May Quotes
20575 May quotes by 7930 unique authors
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We do not want churches because they will teach us to quarrel about God. We do not want to learn that. We may quarrel with…
— Chief Joseph
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Let woman then go on-not asking favors, but claiming as a right the removal of all hindrances to her elevation in the scale of being-let…
— Lucretia Mott
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In a society where the rights and potential of women are constrained, no man can be truly free. He may have power, but he will…
— Mary Robinson
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To my mind by far the greatest danger in scholarship...is not that the individual may fail to master the thought of a school but that…
— Geoffrey Sampson
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Even when educators survey grade school texts and create new bibliographies to help teachers include Asians, Eskimos, and other Americans, females in and out of…
— Gloria Steinem
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Great Spirit-I want no blood upon my land to stain the grass. I want it all clear and pure, and I wish it so, that…
— Ten Bears
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Seldom or never is a poor man honored by the world; however worthy of honor he may be, he is apt rather to be despised…
— Teresa of Avila
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The danger is that people may mistake what is basically a change in vocabulary for a change in behavior, practices, and attitudes. While practically all…
— Whitney M. Young
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... we have been warned by the power of modern weapons, that peace may be the only climate possible for human life itself ... There…
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Refugee problems may often seem intractable but they are not insoluble. In our experience there are two basic prerequisites for solution: the political will of…
— Sadako Ogata
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In most households a cup of coffee is considered the one thing needful at the breakfast hour. But how often this exhilarating beverage, that 'comforteth…
— Unknown Author
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It is true, says Liebeg, that thousands have lived without a knowledge of tea and coffee; and daily experience teaches us that, under certain circumstances,…
— Isabella Beeton
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Among the numerous luxuries of the table...coffee may be considered as one of the most valuable. It excites cheerfulness without intoxication; and the pleasing flow…
— Benjamin Franklin
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May the stars carry your sadness away, may the flowers fill your heart with beauty, may hope forever wipe away your tears.
— Chief Dan George
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The very success of medicine in a material way may now threaten the soul of medicine.
— Walter Martin
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Whatever success I may have attained is due to the fact that since I was old enough to work at all, my ambition has never…
— Anna Held
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Only in the spirit of attack, born in a brave heart, will bring success to any fighter aircraft, no matter how highly developed it may…
— Adolf Galland
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Yet some can be patriotic who have no self-respect, and sacrifice the greater to the less. They love the soil which makes their graves, but…
— Henry David Thoreau
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I may have had a crush on Zac, but we are like brother and sister, so nothing would ever happen.
— Vanessa Hudgens
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You must have complete determination. The worst opponent you can come across is one whose aim has become an obsession. For instance, if a man…
— Bruce Lee
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...We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated. That sounds goody two-shoes, I know, but I believe that a diamond is the…
— Maya Angelou
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You have your goals. They may be small goals or they may be large goals. As you strive to achieve your goals, sometimes your conditions…
— Jean Charest
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Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all foolish acts, a balm to our every chagrin, as welcome after satiety…
— Henry David Thoreau
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The community of nations may see more and more of the very kind of threat Iraq poses now: a rogue state with weapons of mass…
— William J. Clinton
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We live in a time of transition, an uneasy era which is likely to endure for the rest of this century. During the period we…
— Jimmy Carter
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