Ifaluk Quotes & Sayings

The ant, who has toiled and dragged a crumb to his nest, will furiously defend the fruit of his labor, against whatever robber assails him. So plain, that the most dumb and stupid slave that ever toiled for a master, does constantly know that he is wronged. — Abraham Lincoln

Of all things visible, the highest is the heaven of the fixed stars. — Nicolaus Copernicus

We don't love people so much for the good they have done us, as for the good we have done them — Laurence Sterne

Whether he wants it or not, man is the instrument of nature; she imposes on him character and appearance. — Pablo Picasso

I'm not a loud, extravagant person; I'm never going to be that and, to be honest, I don't want to be like that. — Leona Lewis

Some people only look at the good stuff and some people only look at the bad stuff. — Dustin Lance Black

I was a different sort of child, as half the children are. I was in that category of being free-spirited. — Lana Del Rey

How many times in the past three months have I been reminded of Ruby's two selves, the careful courteous young woman who spoke so sweetly to strangers and the person she let loose at home, where she was safe, where she could be spiky and harsh and uncertain and at sea? I have two selves now, too, the one that goes out in the world and says what sound like the right things and nods and listens and sometimes even smiles, and the real woman, who watches her in wonder, who is nothing but a wound, a wound that will not stop throbbing except when it is anesthetized. I know what the world wants: It wants me to heal. But to heal I would have to forget, and if I forget my family truly dies. — Anna Quindlen

While it is possible to create all your own energy, most people feed off the energy of others. If you could see on multiple planes of attention you would be astonished! — Frederick Lenz

Be glad, O people of Zion, rejoice in the Lord your God, for he has given you the autumn rains in righteousness. He sends you abundant showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before. — Joel Osteen

It didn't happen for a reason, Alann. These things never do. Hurt spills over into hurt, like water over stones. There's no foreseeing it, no knowing who it will touch, who will be left standing. — Mark Lawrence