May Quotes - Page 97

Get masters of families to do their duty, and they will not only spare you a great deal of labor, but will much further the success of your labors. You are not like to see any general reformation, till you procure family reformation. Some little religion there may be, here and there; but while it is confined to single persons, and is not promoted in families, it will not prosper, nor promise much future increase.

There's a throne in each life big enough for only one. Christ may be on that throne, or money may be. But both cannot occupy it.

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can make me think I deserved it.

Nobody doubts that he exists, though he may doubt the existence of God. If he finds out the truth about himself and discovers his own source, this is all that is required.

Rome did not create a great empire by having meetings, they did it by killing all those who opposed them. If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.

Once you realize there is a Higher Power, you know you're not alone, that you have a purpose on the planet. You control your destiny instead of letting the day lead you where it may. You seize it, take it and lead it.

In looking for the keys of paradise, a pope may stoop a little; having found them, he should rise again.

Prayer may seem at first like disengagement, a reflective time to consider God's point of view. But that vantage presses us back to accomplish God's will, the work of the kingdom. We are God's fellow workers, and as such we turn to prayer to equip us for the partnership.

Ultimately, censorship comes down to taste. What offends me may enlighten you. Do you want me deciding-based on my taste-what you should or should not be exposed to?

Living is already having been born, in a condition we have not chosen, a situation in which we find ourselves, a quarter of the universe in which we may feel we have been thrown and are wandering, lost. And yet it is against this background that we can begin, that is to say, give a new course to things.

Do you know why God subjects you to so many miseries? That He may bestow on you the riches of heaven.

However depressed I may be I am not in the habit of giving up a project without having tried everything, even the 'impossible', to gain my end.

I may not be the most physical player, that's not my nature. But I am a competitor and I play as hard as I can.

Even the wisest woman you talk to is ignorant of something you may know, but an elegant woman never forgets her elegance.

The question of historicity and actuality with regard to gods and unicorns is a relatively trifling matter which may be left to antiquarians and biologists, for both the god and the unicorn had a business to perform greater than any mere existence in the flesh could explain or provide a basis for.

There are no circumstances in your life where God will not stand will not stand with you and help you, no matter what the trouble may be.

Being patient even in the thickest of storms can be the one device that may catapult you over any obstacle.

Wherever you are, whatever your circumstances may be, whatever misfortune you may have suffered, the music of your life has not gone. It's inside you - if you listen to it, you can play it.

At times truth may not seem probable.

I learned that I'm not young enough to think I know everything. Honestly. I think you hit a certain point in life where you expect that you have so much to learn, and you may think that you've arrived, but you have kind of just begun.

Heed the spark or you may dread the fire.

Too much sanity may be madness!

By exhaustively examining one's own mind,one may understand his nature.One who understands his own nature understands Heaven.

In this world it is becoming more and more unpopular to be a Christian. Soon it may become dangerous.

One must learn an inner solitude, wherever or with whomsoever he may be.