May Quotes

20575 May quotes by 7930 unique authors

Keep us, Lord, so awake in the duties of our calling that we may sleep in thy peace and wake in thy glory. — John Donne
However near and dear to you may be your wife, children, friends, they are not you; they are outside of you. — John Buchanan Robinson
No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be subdued by discipline. — Seneca the Elder
In bed we laugh, in bed we cry, and born in bed, in bed we die; the near approach a bed may show of human… — Samuel Johnson
Nature is what you may do. There is much you may not do. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I think we may class the lawyer in the natural history of monsters. — John Keats
Circumstances may cause interruptions and delays, but never lose sight of your goal. — Mario Andretti
One may know how to gain a victory, and know not how to use it. — Pedro Calderon de la Barca
Little friends may prove great friends. — Aesop
Even when the experts all agree, they may well be mistaken. — Bertrand Russell
As you go along your road in life, you will, if you aim high enough, also meet resistance.... But no matter how tough the opposition… — Madeleine Albright
I cannot tell how the truth may be; I say the tale as it was said to me. — Walter Scott
So long as there is any subject which men may not freely discuss, they are timid upon all subjects. — John Jay Chapman
Friends are like a pleasant park where you wish to go; while you may enjoy the flowers, you may not eat them. — E. W. Howe
There is nothing the body suffers which the soul may not profit by. — George Meredith
Two may talk and one may hear, but three cannot take part in a conversation of the most sincere and searching sort. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
We may not always get what we want, but surely we will get what we deserve. — Douglas Horton
Wherever a man may happen to turn, whatever a man may undertake, he will always end up by returning to that path which nature has… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A wise man will desire no more than what he may get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contently. — Benjamin Franklin
Existence loves laughter. You may have observed, or not, that man is the only animal in the whole of existence who is capable of laughing.… — Rajneesh
Our whole life is a fooling around. You can do it because you are not aware of how you waste time, how you waste energy… — Rajneesh
Life is nothing but an opportunity for love to blossom. If you are alive, the opportunity is there - even to the last breath. You… — Rajneesh
These are the only two situations possible, and you are in the sad situation. Everybody may know about you - who you are - but… — Rajneesh
You may be a princess or the richest woman in the world, but you cannot be more than a lady. — Lady Randolph Churchill
Some allow themselves to be overcome by panic, and others charge because they dare not remain at their posts. Some may be found whose courage… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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