"Our stories may be singular, but our destination is shared."
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"Habit may lead us to belief and expectation but not to the knowledge, and still less to the understanding, of lawful relations."
"My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me...you will lead me by the right road, though I may know nothing about it. Therefore I will trust you always though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death. I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone."
"I may not drive in 100 runs a year, but I can prevent 100 runs from scoring against us."
"You may have enemies whom you hate, but not enemies whom you despise. You must be proud of your enemy: then the success of your enemy shall be your success too."
"May Heaven exist, even if my place is Hell."
"You can't be held captive by the fear of failure or the fear of what people may say."
"Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance."
"Show me your eyes and you may as well show me your cards."
"What have you always wanted to do but been afraid to attempt? Whatever it is, it may be your greatest opportunity in life."
"A lie may fool someone else, but it tells you the truth: you're weak."
"May you have happiness, and may you find it making one another happy."
"The chance which now seems lost may present itself at the last moment."
"It is very little to me to have the right to vote, to own property, etc., if I may not keep my body, and its uses, in my absolute right"
"Death is a sleep that ends our dreaming. Oh, that we may be allowed to wake before death wakes us."
"I may be doomed to the stake and the fire, or to the scaffold tree, but it is not in me to falter if I can promote the work of emancipation."
"The gates of monarchs Are arched so high that giants may jet through And keep their impious turbans on without Good morrow to the sun."
"If ... it is not in my power to arrive at the knowledge of any truth, I may at least do what is in my power, namely, suspend judgement."
"We may attack systems. We must not attack men."
"To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult."