Quotes About Sacrifice

Raising a child, managing a household, and being a good wife, all the while focusing on expressing herself in ways that had never been done before, took an enormous toll on Morisot

Love cannot survive if you just give it scraps of yourself, scraps of your time, scraps of your thoughts.

Alexias) 'You burned this and you kept no copy?' (Plato) 'When one offers to the gods, one brings a whole beast to the altar. If it was an image of what is not, then it was false and ought to be destroyed; and if of what is, then a little fire will not destroy it.

Alexander, of whom men tell many legends, lived by his own. Achilles must have Patroklos. He might love his Briseis; but Patroklos was the friend till death. At their tombs in Troy, Alexander and Hephaistion had sacrificed together. Wound Patroklos, and Achilles will have your blood.

Nine years ago I had made my solemn promise before the old archbishop to love God and love my neighbors. Now the enormity of my vow overshadowed me. I didn't care for poverty or renunciation. Obedience rankled me most of all. But it was the commandment to love that held me in its grip.

How she craved pain, how it thrilled her, weeping tears of blood. Our Savior died for the sins of the world--that was the true meaning of passion.

I dedided it was more important to laugh than eat. - Mary Todd after choosing Lincoln over a more wealthy suitor

If people bring so much courage to this world the world has to kill them to break them, so of course it kills them

Let me take this opportunity of thanking you, mother, for all the sacrifices you have made for us

In short I will part with anything for you but you.

I was gone too long. He let me go. All that remains is this overwhelming, nearly tactile cloud of resentment. Too much was required of him, and he has nothing left.

I knocked on the gates of heaven and saint peter said,"we are not ready for you, Mother Teresa.You are needed in the slums.There are no slums up here.

I watch, and wait. And mourn, for what I must now do to save Jessamine's life makes me unworthy of her love. Whether she lives or dies, I know I have lost her. I have lost her, forever.

But you... You helped me find my way and take the correct path, Naruto... I always chased after you...wanting to catch up...wanting to walk together with you forever... I want to be at your side, always... You changed me, Naruto! Your smiling face saved me! And that's way I'm not afraid to die, defending you! Because... I love you...

I may be afraid of dogs and butterflies, but I would throw myself on the pyre at any time for an idea. [...] But indiscriminate courage reveals a want of imagination and ultimately a form of imbecility.

Ti amo di sbieco perché ho un cuore malandato fin dalla nascita. I medici mi hanno formalmente vietato di innamorarmi perché il mio orologio-cuore è troppo fragile per resistere. Ciò nonostante ho messo la mia vita nelle tue mani, perché oltre al sogno, tu mi hai regalato una dose d'amore tanto forte che mi sono sentito capace di affrontare qualunque cosa per te.

Todo lo que tengo lo doy por un cañón pirata»

Paying the price for your dreams proves you can afford them.

What you lose pursuing your dreams is waiting for you once you achieve them.

Poor boy - leaves moon-viewing for rice-grinding.

The truth you seek might be covered with blood... even then would you still want to know? ~Kaname Kuran

The Yuki you once knew Zero, is now gone for good. Because the Vampire Yuki completely devoured her.

Senti. Nonostante tu sia finita in queste condizioni, io ti piaccio ancora...? In questo caso... se ti va bene essere la mia seconda moglie... non ce niente che non possa fare per te. ... anche se avevo deciso di avere soltanto una sposa, per tutta la vita...

That's why for you, you have the right to be cruel to me. No matter how much you make me worry or how much danger you put me in, just as much as you like. But these are not enough 'compensation.' Even if I have to sacrifice my left over life for you, I would not utter a word of complaint.