Quotes About Sacrifice

curro?… Usté es de otra madera, y la verdá, no entiendo cómo pueda gustarle esta vida. ¿Qué cree que uno anda aquí por su puro gusto?… Cierto, ¿a qué negarlo?, a uno le cuadra el ruido; pero no sólo es eso… Siéntese, curro, siéntese para contarle. ¿Sabe por qué me levanté?… Mire, antes de la revolución tenía yo hasta mi tierra volteada para sembrar, y si no hubiera sido por el

Jesucristo se hace hombre para salvarnos. El camino que recorre en esta tierra es el de la entrega. Con una libertad divina —sin que nadie lo obligue— llega hasta el extremo: obedeciendo a la voluntad de su Padre, extiende sus brazos en la cruz para redimirnos y hacernos participar de su amor.

quién es más libre? ¿Quien se reserva todas las posibilidades por temor a perderlas, o quien se dedica "decididamente" a servir y así se encuentra lleno de vida por el amor que ha dado y recibido

Quien se encierra en sí mismo para custodiar su libertad se convierte en esclavo de su propia pequeñez, mientras que quien se olvida de sí mismo para darse a los demás ensancha su libertad y ayuda a liberar a los demás: quien conserve su vida la perderá, mientras quien pierde su vida la ganará (cfr. Mt 10, 39).

Si para transmitir eso tuviéramos que proponernos dar ejemplo, probablemente significaría que no hemos entendido aún la maravilla de la entrega. Quien la ha captado, no desea prescindir de ella, porque la ama: no encuentra su felicidad contra la entrega, ni siquiera al margen de la entrega, sino precisamente en la entrega, por más que, al mismo tiempo, note el peso del sacrificio»[10].

All this while the little panel of pine wood remained over the chimney in the mill-kitchen with the cuckoo clock and the waxen Calvary, and sometimes it seemed to Nello a little hard that whilst his gift was accepted he himself should be denied.

Marriage changes everything.

When all of your wishes are granted, many of your dreams will be destroyed.

I think—" Anakin kicked his heel against the polished marble floor. "I think I hate it when I can't stop my men from getting hurt. From dying. I think—

You carry the weight of the preternatural world on those big shoulders of yours. But your heart is even bigger, and the burden you harbor there heavier.

Jesus Christ died on the cross for everything you are afraid of.

Every advancing step I take toward my goal of comfort is yet another retreating step I take away from God's goal of the impossible.

I was sick of the body count that existed around my family. It seemed statistically that eventually the body count would include my family.

Price ain't merely about numbers. It's a satisfying sacrifice.

Never give up what you want most for what you want today.

I gave up drinking coffee for you. I swapped pizza for produce, and this is what I get in return?

A sweet life is a sweaty life.

No matter your reason, if you sacrifice your health, you're making the wrong choice.

You first parents of the human race...who ruined yourself for an apple, what might you have done for a truffled turkey?

I put food on the table and roof overhead. But I'd trade it all tomorrow for the highway instead.

I'd go without food if I could have a flower.

Donate to the extent that you don't have food for yourself after feeding the needy.

Any of us would kill a cow rather than not have beef.

A coat that is not used, the moths eat; and a Christian who is hung up so that he shall not be tempted-the moths eat him; and they have poor food at that.