No matter how small and unimportant what we are doing may seem, if we do it well, it may soon become the step that will lead us to better things.
A man's heart may have a secret sanctuary where only one woman may enter, but it is full of little anterooms which are seldom vacant.
A Rook is of the value of five Pawns and a fraction, and may be exchanged for a minor Piece and two Pawns. Two Rooks may be exchanged for three minor Pieces.
There are two motives for writing a book: one, that you may save what you know, the other, that you may share what you know with the public.
Again two manufacturers may employ the same amount of fixed, and the same amount of circulating capital; but the durability of their fixed capitals may be very unequal.
What is right for one soul may not be right for another. It may mean having to stand on your own and do something strange in the eyes of others.
Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy; in the one case that confidence may not fall asleep, in the other that it may not be dismayed.
One stroke out of sync may alter the picture, but it doesn't cancel purpose; it may slow you down but doesn't disqualify you.
We may never be able to forget what has happened. We may harbor the sadness from it in our hearts forever. The former of these is unavoidable.
And capital punishment, however ineffective it may be and through whatever ignorance it may be resorted to, is a strictly defensive act, - at least in theory.
Troubles may come and doubts may arise along the way. But the faithful heart will always conquer everything because it values trust and loyalty.
Whatever things may have been in their origin, they are what they are, both in themselves and in regard to their indications respecting other beings or influences the existence of which may be implied in theirs.
The numbers may be said to rule the whole world of quantity, and the four rules of arithmetic may be regarded as the complete equipment of the mathematician.
As memory may be a paradise from which we cannot be driven, it may also be a hell from which we cannot escape.
We may never understand illnesses such as cancer. In fact, we may never cure it. But an ounce of prevention is worth more than a million pounds of cure.
PowerPoint may not be of any use for you in a presentation, but it may liberate you in another way, an artistic way. Who knows.
It may not be impossible, but that our Faculties may be so construed, as always to deceive us in the things we judge most certain and assured.
True love will triumph in the end—which may or may not be a lie, but if it is a lie, it's the most beautiful lie we have.
There may be the kinds of things that you may find interesting, but then there's also the practical reality of needing to make a living and this is what you have to choose from.
I play in front of 70,000 fans week in and week out, and I may drop the ball in practice, I may run the ball the wrong way, but once it's game time, it's game on.
If danger arises in the present moment, there may be an emotion. There may even be pain. But that's a challenge, not a problem. For a problem to exist, you need time and repetitive mind activity.
