Mortals Quotes - Page 10

• He is blessed over all mortals who loses no moment of the passing life in remembering the past

  Henry David Thoreau

  Life, Blessed, Past

  Henry David Thoreau (1993). “Civil Disobedience, and Other Essays”, p.73, Courier Corporation

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• Only the more Rugged Mortals should attempt to Keep Up on Current Literature.

  George Ade

  Hygiene, Literature, Should

  "Fables in Slang".

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• Repentance for past crimes is just and easy; but sin-no-more's a task too hard for mortals

  John Vanbrugh

  Past, Tasks, Sin

  Sir John Vanbrugh (1759). “The life of Sir J. Vanbrugh The relapse; or, Virtue in danger. The provok'd wife, with a new scene. Æsop, in two parts. The false friend”, p.103

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• My optimism and confidence come not from feeling I'm luckier than other mortals, and they sure don't come from visualizing victory. They're the result of a lifetime spent visualizing defeat and figuring out how to prevent it. Like most astronauts, I'm pretty sure that I can deal with what life throws at me because I've thought about what to do if things go wrong, as well as right. That's the power of negative thinking.

  Chris Hadfield

  Life, Thinking, Optimism

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• The friendship which is to be practised or expected by common mortals, must take its rise from mutual pleasure, and must end when the power ceases of delighting each other.

  Samuel Johnson

  Friendship, Common, Pleasure

  Samuel Johnson, Hester Lynch Piozzi, James Boswell (1787). “The Beauties of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Consisting of Maxims and Observations, Moral, Critical, and Miscellaneous, to which are Now Added, Biographical Anecdotes of the Doctor, Selected from the Late Productions of Mrs. Piozzi, Mr. Boswell, ...”, p.97

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• Though Death be poor, it ends a mortal woe.

  William Shakespeare

  Death, Woe, Poor

  William Shakespeare (1767). “The Works of Shakespeare: Much ado about nothing. All's well that ends well. The life and death of King John. The life and death of King Richard II”, p.274

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• It is my firm belief that the infinite and uncontrollable fury of nuclear weapons should never be held in the hands of any mere mortal ever again, for any reason.

  Mikhail Gorbachev

  Hands, Nuclear Disarmament, Weapons

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• I do not foresee 'spaceships' to the moon or Mars. Mortals must live and die on Earth or within its atmosphere!

  Lee De Forest

  Moon, Atmosphere, Mars

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• Collectivism and freedom are mortal enemies. Only one will survive

  G. Edward Griffin

  Enemy, Collectivism, Mortal Enemies

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• Mortals always want something more- they wish for money, but what they're really after is to be carefree. Power when what they really want is control. Beauty when they want love. Sometimes they know it, sometimes they don't

  Jackson Pearce

  Want Something, Wish, Sometimes

  Jackson Pearce (2010). “As You Wish”, p.19, Harper Collins

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• It's just that it's impossible to be a broken or whole person. You can only be a person. You can only exist, you can only belong to yourself, and you can only be responsible for your own happiness or belonging or whatever. That broken-part-piece-whole thing is just a trick of the mortal mind.

  Jackson Pearce

  Broken, Mind, Pieces

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• In one of his books my father said, "Nothing vast enters the life of mortals without a curse."

  Tiffany Shlain

  Curse

  "Tiffany Shlain on being 'Connected'". Interview with Ysolt Usigan, www.cbsnews.com. September 26, 2011.

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• We foolish mortals sometimes live through years not realizing how short life is, and that TODAY is your life.

  Edith Schaeffer

  Short Life, Years, Today

  Edith Schaeffer (1972). “Hidden art”

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• At one time I was praying for the salvation of sinners, and the Saviour appeared on the cross by me, and talked with me; I laid my hand on his mangled body, and looked up in his smiling face. Another time I was meditating upon the love of God in giving his only Son to die for sinners, and of the beautiful home he was preparing for those who love him, and I seemed to float away, and was set down in the Beautiful City. Oh, the glorious sight that met my view can never be expressed by mortal tongue

  Maria Woodworth-Etter

  Beautiful, Home, Son

  Maria Woodworth-Etter (1997). “Signs & Wonders”, p.10, Whitaker House

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• In books I find the dead as if they were alive; in books I foresee things to come; in books warlike affairs are set forth; from books come forth the laws of peace. All things are corrupted and decay in time; Saturn ceases not to devour the children that he generates; all the glory of the world would be buried in oblivion, unless God had provided mortals with the remedy of books.

  Richard de Bury

  Children, Book, Law

  Richard De Bury (2006). “The Love of Books: The Philobiblon of R”, p.9, Cosimo, Inc.

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• I see corruption as a mortal enemy for young democracies.

  Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj

  Enemy, Democracy, Corruption

  "CNN's Amanpour", www.cnn.com. September 24, 2012.

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• The greatness and efficacy of a magician is measured by his refusal to use magic. The true magician, the greatest, is the poorest and most unfortunate of all mortals. Because between his magic and his person forgetfulness takes shape, in the form of the world.

  Cesar Aira

  Greatness, Magic, Use

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• Unhappy is the soul enslaved by the love of anything that is mortal.

  Saint Augustine

  Soul, Unhappy

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• The purposes of the Almighty are perfect, and must prevail, though we erring mortals may fail to accurately perceive them in advance. We hoped for a happy termination of this terrible war long before this; but God knows best, and has ruled otherwise. We shall yet acknowledge His wisdom, and our own error therein. Meanwhile we must work earnestly in the best lights He gives us, trusting that so working still conduces to the great ends He ordains. Surely He intends some great good to follow this mighty convulsion, which no mortal could make, and no mortal could stay.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Religious, War, Errors

  Abraham Lincoln, G. S. Boritt (2004). “Lincoln on Democracy”, p.330, Fordham Univ Press

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• Belgium, where there occurred one of the rare appearances of the hero in history, was lifted above herself by the uncomplicated conscience of her King and, faced with the choice to acquiesce or resist, took less than three hours to make her decision, knowing it might be mortal.

  Barbara Tuchman

  Kings, Hero, Knowing

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• The man forget not, though in rags he lies,
  And know the mortal through a crown's disguise.

  Mark Akenside

  Lying, Men, Rags

  Mark Akenside (1808). “The Poetical Works of Mark Akenside ...: Collated with the Best Editions”

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• Waste of resources is a mortal sin at IKEA.

  Ingvar Kamprad

  Ikea, Waste, Sin

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• Heroes are damned. No mortal conquers Death.

  Shan Sa

  Hero, Conquer

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• I do indeed think that cinema is mortal. There is a lot of evidence already that it is dying on its feet.

  Peter Greenaway

  Thinking, Feet, Dying

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• I don’t think there is any such thing as an ordinary mortal. Everybody has his own possibility of rapture in the experience of life. All he has to do is recognize it and then cultivate it and get going with it. I always feel uncomfortable when people speak about ordinary mortals because I’ve never met an ordinary man, woman, or child.

  Joseph Campbell

  Life, Children, Women

  Joseph Campbell, Bill D. Moyers (1988). “The Power of Myth”, Harmony

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