May Quotes - Page 39

Everyone has ideas. They may be too busy or lack the confidence or technical ability to carry them out. But I want to carry them out. It is a matter of getting up and doing it.

It may be possible through detachment, to gain knowledge that is 'useful;' but only through participation is it possible to gain the knowledge that is helpful.

And now, as in no other age, we seek it [peace] because we have been warned, by the power of modern weapons, that peace may be the only climate possible for human life itself.

To really appreciate architecture, you may even need to commit a murder.

May your boulders be your blessings. May you be able to embrace them. And may you find what's extraordinary in yourself.

Instead of the mahi mahi, may I just get the one mahi because I’m not that hungry.

O Blackbird! sing me something well: While all the neighbors shoot thee round, I keep smooth plats of fruitful ground, Where thou may'st warble, eat and dwell.

Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production; and the interest of the producer ought to be attended to only so far as it may be necessary for promoting that of the consumer. The maxim is so perfectly self-evident that it would be absurd to attempt to prove it. But in the mercantile system the interest of the consumer is almost constantly sacrificed to that of the producer; and it seems to consider production, and not consumption, as the ultimate end and object of all industry and commerce.

Oh Lord, purify my soul from all its stains. Warm my heart with the love of thee, animate my sluggish nature and fix my inconstancy, and volatility, that I may not be weary in well doing.

My fiction may, now and again, illuminate aspects of the human condition, but I do not consciously set out to do so: I am a storyteller.

Words may be false and full of art; Sighs are the natural language of the heart.

Afflictions are meant for our spiritual benefit; we are sometimes tempted that we may learn to pray the more.

We may take breaks and do other things, but we feel we'll ultimately have Pearl Jam as a family.

I always tell actors when they go in for an audition: Don't be afraid to do what your instincts tell you. You may not get the part, but people will take notice.

You may be hurt if you love too much, but you will live in misery if you love too little.

We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated. It may even be necessary to encounter the defeat, so that we can know who we are.

Live as if you like yourself, and it may happen.

A new world order is in the making, and it is up to us to prepare ourselves that we may take our rightful place in it.

The advantage of poetry over life is that poetry, if it is sharp enough, may last.

Now virtue may not always be its own reward, but in any case it is not usually bought and paid for at market rates.

And through the opening or clearing in your own awareness may come flashing higher truths, subtler revelations, profound connections. For a moment you might even touch eternity.

Remember, a person who wins success may have been counted out many times before. He wins because he refuses to give up.

But the Bible says, even though we may blow it every day, God's mercy is fresh for us every morning.

Sure, at that age [of 7] you may have seen movies with guns and crime but by then I also knew something strange was happening in my family because it all changed drastically after the killing of Rodrigo Lara.

Who am I that I should urge these missionaries to confess their sins in public, when, for all I know, they may be living nearer to God than I am? The Spirit of God does not need me to act as His detective.