Quotes About Sacrifice

I need to work to support my family.

Jeg vil have Mappe tilbage! råbte Sophia. Men du ved jo, hvordan det bliver, sagde farmoren. Det bliver rædsomt, sagde Sophia alvorligt. Men det er Mappe, jeg elsker. Og så byttede de kat igen.

He told me I could go on being a lost sinner, living my life as I chose, ignoring the offer of eternal life and the peace that only God could give me. But, he told me, You will literally have to step over the broken, bleeding, nail-pierced body of Jesus in order to enter the gates of hell.

God knows I've needed enough forgivin' in my life. I love you, and love sometimes comes in pain as well as joy.

The brutality of war could damage even the best of men.

Dianthe wanted her to be the hero, the hardened flyer doing her part to win the war. But she wasn't a hero. She was a romantic. A foolish one, probably, giving up everything for the boy she loved.

Nothing seems to fit anymore. I can't be Aristos, but I don't think I'm Aris either. I don't know who I am." She was lost. Dianthe grabbed her knee. "You are a woman who gave up everything to defend her dominion. You are a flyer." Aris

Why does anyone fight a war? To protect a way of life, to find or support loved ones. To avenge those lost. Or maybe because it's a calling. Because someone has to. Because there's a line no enemy should be allowed to cross.

Dianthe cleared her throat and said softly, "I do this because I believe a woman should have the right to fight and die for her dominion, just like any man. We are no longer a population in danger of extinction. There's no reason for our leaders to ban women from making this choice. So I help them make it anyway. Even if it means giving up who they are. Even if it means joining Military as ghosts.

I think I will drink my hemlock now....

Noble words, my friend; you can't drink them or wrap them around your feet or burn them in your firepit or give them to children crying in hunger......They will cry for a month, then they will eat his share of the food. And wouldn't he want it that way?

Once upon a time, a woman told this to her daughter: Save yourself. The girl didn't think to ask for what? She looked into her mother's face and answered Yes. Years later, alone in the room where she lives The daughter listens to the life she's been saved from: Evening patter. Summer laughter. Young bodies Racing into the unmitigated happiness of danger.

Now think of it this way: which do you think would be better for Dottie, havin' ten thousand dollars so maybe she could go to that Amazon school, or havin' a beat-up, old, ugly, naggy, alcoholic

Now think of it this way: which do you think would be better for Dottie, havin' ten thousand dollars so maybe she could go to that Amazon school, or havin' a beat-up, old, ugly, naggy, alcoholic mother for another twenty years or so?

This is because mothers who feel guilty about being separated from their children by their slave wage job try to make it up by charging up debt they can't afford to buy their kids plastic crap made by child slaves in China. This is an echo of the first Christmas, when the Wise Men gave gifts to the newborn babe that they knew was destined to be sacrificed.

but is it not heartening to know that so many are willing to fight for the good? Think of that young librarian, Sophie, who made certain you escaped. Think of S.Q., who risked my brother's wrath to make me more comfortable. Think of Captain Noland, and Joe Shooter, and all the others – even strangers – who were prepared to sacrifice their safety, perhaps even their lives, on our behalf. That's something, is it not?

You can be disabled" warned Dalek X "Try It, harm them in any way and I will not cooperate. You can disable me and torture me and kill me but you will never get the TARDIS!

Don't you realize it's the doing that often gets us into trouble? It's not the doing that makes God happy. It's not about what we've done...it's about what been done for us.

I hated feelings of insufficiency, and I ached with the knowledge that daily I was sacrificing—my time, my work, my friendships, and my personal ease—only to see no good result. Even worse, it seemed the more love I poured out, the more I was ignored.

How does one become a butterfly? You must want to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar.

you have to let the one you love go, so that if they come back to you, you know that they are yours forever

When you're a mother, nobody's saying, 'You're doing a really good job; you're so great; what initiative, mopping up that vomit!

Not all of your sacrifices made today will benefit you personally tomorrow. Some are selfless acts of investments towards the future, that will create generational wealth for our offsprings.

To achieve growth, you have to be willing to sacrifice the time and make the difficult but necessary changes. There can be no change without risks, and there can be no growth without changes. Take the leap today, the journey starts with you.