Quotes About Sacrifice

Apparently God takes reception of Holy Communion seriously. Apparently some things are more sacred than politics. Apparently it's all or nothing when it comes to being Catholic.

The flag still stands for freedom and they can't take that away.

I am the Jesus Christ of politics. I am a patient victim, I put up with everyone, I sacrifice myself for everyone.

POW 369, I should salute you from this heart of mine. And thank you for placing your life on the line.

I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of God than live in that palace at Washington.

The politics of courts are so mean that private people would be ashamed to act in the same way; all is trick and finesse, to which the common cause is sacrificed.

We are soldiers of the cross, we've been found to reach the lost.

They fought indeed and were slain, but it was to maintain the luxury and the wealth of other men.

If people have to choose between freedom and sandwiches they will take sandwiches.

If we, citizens, do not support our artists, then we sacrifice our imagination on the altar of crude reality and we end up believing in nothing and having worthless dreams.

Whoever decides to dedicate their life to politics knows that earning money isn't the top priority.

One has to be a lowbrow, a bit of a murderer, to be a politician, ready and willing to see people sacrificed, slaughtered, for the sake of an idea, whether a good one or a bad one.

We thank you [the soldiers recently returned from the middle east] for your service.

Put temptation on the unenjoyment line.

The right way to requite evil, according to Jesus, is not to resist it. This saying of Christ removes the Church from the sphere of politics and law.

If one of my boys was asking me if they should go into politics, I'd say there's only one reason to go into public life and that's to help people.

I see the necessity of sacrificing our opinions sometimes to the opinions of others for the sake of harmony.

Don't be afraid to give up the good for the great.

Cheerful givers do not count the cost of what they give. Their hearts are set on pleasing and cheering the person to whom the gift is given.

If you can quit, quit. If you can't quit, stop complaining - this is what you chose.

The ultimate purpose of marriage is not to make us happy but to glorify God.

Desire is craving enough to sacrifice for

In everyday things the law of sacrifice takes the form of positive duty.

It's all about what they can get out of me.