Mayest Quotes
36 quotes by 26 authors
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Let this be thy whole endeavor, this thy prayer, this thy desire,-that thou mayest be stripped of all selfishness, and with entire simplicity follow Jesus…
— Thomas a Kempis
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Thou mayest foresee... the things which will be. For they will certainly be of like form, and it is not possible that they should deviate…
— Marcus Aurelius
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But the Hebrew word, the word timshel—‘Thou mayest’— that gives a choice. It might be the most important word in the world. That says the…
— John Steinbeck
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But I have a new love for that glittering instrument, the human soul. It is a lovely and unique thing in the universe. It is…
— John Steinbeck
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But 'Thou mayest!'! Why, that makes a man great, that gives him stature with the gods, for in his weakness and his filth and his…
— John Steinbeck
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Narrow is the mansion of my soul; enlarge Thou it, that Thou mayest enter in. It is ruinous; repair Thou it. It has that within…
— Saint Augustine
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Thou mayest rule over sin,’ Lee. That’s it. I do not believe all men are destroyed. I can name you a dozen who were not,…
— John Steinbeck
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The Hebrew word, the word timshel - 'Thou mayest' - that gives a choice. It might be the most important word in the world. That…
— John Steinbeck
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The first gift that Adam and Eve received was agency: ‘Thou mayest choose for thyself, for it is given unto thee’ (Moses 3:17). You have…
— Boyd K. Packer
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Nothing graces the Christian soul so much as mercy; mercy as shown chiefly towards the poor, that thou mayest treat them as sharers in common…
— Saint Ambrose
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God be praised for his gracious long suffering towards me in sparing my life so long. Grant, gracious God, that I may make a good…
— Patrick Gordon
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Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their…
— Bible
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Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven counsellors, to enquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy…
— Bible
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We have made thee neither of heaven nor of earth, Neither mortal or immortal, So that with freedom of choice and with honor, As thought…
— Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola
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FIRST keep thyself in peace, and then shalt thou be able to be a peacemaker towards others. A peaceable man doth more good than a…
— Thomas Kempis
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The highest gift and favor of God is a pious, kind, godly, and domestic wife, with whom thou mayest live peaceably, and to whom thou…
— Martin Luther
Who Wrote These Mayest Quotes
26 authors contributed a total of 36 Mayest Quotes, led by these top contributors: