19 May Quotes

The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled.

The World is three days: As for yesterday, it has vanished, along with all that was in it. As for tomorrow, you may never see it. As for today, it is yours, so work in it.

In war, whichever side may call itself the victor, there are no winners, but all are losers.

Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow. Delay may give clearer light as to what is best to be done.

To design a desk which may cost $1,000 is easy for a furniture designer but to design a functional and good desk which shall cost only $50 can only be done by the very best

Eugenics is the study of the agencies under social control that may improve or impair the racial qualities of future generations either physically or mentally.

Things may not be logical or fair, but when God is directing the events of our lives, they are right.

Architects everywhere have recognized the need of ... a tool which may be put in the hands of creators of form, with the simple aim ... of making the bad difficult and the good easy.

You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than live as slaves.

Until we meet again, may the good Lord take a liking to you.

So next time someone complains that you have made a mistake, tell him that may be a good thing. Because without imperfection, neither you nor I would exist.

God gives sleep to the bad, in order that the good may be undisturbed.

I want to warn anyone who sees the Peace Corps as an alternative to the draft that life may well be easier at Fort Dix or at apost in Germany than it will be with us.

You may think I'm brave. But in the eyes of many people back in my country I am a coward. They think, this man gave so much freedom to his daughter, he broke all the traditions of our society.

Most important thought, if you love someone, tell him or her, for you never know what tomorrow may have in store.

May God prevent us from becoming "right-thinking men"-that is to say men who agree perfectly with their own police.

There is a place called ‘heaven’ where the good here unfinished is completed; and where the stories unwritten, and the hopes unfulfilled, are continued. We may laugh together yet.

As long as there is one upright man, as long as there is one compassionate woman, the contagion may spread and the scene is not desolate. Hope is the thing that is left us in a bad time.

Your greatest accomplishment may not be something you do but someone you raise.

It's true he was a sinner. But don't pass so final a judgement. Have pity in your heart and don't forget that he may yet be an Augustine, while you remain just another mediocrity.

. . . [The Judicial Branch] may truly be said to have neither FORCE nor WILL, but merely judgment; and must ultimately depend upon the aid of the executive arm even for the efficacy of its judgments.

I may like the Blizzard best, of all the songs I have written

If we love one another, nothing, in truth, can harm us, whatever mischances may happen.

You may not know it, but at the far end of despair, there is a white clearing where one is almost happy.

Freedom includes the right to say what others may object to and resent... The essence of citizenship is to be tolerant of strong and provocative words.

Peace may sound simple - one beautiful word - but it requires everything we have, every quality, every strength, every dream, every high ideal.

I feel that racial profiling may be a very complicated and long-standing problem. It will take a long time even to make tiny progress.

Love is the law of God. You live that you may learn to love. You love that you may learn to live. No other lesson is required of Man.

We may never see the end results, but that is the difference between the master builder and the worker.

A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.

Now, a recent study from cardiologists at the University of Maryland, has shown that laughter may have a beneficial effect on the heart.

The evil that is in the world always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence, if they lack understanding.

I believe that the foundation of democratic liberty is a willingness to believe that other people may perhaps be wiser than oneself.

Throw yourself into life as someone who makes a difference, accepting that you may not understand how or why.

What may look like a small act of courage is courage nevertheless. The important thing is to be willing to take a step forward.

By sealing our work with our blood, we may see at least the bright dawn of universal happiness.

Each generation has to stand up for democracy. It can't take anything for granted and may have to fight fundamental battles anew.

[H]owever hard the road, however difficult today, tomorrow things will be better. Tomorrow may not be better, but we must believe that it will be.

Perfect as the wing of a bird may be, it will never enable the bird to fly.

Law and justice are not always the same. When they aren't, destroying the law may be the first step toward changing it.

Help me, O Lord, that my hands may be merciful and filled with good deeds, so that I may do only good to my neighbors.

Since everything is but an apparition, having nothing to do with good or bad, acceptance or rejection, one may well burst out in laughter.

May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.

Don't focus on what's wrong. Things may not be perfect, but be grateful for the opportunity to experience each day. Live each day like it could be your last.

All you may know of heaven or hell is within your own self.

You may consider yourself an individual, but as a cell biologist, I can tell you that you are in truth a cooperative community of approximately fifty trillion single-celled citizens.

We may feel genuinely concerned about world conditions, though such a concern should drive us into action and not into a depression.

Indeed, your scars may be your greatest ministry. Just as the scars of Jesus convinced Thomas, perhaps your scars will convince someone today.

Eternally repeating that cycle of death and rebirth, an existence such as this... truly, mine is what may be called a 'perfect existence'!

To die, to sleep - To sleep, perchance to dream - ay, there's the rub, For in this sleep of death what dreams may come.