Quotes About Sacrifice

For every hero, a thousand cowards, said Hel. For every brave death, a thousand senseless ones.

As always, the subject of Bianca lay between them like a loaded gun – deadly, easy to reach, impossible to ignore. 'I mean your other sister, Hazel … she has discovered that one of the Seven will die. She may try to prevent this. In doing so, she may lose sight of her priorities.

Annabeth dies, trying to keep her boyfriend, the Son of Poseidon, from drowning.

when you become a parent, you may understand this. One of my hardest jobs as a father, one of my greatest duties, was to realize that my own dreams, my own goals and wishes, are secondary to my children's.

La buena suerte es una farsa. El éxito verdadero requiere sacrificio.

Stick with us, Magnus, and…well, you won't do fine. You'll get killed quickly. But stick with us anyway. We'll wade into battle and slaughter as many as possible!

No one could face battle without caring for something.

No gift comes without a price.

A surgeon would never hesitate to amputate a rotting hand, no matter how faithfully it had served its owner in the past.

Annabeth put her hand on his arm. 'If the giants want our blood, the last thing we need is a boy and a girl going down there together. Remember? They want one of each for their big sacrifice.' 'Then I'll get Jason,' Percy said. 'And the two of us –' 'Seaweed Brain, are you implying that two boys can handle this better than two girls?' 'No. I mean … no. But –

Jason rose from his deathbed so he could drown with the rest of the crew.

Reyna tried to think. She could accept death if she had to, but if the Athena Parthenos was destroyed, their quest would fail. Reyna could not accept that.

A big sacrifice is coming, and you won't have the courage to make it. That will cost you dearly. It will cost the world dearly.

She sacrificed her life to make things right, Mitchell grumbled. She[Silena Beuregard] was a hero

Suddenly he thought of Bob. Tell the sun and stars hello for me. Percy's smile melted. Bob and Damasen had sacrificed their lives so that Percy and Annabeth could sit here now, enjoying the sunlight and laughing with their friends. It wasn't fair.

But in that moment, I knew it wasn't just the poison that was killing her. It was her fathers final blow. Zoë had known all along that the Oracle's prophecy was about her: she would die by a parent's hand. And yet she'd taken the quest anyway. She had chosen to save me, and Atlas's fury had broken her inside.

You shall go west, and face the god who has turned. His buddy on the right looked up and said in the same voice: You shall find what was stolen, and see it safely returned. The guy on the left threw in two poker chips, then said: You shall be betrayed by one who calls you a friend. Finally, Eddie, our building super, delivered the worst line of all: And you shall fail to save what matters most, in the end.

If you have ever said, I didn't get anything out of worship today, you worshiped for the wrong reason. Worship isn't for you. It's for God.

Surrender . . .sacrificing my life or suffering in order to change what needs to be changed

As long as you do things for God, you are a Hall of Famer in heaven's list.

Then Jesus changed the situation. When he paid for our sins on the cross, the veil in the temple that symbolized our separation from God was split from top to bottom, indicating that direct access to God was once again available.

You cannot exalt God and yourself at the same time.

With his arms outstretched, nailed to the cross, Jesus was saying, "This is how valuable you are to me. I love you this much! I'd rather die than live without you." You are priceless.

It's not about me.