Quotes About Sacrifice

One hope I do retain. That the war will end and I will serve as a stud in a great farmhouse.

Niin. Riihen taka ne aina häviää... Riihen taka meiltä hävitään kun lähdetään... Kapinaan taikka sotaan, ammuttavaksi taikka työhön... Mihinkä kullonkin mennään...

Sitten hän kysyi Vanhalalta virallisen tärkeällä äänellä: – Korpraali Vanhala. Oletteko te lammas vai suomalainen sotamies? – Minä olen mailman paras metsätaistelija, hihi… – Niinpä niin. Honkajoki huokasi muka surkean alistuvasti. – Yksi toivo minulla vielä on. Kunpa sota loppuisi ja pääsisi isoon taloon sonniksi.

Kerran he joutuivat jättämään haavoittuneen, perääntyessään eräältä kukkulalta. Kun he valtasivat mäen takaisin, löysivät he miehen alusvaatteilleen riisuttuna, pistimen reikä kyljessä. Muuan Kariluodon konepistoolimies ampui siitä hyvästä ohimennen, kainalostaan tähdäten, kolme antautunutta. Kaksi päivää myöhemmin sama mies katkesi keskeltä kranaatin täysosumasta. Kuolema lakkasi olemasta moraalinen kysymys

whether pain or joy he deal Dare all things for his subjects' weal; Yea, if the deed bring

Canto XXI. Visvámitra's Speech.

Rámáya?. The

Afterwards RishyaÅ›ring said again to the King"I will perform another sacrificial act to secure thee a son."Then the son of Vibhá?dak, of subdued passions

With berries, fruit, and water-brooks. There build thee with thy brother's aid A cottage in the quiet shade, And faithful to thy sire's behest, Obedient to the sentence, rest. For well, O sinless chieftain, well I know thy tale, how all befell: Stern penance and the love I bore Thy royal sire supply

Ráma's glory

Lakshma? sped With brows whence all the light had fled. Near and more near the

The only thing holier than a crucifixion is a resurrection.

Those of us who where there would not have survived without those of you who remained here. Because the man fights and the woman feeds, the man hates the enemy and the woman a thousand miles away softens his heart with herself and the children so that his heart won't turn to stone.

Helena, hermosa flor púrpura, el tormento de toda una ciudad sacrificada a su belleza...

El amor por su ciudad y su tierra. Por este amor están dispuestos a arrostrar cualquier peligro y a perder la vida si fuese necesario.

Non c'è conquista che abbia senso, non c'è guerra che valga la pena di combattere. Alla fine, l'unica terra che ci rimane è quella in cui verremo sepolti.

There is no conquest that has any meaning, there is no war worth fighting. In the end, the only earth left to us is the earth in which we are buried.

To see the blood of friends flowing together, wounds joined with wounds, and death attached to death—these are the real proofs of Roman friendship.

All my life I have preserved in the depths of my heart a live faith in my Creator, the Defender of the World, in His Sanctifying Grace and in the expiatory sacrifice of Christ our Saviour, but never have I agreed that true religion demands outward manifestations.

We may never be martyrs but we can die to self, to sin, to the world, to our plans and ambitions. That is the significance of baptism; we died with Christ and rose to new life.

Where are the marks of the cross in your life? Are there any points of identification with your Lord? Alas, too many Christians wear medals but carry no scars

Truth is too big a price to pay for the luxury of avoiding pain now and then.

Why have a cake if I can't eat it?

Ma la felicità è come il cero sull'altare: si consuma prima che il voto si avveri.