disappointments, sadness, and heartache come to us from two basically different sources. Those who transgress the laws of God will… — Richard G. Scott
There is much that is difficult and challenging in the world today, my brothers and sisters, but there is also much that is good and… — Thomas S. Monson
That which lies before the human race is a constant struggle to maintain and improve, in opposition to State of Nature, the State of Art… — Thomas Huxley
We have no knowledge, that is, no general principles drawn from the contemplation of particular facts, but what has been built up by pleasure, and… — William Wordsworth
I thought that spring must last forevermore, For I was young and loved, and it was May. — Vera Brittain
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May. — William Shakespeare
Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring. — George Herbert
May is a pious fraud of the almanac. — James Russell Lowell
Therefore, if a great kingdom humbles itself before a small kingdom, it shall make that small kingdom its prize. And if a small kingdom humbles… — Laozi
Although individuals may be highly intelligent, they are sometimes dogged by skepticism and doubts. They are clever, but they tend to be hesitant and skeptical… — Dalai Lama
Promiscuity in men may cheapen love but sharpen thought. Promiscuity in women is illness, a leakage of identity. — Camille Paglia
For the duration of its collective life, or the time during which its identity may be assumed, each class resembles a hotel or an omnibus,… — Joseph A. Schumpeter
Our attitude toward abortion . . . is fixed by our knowledge that according to an eternal plan all of the spirit children of God… — Dallin H. Oaks
I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess. If I may lift a line from a die-hard whose identity is lost in the shuffle,… — Tallulah Bankhead
The policy or advantage of [immigration] taking place in a body (I mean the settling of them in a body) may be much questioned; for,… — George Washington
Let go of what has passed. Let go of what may come. Let go of what is happening now. Don't try to figure anything out.… — Tilopa
I recently spoke with Barbara Jordan of the U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform, and I increasingly believe we need a system to verify employment eligibility.… — William J. Clinton
I do not believe that the people of the United States are going to take people who have been here a quarter century, who have… — Newt Gingrich
According to Democritus, truth lies at the bottom of a well, the water of which serves as a mirror in which objects may be reflected.… — Charles Francis Richter
Farms and in castles, in homes, studies, and cloisters - where sensible people manage to live relatively lusty and decent lives, as moral as they… — Erik Erikson
If the day ever comes when they know who They are, they may know better where they are. — Robert Frost
If delight may provoke men's labour, what greater delights is there then to behold the earth as apparelled with plants, as with a robe of… — Unknown Author
If ever household affections and loves are graceful things, they are graceful in the poor. The ties that bind the wealthy and the proud to… — Charles Dickens

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