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Quotes About Sacrifice

That's what I consider true generosity: You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing.
~ Simone de Beauvoir
Why should we honour those that die upon the field of battle? A man may show as reckless a courage in entering into the abyss of himself.
~ William Butler Yeats
Self-indulgence stays in safe harbor. Obedience always leaves self behind and sails out in faith....Waves present opportunity!
~ Unknown
It is great to be considerate of others, but think before sacrificing your own needs to please them.
~ Unknown
The quality of putting others before yourself, is a great way to build your self-esteem and to contribute to those who need you, at the same time.
~ Unknown
Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man with self-surrender.
~ Henri Frederic Amiel
The greatest difficulty is that men do not think enough of themselves, do not consider what it is that they are sacrificing when they follow in a herd, or when they cater for their establishment
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
When you give to others to the degree you sacrifice yourself, you make others a thief. They are stealing from you what you need, and they dont even know it.
~ Iyanla Vanzant
If I let you go, it doesn't mean that I don't love you anymore. It means you are so important to me that I am willing to sacrifice my smiles for the sake of your happiness.
~ Unknown
Man sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. Then he is so anxious about the future that he doesn't enjoy the present: the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived.
~ Dalai Lama
Crude absurdities, trivial nonsense, and sublime truths are equally potent in readying people for self-sacrifice if they are accepted as the sole, eternal truth
~ Eric Hoffer
Getting what you want is not nearly as important as giving what you have.
~ Tom Krause
Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice - no paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service.
~ John Burroughs
For something to achieve we should strive to make things better and be prepared to sacrifice anything in the process including our rest in life, and our selfishness.
~ Anil Sinha
When you deeply love someone, you'll do a lot of difficult, challenging, or painful things for him or her that you would never do for anyone else.
~ Unknown
Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier.
~ Unknown
It takes a courageous man to sacrifice his greatest delight to ensure that other people gain happiness.
~ Unknown
The greatest sacrifice is when you sacrifice your own happiness for the sake off someone else.
~ Unknown
I sacrifice not that you should love me; I sacrifice because I love you.
~ Tom Krause
How far should a person go in the name of true love?
~ Nicholas Sparks
He lights up my world. I love him with all my heart. He means everything to me. I'd never hurt him. Emotionally, physically. I'd do anything for him. To make him happy. I love his smile. I love his laugh. I love how he says my name. I love very thing about him. I couldn't never go a day without think about him. He is my pince, I am his princess. I will never give up on him.
~ Unknown
Death is something inevitable. When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country, he can rest in peace. I believe I have made that effort and that is, therefore, why I will sleep for the eternity.
~ Nelson Mandela
Life is not worth living until you have someone to die for. And life is not worth dying once you have someone to live for.
~ Unknown