34 Quotes by Aleksandra Layland

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.

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

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.

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.

The trees were his chapel and the hillsides his cathedral.

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

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

I always knew a good man should do no bad deeds, but it never occurred to me that a good man must do good deeds. He cannot just sit back and do nothing. He cannot just relax and let things happen around him. He must act or his faith is meaningless, mere words or thoughts.

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