Quotes About Sacrifice

sometimes, in pursuit of a greater peace, a man must stand by and lets those he loves suffer the injustices of men ho cares only about their own beliefs and nothing about the faith or feelings of others-- even when it pains him to the very core of his spirit

Do not be such a baby, he jeered, tugging my hands free. It hurts! I howled. Of course it does. He laughed. It hurt me too. Did you think becoming a vampire was easy? Get used to the pain. Much of it lies ahead.

It's one thing to go into a fight knowing you'll probably lose. Quite another to be told that to win, you must offer up your throat to be slit.

But Steve will die if I do that! I cried. Yes, he agreed. It is your assistance or his life. That's not much of a choice, I grumbled. No, he admitted, it is not. But it is the only one I offer.

No, I said softly. You have to give it to me. You have to use it on Steve. He's dying. You can't let him die. I most certainly can.

I bite off the fingers and spit them out. Lord Loss screams obligingly. One of the snakes digs its fangs into my bald skull and rips out a chunk of flesh. I snatch the snake from its heartless home and chew its head off. I'm starting to enjoy this biting business.

A true dreamer must be prepared to make any sacrifice for his dream. Even if it means sacrificing himself. The dream must be everything. (The Cardinal to Capac Raimi)

We all have to do things we don't like in life.

It's like trying to hold on to a buttered pole, I grumbled. That's why you must grip harder. But it hurts. I'll cut my hands to shreds if I — Which would you rather? Vanez interrupted. Bloody hands or a stalagmite through your heart? That's a stupid question, I groaned.

If you follow Harkat, you might never return. Think seriously about this. If you go with Harkat and die, you won't be here to face Steve Leonard when the time comes, and your absence might have terrible repercussions for vampires everywhere. Is your short, grey-skinned friend worth such an enormous risk? I didn't have to think twice about that. Yes, I answered simply, and stepped through into unnatural, otherworldly greyness.

Gutman smiled benignly at him and said: "Well, Wilmer, I'm sorry indeed to lose you, and I want you to know that I couldn't be any fonder of you if you were my own son; but—well, by Gad!—if you lose a son it's possible to get another—and there's only one Maltese falcon.

By the 1800s, animal sacrifice had been largely discredited as a medical procedure; today it is rarely used outside of Miami.

Molly, at the rail, her wet hair matted down, her dress torn, watching Peter intently until she knew he saw her, then mouthing something... Fly, she was saying, Fly. "I CAN'T," Peter shouted moving his arms helplessly. "I CAN'T, MOLLY!

What the fuck does it take to show you motherfuckers, what does it fucking take what do you want how much do you want because I am willing and I'll stand before you and I'll raise my arms and give you my chest and throat and wait, and I've been so old for so long, for you, for you, I want it fast and right through me-- Oh do it, do it motherfuckers, do it do it you fuckers finally, finally, finally.

Thank you, he says. Thank who? I don't know. You? No, not me. Jesus . Thank you, Jesus? Yes, Toph, Jesus died for your Christmas fun.

I wondered quickly if I'd give my life so that a dragon could live. If someone offered me that deal, your life for the existence of dragons.I thought maybe yes, maybe no.

That is when the commitment to change would be put to the test: when the cameras are gone and the reporters are gone and the glamour disappears and the tedium sets in—the crushing tedium. That is when you realize, in your solitary moments, how much of your life you will have to sacrifice to change the world.

He came to pay a debt he didn't owe, Because I owed a debt I couldn't pay!

I warn you, the trip will not be easy. Once you choose to walk in the light, your path will lead you places you do not want to go.

You fought for the flag and country you represented. But you really fought for the guy beside you.

Smart, dedicated people lost their lives all the time as they trained to be the best they could be to serve their country. Celebrities broke a nail and they immediately took to Twitter, alerting their millions of followers to the "injury," which in turn elicited thousands of replies from people with apparently not enough going on in their lives. And all the while brave men and women died in silence, forgotten by all except their families.

And he goes round with a fat roll of dollar bills, and got this nice farm, and all them fancy machines, and man let his family starve.' - Louisa Mae Cardinal

Lou looked at Davis there praying like God was in his heart and home, while his family remained behind in rags and fear and would have starved except for the kindness of Louisa Cardinal. She could only shake her head.

Why do men like you do the job you do? It can't be for the medals. And it's certainly not the money." Stone said nothing. -"Why then? God and country?" -"Both simpler and more complex, Mr. President." -"What then?" -"So I can look at myself in the mirror.