“We have resorted to every means to win back the position that Adam lost. We have tried through education, through philosophy, through religion, through governments to throw off our yoke of depravity and sin. All our knowledge, all our inventions, all our developments and ambitious plans move us ahead only a very little before we drop back again to the point from which we started. For we are still making the same mistake that Adam made - - we are still trying to be king in our own right, and with our own power, instead of obeying God's law.” TryingMeanLittlesMadeStillsPhilosophyGovernmentMovingLawWinningLostSinMistakePlansPositionDevelopmentKingsInventionAdamAmbitiousBack AgainDepravityObeyingYokeSame MistakesVery MeanMaking The Same MistakesObeying God Author:Billy Graham
“We can learn from mistakes of others, whether they're kings or our parents. When we do learn those lessons, we're better equipped to make our own dreams come true.” DreamParentMistakeKingsLessonsDreams Come TrueLearning From Mistakes Author:Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
“That is the great mistake about the affections. It is not the rise and fall of empires, the birth and death of kings, or the marching of armies that move them most. When they answer from their depths, it is to the domestic joys and tragedies of life.” MovingJoyFallAnswersMistakeBirthKingsTragedyArmyDepthAffectionEmpiresGreat MistakesBirth And DeathRise And FallGreat Empires Book:Jan Vedder's Wife Source: Jan Vedder's Wife
“An awful lot of fantasy, and even some great fantasy, falls into the mistake of assuming that a good man will be a good king, that all that is necessary is to be a decent human being and when you're king everything will go swimmingly.” MenHumansFallHuman BeingsMistakeFantasyKingsAssumingAwfulDecentGood ManGood Kings Author:George R. R. Martin