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Quotes About Sacrifice

No, thought the dwarf, he plays the game of thrones, and you and Griff and Duck are only pieces, to be moved where he will and sacrificed at need, just as he sacrificed Viserys.
~ George R.R. Martin
Her brother Rhaegar battling the Usurper in the bloody waters of the Trident and dying for the woman he loved.
~ George R.R. Martin
Stannis, my lord, my sad sullen boy, son I never had, you must not do this, don't you know how I have cared for you, lived for you, loved you despite all? Yes, loved you, better than Robert even, or Renly, for you were the one unloved, the one who needed me most.
~ George R.R. Martin
Now, Bran, the crow urged. Choose. Fly or die. Death reached for him, screaming. Bran spread his arms and flew.
~ George R.R. Martin
I'll pay her bloody ransom. Gold, sapphires, whatever you want. Pull her out of there." "You want her? Go get her." So he did.
~ George R.R. Martin
It is a terrible thing we contemplate, a vile thing. Yet we who presume to rule must do vile things for the good of the realm, howevermuch it pains us.
~ George R.R. Martin
Hodor squatted down beside the door, rocking back and forth on his haunches and muttering, "Hodor, hodor, hodor." Bran
~ George R.R. Martin
what is the life of one bastard boy against a kingdom?" "Everything." said Davos, softly.
~ George R.R. Martin
Brick and blood built Astapor, and brick and blood her people.
~ George R.R. Martin
and Hodor came lumbering in shouting "Hodor! Hodor! Hodor!
~ George R.R. Martin
No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.
~ George S. Patton
A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood.
~ George S. Patton
Don't be a fool and die for your country. Let the other sonofabitch die for his.
~ George S. Patton
A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood
~ George S. Patton
The only way anyone ever won a war, is to make the enemy hurt so bad that he can't stand it any more. ... George S. Patton
~ George S. Patton
No b****** ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb b****** die for his country.
~ George S. Patton
It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather, we should thank God that such men lived.
~ George S. Patton Jr.
No dumb bastard ever won a war by going out and dying for his country. He won it by making some other dumb bastard die for his country.
~ George S. Patton Jr.
A real man will never let his fear of death overpower his honor, his sense of duty to his country, and his innate manhood.
~ George S. Patton Jr.
Compared to war, all other forms of human endeavor shrink to insignificance. God help me, I do love it so.
~ George S. Patton Jr.
He who sweats more in training bleeds less in battle.
~ George S. Patton Jr.
I fought in many guises, Many names, but always me. And I see not in my blindness What the objects were I wrought, But as God rules o'er our bickerings It was through His will I fought. So forever in the future, Shall I battle as of yore, Dying to be born a... fighter, But to die again, once more.
~ George S. Patton Jr.
Know how to replace in your heart, by the happiness of those you love, the happiness that may be wanting to yourself
~ George Sand
In his biggest sacrifices, man finds the biggest fulfillment
~ George Santayana