Quotes about may
may theory appetite
The masses will reject any theory, however reasonable it may be, if it lays a restriction upon the appetite. Ellen G. White
may unreasonable creatures
To a reasonable creature, that alone is insupportable which is unreasonable; but everything reasonable may be supported. Epictetus
may status-symbol facts
I would say that if something has an aesthetic value and it is pleasing to watch or to wear, it may in fact have nothing to do with status symbol. You just like to wear it. Emilio Pucci
may chivalry courtesy
Other Courtesies have been - Other Courtesy may be - We commend ourselves to thee Paragon of Chivalry. Emily Dickinson
may boon dies
To die before one fears to die may be a boon.
may bitter cases
Bitter though it may be to many, Cadfael concluded, there is no substitute for truth, in this or any case. Ellis Peters
may retrospect saint
Even a saint may take pleasure, in retrospect, in having been once desired
may global-warming significant
Society's emissions of carbon dioxide may or may not turn out to have something significant to do with global warming-the jury is still out. Edward Teller
may want stories
We have to trust that our stories deserve to be told. We may discover that the better we tell our stories the better we will want to live them. Henri Nouwen
may revolutionary disciple
I and others may be revolutionaries but we are disciples of Mahatma Gandhi, directly or indirectly, nothing more nothing less. Ho Chi Minh
may causes flaws
He who is false to present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and will find the flaw when he may have forgotten its cause. Henry Ward Beecher
may immortality satisfied
May we be satisfied with nothing that shall not have in it something of immortality.
may british stills
However British you may be, I am more British still. Henry James
may serious ridiculous
A comic writer should of all others be the least excused for deviating from nature, since it may not be always so easy for a serious poet to meet with the great and the admirable; but life every where furnishes an accurate observer with the ridiculous. Henry Fielding
may admiration wells
It may be laid down as a general rule, that no woman who hath any great pretensions to admiration is ever well pleased in a company where she perceives herself to fill only the second place.
may world human-nature
However exquisitely human nature may have been described by writers, the true practical system can be learned only in the world.
may royal criticize
Never criticize the composition of a Royal Highness. You never know who may have written it. Johannes Brahms
may world prosperity
Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
may world prosperity
Everything in the world may be endured, except only a succession of prosperous days. [Ger., Alles in der Welt lasst sich ertragen, Nur nicht eine Reihe von schonen Tagen.]
may faults offensive
What sort of faults may we retain, nay, even cherish in ourselves? Those faults which are rather pleasant than offensive to others.
may reputation chance
I consider him of no account who esteems himself just as the popular breath may chance to raise him.
may building habit
Any habit may be discontinued by building in its place some other and more desirable habit. Napoleon Hill
may good-health outstanding
No person may enjoy outstanding success without good health.
may matter hard
Keep on keeping on, no matter how hard the going may be.
may ingrates exception
Whatever misanthropists may say, ingrates and the perverse are exceptions in the human species. Napoleon Bonaparte
may projects
I may have had many projects, but I never was free to carry out any of them.
may accused rashness
I may be accused or rashness, but not sluggishness.
may forethought foresight
Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.
may needs dogma
Conventional dogmas, even if endowed with the authority of an Aristotle - ancient or modern - must be tested vigorously. If they are found wanting, we need not bother with them. But if they are found to be substantially correct, we may not overlook them. Norman Lamm
may remember judicial
We must remember that judicial nominees are constrained in what they may discuss and how they may discuss it. Orrin Hatch
may unemployed
We may at times be unemployed, but no one ever becomes uncalled. Os Guinness
may higher occasions
Make every occasion a great occasion, for you can never tell who may be taking your measure for a higher place. Orison Swett Marden
may use century
A word may become so defiled by bad use that it will take a century before it can be purifed, and brought into use again. Olive Schreiner