Quotes About Sacrifice

I cannot bring Christ to my neighbor and to the world if I have not first given him to my family.

Those who devote their lives to serving our country, children, and neighborhoods are giving back. They have answered the call to serve.

We all understand that freedom isn't free. What Romney and Ryan don't understand is that neither is opportunity. We have to invest in it.

Nelson Mandela is awe inspiring - a person who really sacrificed for what he believed in. I feel truly humbled by him.

Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.

We must never forget or diminish the sacrifices of those who gave everything for this nation.

We will never forget those like my great-grandfather who fought at Vicksburg.

America will never forget the service and sacrifice of our 9/11 heroes and their families.

I would say a lot of the things I learned in New England were about putting the team first.

I know certainly that my parents sacrificed a lot to come to America, and to... start a new life for their family and their future families. At least with first-generation Asian-American immigrants, parents put so much risk in work and to provide the best for their children.

I'd gladly take a grenade, if it meant saving Newark.

It was not easy with a newborn, asking your wife to give up the family home and your security.

I don't know how my parents ever paid for my dance classes when I was little. We even had to line our shoes with newspaper when there were holes in them because we couldn't afford to get them soled.

I thought I'd do something nice for the band... I'll hang myself.

My mom was not able to buy us the expensive Air Jordans, so if I wanted something that was a little bit nicer, my brother and I, we had to go earn money for it.

I'm getting asked a lot, 'You don't have kids, so how do you know how to act like a mother?' I know nothing could compare, and I haven't had that experience, but when my niece was born, I felt like I would jump in front of a car and die for this little person I didn't even know yet.

My grandma was raised in Ghana, and she went back there to work, so she could earn money for my mum's education in Nigeria. It's where it all began, and that dedication to education is the only reason I'm here.

I've always affirmed, nobody's ambition is worth the blood of any Nigerian.

I used to work with mentally disabled people when I was 18 or 19, changing diapers and catheters. I was working, like, 16 hour night shifts, having to distribute meds and go capture people who would break out of the house. Sometimes they'd have seizures, and we'd have to rush them to the hospital. That was an interesting time, very humbling.

I spent four days and four nights just covered in blood, falling in the water.

A lot of late nights in the gym, a lot of early mornings, especially when your friends are going out, you're going to the gym, those are the sacrifices that you have to make if you want to be an NBA basketball player.

I used to spend my nights oversewing dresses for a local dressmaker in order to pay for my school equipment.

My son is 14, and I only have this time with him. True, it's not like before when I couldn't explain to a little boy why I can't read him his bedtime story six nights a week. And he's even said to me, 'Mom, if you want to do a show somewhere, you should go.'

I love the game. But I love my wife and kids more. I can't tell you how many sacrifices I make throughout the season. I leave the house at 4:15 A.M. and get home at 7 P.M. and see my kids an hour every night. It's been sacrificing for nine years. It's not just about what's best for me. It's about what's best for me and my family.