“The purposes of the Almighty are perfect, and must prevail, though we erring mortals may fail to accurately perceive them in advance.” MayPurposePerfectFailingMortalsPerceiveAlmightyErringGod Knows Best Book:Lincoln on Democracy Source: Lincoln on Democracy
“No one likes to fail. But we mortals do not become champions without effort and discipline or without making mistakes.” EffortMistakeFailingDisciplineLikesMortalsChampionMaking Mistakes Author:Dieter F. Uchtdorf
“There is something in obstinacy which differs from every other passion. Whenever it fails, it never recovers, but either breaks like iron, or crumbles sulkily away, like a fractured arch. Most other passions have their periods of fatigue and rest, their sufferings and their cure; but obstinacy has no resource, and the first wound is mortal.” FirstsSufferingPassionBreakFailingPeriodsResourcesWoundsCuresMortalsIronFatigueArchesObstinacy Author:Samuel Johnson
“I ask to become a faery because I love a faery queen, and because she deserves to have someone who loves her for who she is, not what she is. She needs me. There are people-good people-I love and I'm a liability to them because I'm a mortal. I'm fragile. I'm fine. I am in this world. People I care about, the woman I love, friends in all three of the courts This is where I belong. I just need you to give me what it takes to stay with them and be strong enough not to fail them.” PeopleWorldNeedsGivingEnoughCareThreeAsksStrongFailingThis WorldFineDeserveGive MeCourtMortalsQueensGood PeopleFragileI CareStrong EnoughNeed YouLiability Author:Melissa M
“I now suspect that just as a deer herd lives in mortal fear of its wolves, so does a mountain live in mortal fear of its deer. And perhaps with better cause, for while a buck pulled down by wolves can be replaced in two or three years, a range pulled down by too many deer may fail of replacement in as many decades.” YearsMayDoeTwoThreeCausesFailingMountainDecadesMortalsRangeSuspectsThree YearsReplacedBucksHerdsDeerReplacements Book:A Sand County Almanac, and Sketches Here and There Source: A Sand County Almanac, and Sketches Here and There