The bitterness of joy lies in the knowledge that is cannot last. Nor should joy last beyond a certain season, for, after… — Tanith Lee Copy Share Image
Short is the life of those who possess great accomplishments, and seldom do they reach a good old age. Whatever thou lovest,… — Martial Copy Share Image
We are daughters of our Heavenly Father. We are covenant-making women of all ages walking the path of mortality back to His… — Rosemary M. Wixom Copy Share Image
I do not know all of the providences of the Lord, but I do know that he permits false doctrine to be… — Bruce R. McConkie Copy Share Image
I take enormous pleasure every time I see something that I've done that cannot be wiped out. In some way ... I… — Deborah Meier Copy Share Image
As far as we know, we are the only species on the planet who have been given the gift-or curse, perhaps-of awareness… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Christlike communications will help us to develop righteous relationships and ultimately to return to our heavenly home safely. May we treasure the… — L. Lionel Kendrick Copy Share Image
Death is nothing to us: for after our bodies have been dissolved by death they are without sensation, and that which lacks… — Epicurus Copy Share Image
Accustom yourself to believe that death is nothing to us, for good and evil imply awareness, and death is the privation of… — Epicurus Copy Share Image
The last decisive energy of a rational courage which confides in the Supreme Power is very sublime. It makes a man who… — Randolph Sinks Foster Copy Share Image
In my mind, I gave the woman gifts. I gave her a candle stub. I gave her a box of wooden kitchen… — Lewis Nordan Copy Share Image
“In years past, a person died, and eventually all those with memories of him or her also died, bringing about the complete… — Minae Mizumura Copy Share Image
In these days before antiseptics, doctors themselves also suffered high mortality rates. Florence Nightingale, a nurse during the Crimean War (1853-1856), watched… — Sam Kean Copy Share Image
One would have thought that it was even more necessary to limit population than property; and that the limit should be fixed… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“Death is the hardest question, and in an age that gives short shrift to the transmission of wisdom from old to young,… — Ben Sasse Copy Share Image
Among us, I am happy to say, old age is honorable, and regarded as a blessing from the Lord. It is our… — Lorenzo Snow Copy Share Image
Tis not the wholesome sharp mortality, Or modest anger of a satiric spirit, That hurts or wounds the body of a state,… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
I always hated those classic kid movies like Old Yeller or The Yearling where the beloved pet dies. What would be so… — Merrill Markoe Copy Share Image
I am simply looking for a companion with whom to spend my days, a companion who will cherish as much as I… — Heidi Julavits Copy Share Image
While life is meant to test, challenge, and strengthen us, if we are attempting to negotiate the twists and turns and ups… — Sheri L. Dew Copy Share Image
The healing power of the Lord Jesus Christ-whether it removes our burdens or strengthens us to endure and live with them like… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
I don't take things for granted, because everything feels more fragile. It's made me wonder about mortality and how long you've got… — Robin Gibb Copy Share Image
Short stories consume you faster. They're connected to brevity. With the short story, you are up against mortality. I know how tough… — Ali Smith Copy Share Image
The similarity between Van Gogh, Haiku poetry, and good photography is the concern for mortality. That things are very fleeting, that there… — Dennis Stock Copy Share Image
The average Mexican lives longer now than the average Briton did in 1955. Infant mortality is lower today in Nepal than it… — Matt Ridley Copy Share Image
For me, the first fact of human existence is the human body. But if you embrace the reality of the human body,… — David Cronenberg Copy Share Image
I am interested in struggle - between our hearts and our head, between principle and desire - and one of those struggles… — Amy Bloom Copy Share Image
I am more famed in Heaven for my works than I could well conceive. In my brain are studies & chambers filled… — William Blake Copy Share Image
In the school of mortality, we experience tenderness, love, kindness, happiness, sorrow, disappointment, pain, and even the challenges of physical limitations in… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
You do become more aware of your mortality as you get older. When you're little, you jump on any wild horse. Then… — Jennifer Lawrence Copy Share Image
“The girl in the video is a reminder about how fragile our hold on sanity and health is and how much we… — Susannah Cahalan Copy Share Image
Horseracing already has the highest mortality rate of any sport in the world per capita to the people who do it. If… — Gary Ross Copy Share Image
“...A mirror can trick you day by day into thinking you remain looking and existing in one way forever. But a photograph… — Kels Adeline Sapp Copy Share Image
We are spirit children of a loving Heavenly Father who placed us in mortality to see if we would choose - freely… — Henry B. Eyring Copy Share Image
For man, the vast marvel is to be alive. For man, as for flower and beast and bird, the supreme triumph is… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
After I had my son I looked everywhere for a book that might serve as some kind of mirror. I bought so… — Miranda July Copy Share Image
What happened in Cuba, just to cut to the chase, their death rate from diabetes went down 50%, their death rate from… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
People knew there were two ways of coming at truth. One was science, or what the Greeks called Logos, reason, logic. And… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
“it is a valuable lesson that should often be reinforced—that many who are faced with impending death, a disease that will likely… — R.A. Salvatore Copy Share Image
I don't mean to say that you shouldn't take care of your body, or want to keep it from dying. But it… — Gangaji Copy Share Image
