Alsace Lorraine Quotes & Sayings

The humiliation of their arms and the loss of Alsace and Lorraine made a sore pull on the endurance of this sensitive people; and their hearts are still hot, not so much against Germany as against the Empire. — Robert Louis Stevenson

You do not simply, mindlessly, implement the best practices. You have to think deeply about your condition. If the "best practice" seems like a useful countermeasure for your problem, you should learn from the best practice; however, what may have worked in some other place may not work for you without adjustment and even further improvement. — Jeffrey K. Liker

There is no creature among all the Beasts of the world which hath so great and ample demonstration of the power and wisdom of almighty God as the Elephant. — Edward Topsell

You never know what your next dig is going to find. — Bill Wyman

One of the ways in which our culture fosters the narcissistic personality is by its exaggerated emphasis upon the importance of winning. There is a popular slogan that says winning is the only thing that counts. Such an attitude minimizes human values and subordinates the feelings of others to this one overriding goal to win, to be on top, to be number one. But — Alexander Lowen

The ceding of Alsace-Lorraine is nothing but war in perpetuity under the mask of peace. — Edgar Quinet

Happiness is not something that happens ... It does not depend on outside events, but, rather, on how we interpret them. — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

I'm a mama's boy because everything I do is with respect to my mother. I won't do a movie or a video that would bring disrespect to my mother. — Mr. T

To see another with clarity and objectivity, one first must master stillness. — Alberto Villoldo

After our humiliating loss of Alsace-Lorraine, France needs a victory to restore pride in the nation. — Jules Ferry

By the same right under which France took Flanders, Lorraine and Alsace, and will sooner or later take Belgium
by that same right Germany takes over Schleswig; it is the right of civilization as against barbarism, of progress as against stability. Even if the agreements were in Denmark's favor
which is very doubtful-this right carries more weight than all the agreements, for it is the right of historical evolution. — Friedrich Engels

Germany has solemnly recognized and guaranteed France her frontiers as determined after the Saar plebiscite ... We thereby finally renounced all claims to Alsace-Lorraine, a land for which we have fought two great wars. — Adolf Hitler