Quotes About Sacrifice

Addiction is giving up everything for one thing. Recovery is giving up one thing for everything.

Divizije, pukovnije, batoljoni, ?ete, jedinice svih vrsta pomiješat ?e se u gomili lijesova. Potom ?e ih ukrcati u veliki brod koji ?e tromo isploviti iz luke da bi vratio u domovinu ovu armiju svedenu sada na nekoliko tona kalcija i fosfora.

I kad oni koji me tla?e, truju i jedu, i koji za drugi život i ne znaju, nalaze u sebi snage, izdržljivosti i veštine za borbu, zašto da je ne na?em ja koji sam gledao i koji ?u opet videti sjaj drugog, lepšeg života za koji nijedna žrtva nije prevelika i nijedna cena previsoka?

Teško je ploviti bez krivudanja sa tolikim svetom na brodu i za spas svih treba ponekad nešto od tereta i u more baciti.

Sve mu daj, a uzmi mu zdravlje, pa kao da mu ništa dao nisi.

When the crucified Jesus is called the image of the invisible God, the meaning is that THIS is God, and God is like THIS.

God allows himself to be humiliated and crucified in the Son, in order to free the oppressors and the oppressed from oppression and to open up to them the situation of free, sympathetic humanity.

Christ died--that is history; Christ died for our sins--that is doctrine. Without these two elements, joined in an absolutely indissoluble union, there is no Christianity.

For us Jesus does not merely place His fingers in the ears and say, "Be opened"; for us He does not merely say "Arise and walk." For us He has done a greater thing–for us He died.

No greater love hath a man than he lay down his life for his brother. Not for millions, not for glory, not for fame. For one person, in the dark where no one will ever know or see.

Sometimes the pain they wish to spare is their own because if you can be convinced to set aside your own dreams, they can remain comfortable with their decision to do the same.

Sacrifice is the ecstasy of giving the best we have to the One we love most.

A leader is a person who has learned to obey a discipline imposed from without, and has then taken on a more rigorous discipline from within. Those who rebel against authority and scorn self-discipline -- who shirk the rigors and turn from the sacrifices -- do not qualify to lead.

James and John wanted the glory, but not the cup of shame; the crown, but not the cross; the role of master, but not servant.

He wanted to see her eat. After the sex, after he came inside her, he wanted to have her eat food he'd bought her, and he wanted her to take the stuff from his hand. Hell, he wanted to go out and kill something for her, bring the meat back, cook it himself, and feed her until she was full. Then he wanted to lie beside her with a dagger in his hand, protecting her as she slept.

Beth," he whispered. "Come back to me." He brought more of his blood to her. "Damn it, don't you die!" Candles flared in the room. "I love you, damn you! Goddamn you, don't you let go!

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I'm glad you like him, he murmured, his hands tugging up her shirt. Because the two of us are yours. For as long as you'll have us. That would be eternally, she said as she let herself go. And reveled in all the love.

Honestly, what the hell is destiny going to want from me now?" "The same as any endeavor. Blood, sweat, and tears." "That's it," Tohr said dryly. "And here I was thinking it could just be an arm or a leg.

The problem comes in when you sacrifice your peace of mind and happiness for the sake of others.

I want you to take note, Commander, that turning in my badge would be like cutting off my arm. But if it comes down to a choice between the job and my marriage, then I lose the arm.

Eve: "Would you jump in front of a maxibus for me?" Roarke: "Absolutely. They don't go very fast.

Eve (to Roarke): Whatever happened to me back in Dallas, I came out of it. I'm standing here because of it. Maybe I have everything that matters to me, including you, because of it. If that's true, I'd go through it all again. I'd go through every minute of the hell to have you, to have my badge, to have this life.

You go in, I go in. Listen--- He took her face in his hands. You go, I go. That's non-negotiable. If we're to get blasted to hell or poisoned into lunatics, we do it together. Crap, Crap. You have to look less rich and gorgeous. God help him, she made him grin. I'll do what I can.