Quotes About Sacrifice

Maybe she will make our wishes come true before we burn her.

Iubirea ta este numai a ta. ÎÈ›i aparÈ›ine. Chiar dac? ea o refuz?, nu poate schimba nimic. Doar c? nu profit?. Momo, ceea ce oferi r?mâne la tine mereu; ceea ce p?strezi este pierdut pentru totdeauna.

Love is an act of faith.

Die meisten Menschen sehen das Problem der Liebe in erster Linie als das Problem, selbst geliebt zu werden, statt zu lieben und lieben zu können.

The question is the same, for it springs from the same ground: the human situation, the conditions of the human existence. The answer varies. The question can be answered by animal worship, by human scrifice or military conquest, by indulgence in luxury, by ascetic renunciation, by obsessionnal work, by artistic creation, by the love of God, and by the love of Man.

Martyrdom was a hard habit to break.

I wanted to be his life preserver, the thing that would keep him afloat. Instead, he became my anchor. And I'm tired of drowning.

Gareth) "I am not certain what you hoped to accomplish, madam, but one thing is clear. No one who views this sheet will believe for one moment that I made love to a virgin last night." (Clare) "And just what will they think, sir?" (Gareth) "That I sacrificed one.

I must remember to say a prayer for all those noble chickens that have died for my honor this day." "You'll be eating some of them at the banquet.

I would walk into hell to keep you safe.

one must go through war to reach peace.4

Self-denial is indulgence of a propensity to forego.

Turkey: A large bird whose flesh, when eaten on certain religious anniversaries has the peculiar property of attesting piety and gratitude.

Litigant. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bones.

The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.

Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.

Abstainer. A weak man who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.

I'm standing in a slaughterhouse where the cattle are begging to become hamburgers. I have a right to be jumpy.

The question then is, how much are you willing to give?" And I answered, "Anything." A breath later, Zane echoed my response with, "Everything.

You speak of giving up my dreams. Have you ever, since Maeve's coven split, had a dream? Have you ever had anything worth dying for?

Alas! it is not the renunciation of our past and future selves that is difficult; it is the steady denial of our present self which makes the disciple.

There is so much that must be done in a civilized barbarism like war.

Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.

All pleasures must be paid for, do not despise those that state their price.