Quotes About Sacrifice

Unless saved by exceptional talent, he necessarily pays a price for clarity.

A service beyond all recompenseWeighs so heavy that it almost gives offense.

To die for one's country is such a worthy fate that all compete for so beautiful a death.

L'homme ne naît que pour mourir et il n'est jamais si vivant que lorsqu'il meurt. Mais sa vie n'a de sens que s'il donne sa vie au lieu d'attendre qu'elle lui soit reprise.

My childhood was not always a happy one because we had to visit our father in jail, as my father was often imprisoned by the Pakistani rulers.

I went to Vietnam during the Vietnam War to visit all the troops. We would fly into a hospital and serve mess to the guys, and we ate whatever they were eating. Then we slept there and flew out the next day to little bases where there were maybe 10 or 20 guys. Then we flew to another hospital.

Since 2005, I have not spent much time with my family. In fact I have spent more time at the Taj Landsend in Mumbai. It was my 100th visit recently, which means I have spent more than 400 days in that hotel, and that is a lot more than I have spent with my family.

When my mum was ill, I always thought the club paid for me to fly back and visit her, and then, only years down the line, I found out it was Emma, so she did some stuff for me that was personal that I'll truly never forget, so I have got an alliance to Emma Hayes.

I told my wife, 'Look, I'm going to ask y'all to sacrifice. I need to go to Portland. I need to lock in.' At that time, I felt like my career... was on the line. So I told her, 'This is what I need to do. I'm going to be without y'all for a while. Y'all can come out and visit. But this is what I need to do.' She understood.

As governor, when I visited our troops in Kuwait and Iraq, I served them Thanksgiving dinner. It was a small gesture compared to their sacrifice.

Cooking requires time, effort and fuel: increasing numbers of people I've visited can't even afford to turn on the kettle for a cup of tea as they eke out every penny to feed their extortionate gas and electric meters.

My mum was ill when I was originally making 'Edward Scissorhands' in 2005. I was virtually visiting her every night after rehearsals, and she never got to see it.

I really like visiting military bases.

I think I know now that you can't do this sort of climbing and have a domestic side. You're not a practicing father if you're not there. You're maybe a visiting father.

I've been out to Walter Reed on unannounced visits. I've seen these soldiers. I've met their families.

If you're not ready to die for it, put the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary.

Not only are police officers often taken for granted, many people are highly vocal about their dislike for cops.

I am vocal and I have had to pay a huge price for that.

I wanted to be a musician and studied vocals in London for a year and then I gave it up.

The hedonistic lifestyle is difficult to achieve when you're still carrying your own gear. Trust me that you don't feel glamorous with a 60-pound amp in your arms; it's a lot less sexy than toting a vodka gimlet and impossible to do in heels.

It totally ruins my voice. I quit smoking, drinking, and doing ecstasy.

In 'Off to War, Voices of Soldier's Children,' kids from Canada and the United States talk about what it is like when their mother or father goes off to war - and comes home again.

This beautiful, messy, wonderful and volatile world of ours needs more heroes.

My mother left behind three daughters when she went to America and started a new life. I certainly felt abandoned when my father died of a brain tumour; I felt he had abandoned me to this terrible, volatile mother and I had no protection.