Elsenburg Landbou Quotes & Sayings

Polly had always marveled ... that her country would name such a processed and unnatural product [American cheese] after itself, yet hungry Rose ... gleefully ate every individually wrapped, plastic little one of them. — Sheri Holman

There is only one tactical principle which is not subject to change. It is to use the means at hand to inflict the maximum amount of wound, death, and destruction on the enemy in the minimum amount of time. — George S. Patton

My life is over, a little early to be sure; but there's nothing to be done about it. I shall never return to freedom. I am condemned to die - now or a little later. But later on, in truth, it will be even harder, an so the sooner the better. I no longer have any property whatsoever. For me those I love have died, and for them I have died. From today on, my body is useless and alien to me. Only my spirit and my conscience remain precious and important to me. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

When we looked at the life cycle in our 40s, we looked to old people for wisdom. At 80, though, we look at other 80-year-olds to see who got wise and who not. Lots of old people don't get wise, but you don't get wise unless you age. — Erik Erikson

For a time I let my mouth hang open, so that my excitement might take opportunity and leave. — Franz Kafka

How can I no longer bear my weary doom? Alas! what have I gain'd for all I lost? — Maria Gowen Brooks

The highest mental health is not liking myself but being joyfully interested in everything but myself. — John Piper

Flawed Human Parents + Shit Life Throws At You = Childhood That 'Builds Character. — Deb Caletti

She brushed the old years and habits and inhibitions away from her like dead leaves. She would not be littered with them. — L.M. Montgomery

Even the wisest people learn little from their successes; God warns His people against allowing their victories (which He will grant) to lead them into pride and spiritual indifference. Instead, they should pay close attention to God's Word. — Max Anders