Aleksandra Layland Quotes

#1. Defeating the enemy through deception with little loss of life is better than fighting face-to-face with the loss of many lives on both sides.

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#2. The source of evil is desire, greed, and anger.

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#3. Into every life both tragedy and triumph can fall, and we must learn to meet both with equal serenity.

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#4. A noble and resolute people can safely tread a dark and fearsome path if they always shine before them the lamps of wisdom and valor.

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#5. If we go to war, it must only be with right on our side.

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#6. We must not bind our hearts to the things of the world, no matter how beautiful they are or how much pleasure they give us. Our hearts must soar in the heavens for us to be truly the humans we were meant to be.

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#7. Some people are like fragile petals, and they don't recover from hardship. Do we blame the petal? Or do we excuse its fragility and mourn its loss?

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#8. You may be a good warrior... But you've made a mistake I never did. You agreed to serve a stupid king.

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#9. A father never gives up on a son, not really, no matter how poorly he behaves at times or how many stupid decisions he makes. He tries to help that son learn how to become the man he was meant to be.

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#10. There is much we can learn from a friend who happens to be a horse.

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#11. After all, plans are one thing; then the battle happens.

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#12. A man who wears a sword knows to hold the love of his wife and family dear, for at any time he may not see another day of it.

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#13. We must find within us a happiness with ourselves which no one else can disturb. Otherwise we give them power over us.

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#14. I have only wanted a wife who would know she was my equal in spirit, in mind, and in heart.

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#15. There is something to be said about the vastness of the earth, as well as the vastness of the heavens, in reminding us how small we are and how great God's creation is.

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#16. You would destroy yourselves but He would be your savior.

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#17. Actions speak louder than words. Words cost nothing. Actions can cost everything.

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#18. God's greatest gift to mankind is our intellect. Even for those of you who are not of the faithful, the sheer logic alone cannot be denied. Education lifts a people to greater ability and achievement.

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#19. The trees were his chapel and the hillsides his cathedral.

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#20. I want you with me, my dearest. Not just as a friend, though also as that. I want you as my wife. I want to know that we share our lives and cares, we share our health and ill, and we share our happiness and sorrow.

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#21. Look for the possibilities... rather than... locking doors too soon that might in time have opened.

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#22. Endurance is a good virtue.

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#23. There was no jealousy on the part of a new spouse over the love or affection a man or woman shared with a former spouse. It was considered a blessing to have had such loves in one's life.

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#24. Grief, as in everything, should be experienced in moderation. There is a time to grieve heavily but then there is a time to set it aside and become happy in life again.

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#25. We had little but we didn't know we had little. It seemed to us that we had much and we were very content.

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#26. And do you see how beautiful and graceful the birds are when they are flying and soaring? The ground has many comforts for them to enjoy... But in the sky they are truly what a bird is meant to be. So it is with the human heart.

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#27. Among the Kimbrii the greatest shame a person can bring to himself or his clan is to start a war, but the second greatest is to submit to tyranny or injustice without a fight.

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#28. Into every life may come tragedy and triumph. Our goal is to meet both equally with serenity and radiant acquiescence. Yet even from the storm clouds of tragedy, rainbows can appear.

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#29. What is it that makes us who we are and what we are? Is it only our blood, the color of our hair, our skin, and our eyes? Or is it believing in what we believe and living the way we live?

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#30. He believed with all his heart that we should spend our lives in happiness and service, in joy and work, in kindness and in love, and he lived... and died... what he believed.

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#31. The king should be the servant of his people, and seek to uplift them and their lives.

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#32. Confirmations may come in many forms and at any time.

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