May Quotes - Page 260

No matter how good or great a man may be, there is yet a better and a greater man within him.

Whether or not Big Brother is watching us, we certainly have to watch him, which may be even worse.

For by my glee might many men have laughed, And of my weeping may something have been left, Which must die now.

The place was built on the premise that people want to gamble, and they may as well do it here. They look after their clientele, and, hell, they treat me like I'm one of their family.

It is in identifying yourself with the hopes, dreams, fears and longings of others that you may understand them and help them.

We have proven a new pattern of abundance. We pray that we may also help to make a pattern for peace.

I was very short when I was little, so I probably had - and there may be a residue of it now - that Napoleon complex. Wanting to be as big and as powerful as the big guys.

If you have to learn it from a self-help book, you may be beyond help.

Though the boot may fit the foot, one can rarely stand in the tread of his own reputation.

On a flight of emotion there's wonder and bliss, but beware of a landing that may go amiss.

I will not quarrel with a slight mistake, Such as our nature's frailty may excuse.

So it is that the life force may take possession of a man-- so that in the end he may be possessed by something greater, no longer at all belonging to himself.

You have been given questions to which you cannot be given answers. You will have to live them out - perhaps a little at a time.' And how long is that going to take?' I don't know. As long as you live, perhaps.' That could be a long time.' I will tell you a further mystery,' he said. 'It may take longer.

A teacher's major contribution may pop out anonymuosly in the life of some ex-student's grandchild.

If your message to the universe is gimme, gimme, gimme, the universe's response back to that kind of mentality is exactly the same. The universe will say right back to you over and over again, gimme, gimme, gimme. If you shift that and you say to the universe, to the world, how may I serve? How may I serve? The universe's response back to you is how may I serve you? How may I serve you?

Those whose purpose does not match yours are not wrong; they have their mission, and finding their own purposeful way may involve many detours and acts that seem destructive.

We may love to say many things, but if these are not uttered in the Holy Spirit it is better to say nothing. The flesh can conjure up many plans and methods and be full of expectations. The righteousness of the flesh is as abhorrent as its sin we must always maintain God's view of the flesh.

I've argued with the senators and congressmen I've talked to. You don't want to be too little too late. If you buy them at the right price, you may be buying two trillion of face value.

We still find very few [stocks] that even mildly interest us. That dismal fact is testimony to the insanity of valuations reached during The Great Bubble. Unfortunately, the hangover may prove to be proportional to the binge.

Well, it may be all right in practice, but it will never work in theory

Stocks of companies selling commodity-like products should come with a warning label: "Competition may prove hazardous to human wealth".

Those who are too idle to read, save for the purpose of amusement, may in these works acquire some acquaintance with history, which, however inaccurate, is better than none.

It often comes into my head That we may dream when we are dead, But I am far from sure we do. O that it were so! then my rest Would be indeed among the blest; I should for ever dream of you.

Friendship may sometimes step a few paces in advance of truth.

We may receive so much light as not to see, and so much philosophy as to be worse than foolish.