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Quotes About Sacrifice

God hath long contended with a stubborn world, and thrown down many a blessing upon them; and when all his other gifts could not prevail, He at last made a gift of Himself.
~ Henry Scougal
Jesus washing the disciples feet is the most supreme act of humility in all of God's word.
~ James MacDonald
Christianity is a faith in which God sent his Son to die for you.
~ John Ashcroft
God buries His workmen but carries on His work.
~ Charles Wesley
For nothing, how little soever, that is suffered for God's sake, can pass without merit in the sight of God.
~ Thomas a Kempis
God relentlessly offers his grace to people who do not deserve it, or seek it, or even appreciate it after they have been saved by it.
~ Timothy Keller
Oh, that I could dedicate my all to God. This is all the return I can make Him.
~ David Livingstone
Possessions are not God's blessing and goodness, but the opportunities of service which he entrusts to us.
~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Everything if given to God can become your gateway to joy.
~ Elisabeth Elliot
God has a university. It's a small school. Few enroll; even fewer graduate.
~ Gene Edwards
The gospel points us upward to a God who gave himself for us, backward to the price he paid for our sin, and forward to what he's making us into.
~ J. D. Greear
The cross of Christ exists because mankind-loved by God, created by God, set in motion by God-betrayed God and prefers his stuff to him.
~ Matt Chandler
There is no such thing as low-cost Christianity. Following Jesus means swimming against the tide, renouncing evil and selfishness
~ Pope Francis
We are not built for ourselves, but for God. Not for service for God, but for God.
~ Oswald Chambers
It seems a pity, but I do not think that I can write more. For God's sake look after our people.
~ Robert Falcon Scott
Christians today like to play it safe. We want to put ourselves in situations where we are safe 'even if there is no God.' But if we truly desire to please God, we cannot live that way.
~ Francis Chan
I swear to God, I will see [the Palestinian state], whether as a martyr or alive. Please, God, give me the honor of becoming a martyr in the fight for Jerusalem.
~ Yasser Arafat
God grades on the Cross not on the curve.
~ Adrian Rogers
The workers have nothing to gain from this war, but they stand to lose everything that is dear to them.
~ Clara Zetkin
Christmas is based on an exchange of gifts, the gift of God to man - His unspeakable gift of His Son, and the gift of man to God - when we present our bodies a living sacrifice.
~ Vance Havner
By God, I could make myself bring her that economically halved grapefruit, that sugarless breakfast.
~ Vladimir Nabokov
I do not care to die, but I pray to God I may never leave this field.
~ Winfield Scott Hancock
Let's do something beautiful for God.
~ Mother Teresa
Because dying for God is a higher pleasure... than living without Him.
~ Noah Weinberg