Quotes About Sacrifice

I don't deny the importance of genetics. However, the fact that I might be altruistic isn't because I have a gene for altruism; the fact that I do something for my children at some cost to myself comes from a history that has operated on me.

On 'Mystic River,' I had to cut my salary and everyone else's to get it made.

The Eucharistic sacrifice of the body and blood of Christ embraces in turn the mystery of our Lord's continuing passion in the members of his mystical body, the church in every age.

The myth-making machine is the mimetic contagion that disappears behind the myth it generates.

The idea of sacrifice is integral to the John Henry myth. Heroic figures have to die in order for us to have our stories; we live and stand on their bones.

The mythic journey is always about selflessness.

Christ was liberated on the cross through spiritual centers located where the nails are said to have been driven, and elsewhere.

I always feel guilty when I want to go get my nails done or hair done because it takes time away, but I know moms need that alone time, too.

I'm happy to sacrifice a big pay cheque for my happiness, if that's not too corny a thing to say. It's probably more naive than mature to say that, maybe, but that's how I feel.

And that's my honour, that's what my goal is, to always keep my mum's name ringing, because I know what sacrifices she went through for me.

There was no way I was going to have a baby and hand him over to a nanny.

You give up your narcissism, your egotism. That's how you achieve chemistry.

Not everybody would choose to be a firefighter or an ambulance driver. Not everyone wants to see the nasty bits of life.

Giving is what makes a nation great.

My mother made countless sacrifices so that her children - and all children - could grow up in a better nation and world.

Through the centuries, over 1.2 million brave men and women have given their lives for our nation.

As a former NFL player, I am one American who will have nothing to do with any NFL Team that cannot find the corporate courage to stand for the millions of courageous past great Americans whose sacrifice gave meaning to our flag and national anthem and to the millions upon millions who still dream to come to its free shores.

Increased demands on the members of the Iowa National Guard often means increased time away from home and increased responsibility for those left behind.

I wanted to put the national interest before my personal interests.

For Croatians it means everything to play for the national team. Because of the past. A lot of people died in the war. It's like a duty for us to give everything.

Every time I went to play for my national team, we spent together two months away from our families, as a team.

I will keep playing for the national team until I feel I can't offer them anything.

Since June of 1981, between school and the national team, I haven't had much time to spend with myself or my family.

We're supposed to do all these things which trouble us deeply because it's so against what we naturally would want to do.