Quotes About Sacrifice

Being "saved" by God is an ongoing process of growth and transformation, of dying and rising, of being "conformed to the image of his [God's] Son," as Paul puts it (Romans 8:29). Following Jesus means experiencing the taste of resurrection and ascension now—whether doing laundry, paying bills, or leading nations.

God wants us dead. Or better: God wants us to get used to the need to die, not once, but as a pattern for our lives.

Perhaps her long dark night fueled her life, where she kept moving anyway, as an act of trust so deep it cannot be rationally explained—and indeed would look foolish if anyone tried. And the result was about as clear a Jesus movement as you can point to in recent history. Mother Teresa learned

Why?' he asked. 'Absolution.' He didn't get it, they never did. His death was a duty, ordered by guilt. Greg had learnt all about duty from the Army

And he saved them. My son. Because of him, they will live, and have children, and laugh. But it hurts! That's because we're human, more so than Adamists can ever be. Our empathy means we can never hide from what we feel, and that's good.

There was being a whore, and then there was just plain debasing yourself—but it had paid off.

You die a sergeant

It's about being prepared to lose what you have for what you might get, or what you are for what you might be. It's about letting go.

It's about being prepared to lose what you have for what you might get, or what you are for what you might be. It's about letting go." -- Peter Gabriel about the meaning of the song "Solsbury Hill". From the book "Without Frontiers: The Life & Music of Peter Gabriel".

Her presence enables my absence.

By the way," said Tegan, suddenly very self-conscious. "Thank you." "What?" "You were prepared to give up everything for us." The Doctor just smiled and stood up. "Oh, come on!

Laim?s žmogui suteikia ne tiek mintis apie sukrapštytus pinigus ir s?kming? veikl?, kiek žinojimas, ko gal?jai sau leisti atsisakyti.

If you want to know who the real heroes of world history are, just look at the mothers.

But put yourself in my position and think logically, and you yourself will come to the conclusion that you cannot act differently because the number of the portion that can be saved is much larger than the part that must be surrendered.

He would have given his own life gladly to hear her sing to him one more time.

As she started to come out of it, she realized she would have done anything to keep them from her grandson.

The problem of utopia is that it can only be approached across a sea of blood, and you never arrive.

Scheme against your most sacred principles in thought, word and deed…. The only clear view is from atop a mountain of your dead selves.

It is in the ardent revolutionist to whom the joys of art, of science, even of family life, seem bitter, so long as they cannot be shared by all, and who works despite misery and persecution for the regeneration of the world.

By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground—because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”

And the LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and He clothed them.

Therefore the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.

Later she gave birth to Cainís brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, while Cain was a tiller of the soil.

So in the course of time, Cain brought some of the fruit of the soil as an offering to the LORD,