Quotes About Sacrifice

incluso se decía que, más de una vez, se vio a Carton en pleno día, dirigiéndose a su casa con paso vacilante, como gato calavera.

Eu vou dizer-te o que é o amor verdadeiro. É o devotamento cego, humilhação de si mesmo sem questionamento, submissão absoluta, é fé e confiança contra si mesmo e contra o mundo inteiro, é entregar-se de corpo e alma ao carrasco... Foi assim que amei!

the First—Recalled to Life I. The Period II. The Mail III. The Night Shadows IV. The Preparation V. The Wine-shop

It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; It is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known.

I could not better testify my respect for your sister than by finally relieving her of her brother," said Sydney Carton.

Fifty-two XIV. The Knitting Done XV. The Footsteps Die Out For Ever Book the First—Recalled

I know it all, I know it all. Be a brave man, my Gaspard! It is better for the poor plaything to die so, than to live. It has died in a moment without pain. Could it have lived an hour as happily?

Rises XXIII. Fire Rises XXIV. Drawn to the Loadstone Rock Book the Third—

He comes here at the peril of his life, for the realization of his fixed idea. In the moment of realization, after all his toil and waiting, you cut the ground from under his feet, destroy his idea, and make his gains worthless to him. Do you see nothing that he might do, under the disappointment?

Ti dirò .... che cosa è il vero amore. E' devozione cieca, pronta ad umiliarsi, a sottomettersi completamente, a confidare e credere a dispetto di se stessi e del mondo intero, dando cuore e anima senza riserve a chi li infiamma...

Gerçek sevginin ne oldu?unu anlatay?m sana," dedi. "Körü körüne ba?lanmak, kendini hiç sorgusuz a?a??latmakt?r. Kar??ndakine yüzde yüz boyun e?mek; kendi akl?na, tüm dünyan?n uyar?lar?na kar?? ona güvenmek, benli?ini cellat?n?n eline hiç esirgemeden vermektir. Benim yapt???m gibi!

although Sydney Carton would never be a lion, he was an amazingly good jackal,

I have said that Caleb and his poor Blind Daughter lived here. I should have said that Caleb lived here, and his poor Blind Daughter somewhere else - in an enchanted home of Caleb's furnishing, where scarcity and shabbiness were not, and trouble never entered. Caleb was no sorcerer, but in the only magic art that still remains to us, the magic of devoted, deathless love, Nature had been the mistress of his study; and from her teaching, all the wonder came.

The important thing is this: to be able at any moment to sacrifice that which we are for what we could become.

Thus, "the full meaning of freedom [is] the gift of self in service to God and one's brethren."34

Patriotism has served, at different times, as widely different ends as a razor, which ought to be used in keeping your face clean and yet may be used to cut your own throat or that of an innocent person.

The future can be anything we want it to be, providing we have the faith and that we realize that peace, no less than war, required 'blood and sweat and tears

Life Lessons 12:32 — "I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to Myself." Jesus says that He draws all peoples to Himself. We are to represent Him as well as we can and allow Him to live through us, but we can never convert anyone. It is Christ's responsibility to cause faith to take root in human hearts, not ours.

True unconditional love is sacrificial—it is not easily offended, self-focused, or afraid of rejection. It seeks only the good of the other person.

Make sure that what you are living for is what you are willing to die for.

But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us" (Rom. 5:8).

Paul declared in Philippians 3:8: "I count all things to be loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but rubbish so that I may gain Christ" (NASB).

All He asks is that you accept it by faith (John 3:16–18).

Jesus died on the cross and rose from the grave to make us holy and acceptable to Him once and for all.