Aleksandra Layland Quotes

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.

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?

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

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

Confirmations may come in many forms and at any time.

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 source of evil is desire, greed, and anger.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

You study the Path of Peace. I practice the Art of War. There are some congruities between these different approaches but there are many more differences, and they are significant. The Art of War is carried out on the battlefield with deadly weaponry and sometimes, more importantly, in other places and in other ways that you would find distasteful. If I speak little about my plans it's because the Art of War teaches that it is the business of a general to ensure secrecy. You might want to mollify or change my tactics or strategies to fit the morals of your peacetime world and I'd be shackled and hampered in seeing the victory won as it should be, as quickly as possible, with as little fighting as possible, and at the lowest cost possible. You cannot bear the consequences of battle and you don't know the resources required. I do.

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.

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

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.

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?

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

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.

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

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.