Quotes About Sacrifice

Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore, non feci mai male ad anima viva!

Banks are the temples of America. This is a holy war. Our economy is our religion.

It was the reward of the loyal female disciples who had accompanied Jesus to the place of crucifixion and stayed with him through the horror of his execution, to be entrusted by him with the most powerful message that has ever impacted the world: 'He is risen.

and no illustration of the disastrous effects of reckless indulgence in intoxicating liquors appeals to an audience with such telling force as that of the once sober and well-conducted female yielding by degrees to the terrible temptation until she at length sinks to the condition of a gin-soddened poor wretch, lost to every glimmer of self-respect, and capable even of starving herself and her children rather than forego her only remaining enjoyment in life ... It

merchants who financed this expedition viewed it as a reconnaissance mission rather than a trading venture and little cargo was loaded on board the ships. Instead, all available space was converted into living space for the large number of men on board, a necessary feature of long voyages into the unknown. Many would die on the outward trip and for those that survived there was a cornucopia of tropical diseases awaiting them on their arrival in the East

The Royal Commission on Awards to Inventors offered him a six-figure sum in recognition of his pioneering wartime inventions. Jefferis was gratified but turned it down. 'His Edwardian principals of right and wrong were very strong,' said his son John.16 He did not believe he should profit from having helped to defeat Hitler.

Mais c'est toujours ainsi en temps de guerre : les chefs aiment à décréter, du fond de leur quartier général, l'ordre de se faire tuer sur place, alors même qu'il suffirait d'un léger déplacement latéral pour éviter l'obus.

In my case, I was born to parents who were very young, and I don't think they were entirely ready to have a child. My dad was going to college and working two or three jobs at the same time, and my mum was working and going to school.

nice to her. It had cost her quite a lot to push the door open. But

Those of us who have never been in the military don't understand what it is like to serve in the military.

What does it mean to love by degree? What does this say, too, about my place in my own children's love chain? Is this the cycle of life, then? To be prepared to be thrown under the bus, if necessary, by those you value most in the world?

Sometimes love just isn't enough to make something possible,

Persevering is what wives do. Staying is what mothers do. Tending is what daughters do.

I am proud because I understand that there are times when self-preservation is more important than sentiment, especially when one is a mother, and I could not afford to be perpetually devoured from the inside out, surrendering my hours and days and weeks and months to this turbulent anxiety

it's an even bargain -one in which we both lose.

La experiencia me enseñó que, ciertamente, se puede ganar una guerra con cualquier clase de personas, pero no se puede construir un sistema justo, con valores éticos, si quienes se proponen hacerlo carecen de ellos o sacrifican esos mismos valores en el camino.

Nadie puede decir cuál habría sido nuestra historia si tanta tribu no hubiese sido aniquilada. Los españoles decían que debían civilizarnos, hacernos abandonar la barbarie. Pero ellos, con barbarie, nos dominaron, nos despoblaron. En pocos años hicieron más sacrificios humanos que nosotros en el tiempo largo que transcurrió desde las primeras festividades.

Occorre compiere fino in fondo il proprio dovere, qualunque sia il sacrificio da sopportare, costi quel che costi, perché è in ciò che sta l'essenza della dignità umana.

The teacher is like the candle which lights others in consuming itself.

Il Destino, che è un regista alla ricerca di facili effetti, piuttosto di sacrificare una battuta sicura, preferisce sacrificare la logica degli eventi. Per questo il nostro pianeta è squinternato ma divertente.

I offer neither pay, nor quarters, nor provisions; I offer hunger, thirst, forced marches, battles and death. Let him who loves his country in his heart, and not with his lips only, follow me.

I offer neither pay, nor quarters, nor food I offer only hunger, thirst, forced marches, battles and death. Let him who loves his country with his heart, and not merely with his lips, follow me.

Rich men have dreams. Poor men die to make them come true.

Best way out," Elmo observed laconically, "would be to kill everybody who knows anything, then all of us fall on our swords." "Sounds a little extreme," Goblin opined. "But if you want to go first, I'm right behind you.