Quotes About Sacrifice

The only way to live is to die.

he had been raised to believe it was a man's place to die if necessary before a woman had to.

I did not come to Tarwin's Gap to retreat, Agelmar." "Dai Shan, I'm led to believe you came here to die.

Sighing, she sat back down again. "Perrin, my father says a general can take care of the living or weep for the dead, but he cannot do both.

I don't intend getting close enough to the fighting to need armor. A general who draws his sword has put aside his baton and become a common soldier.

different company. He was not sure how Egwene felt, but he would have been willing to go hungry if he could do it without the wolves. Three days, into the afternoon.

What fate?" The three were on their feet atop the pedestals, and he could not tell which shrieked which answer. "To marry the Daughter of the Nine Moons!" "To die and live again, and live once more a part of what was!" "To give up half the light of the world to save the world!" Together they howled like steam escaping under pressure. "Go to Rhuidean, son of battles! Go to Rhuidean, trickster! Go, gambler! Go!

What about me?" Her grin stopped just short of outright laughter. "The same kind of things as the rest. A sword that isn't a sword, a golden crown of laurel leaves, a beggar's staff, you pouring water on sand, a bloody hand and a white-hot iron, three women standing over a funeral bier with you on it, black rock wet with blood—

You have made a place in my heart where I thought there was no room for anything else. You have made flowers grow where I cultivated dust and stones. Remember this, on this journey you insist on making. If you die, I will not survive you long." He gave Nynaeve one of his rare smiles.

Peace is far off yet,' he said softly. 'It will be blood and death for some time to come.' 'It always is,' Bashere replied quietly, and Rand did not know which statement he was speaking to. Perhaps both.

That mountain can grow awfully heavy sometimes," he sighed, taking a spear and buckler from Rhuarc. "When do you find a chance to put it down awhile?" "When you die," Lan said simply.

It is no treason to do what must be done. And even blasphemy can be tolerated for a cause.

For countless years Maidens who would not give up the spear have given their babes for the Wise Ones to hand to other women, none knowing

No masterwork comes without a price, he thought. That doesn't mean it's not worth forging.

You remind me of my uncle Huan. No one could ever pin him down. He liked to gamble, too, and he'd much rather have fun than work. He died pulling children out of a burning house. He wouldn't stop going back as long as there was one left inside. Are you like him, Mat? Will you be there when the flames are high?

I left... to save you, Nynaeve whispered. I only came along to protect you.

You have made flowers grow where I cultivated dust and stones. Remember this, on this journey you insist on making. If you die, I will not survive you long.

You tell me I have to crush a field of babies to keep breathing? Sure. You say people who rely on me aren't going to live unless I turn someone's head into a bowl of gravy? I'm there. I don't feel bad about it. I don't think about it. It just is what it is. It's survival.

Everyone wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die.

Todos quieren ir al cielo pero nadie quiere morir

Did not the Christians incessantly talk about walking into the arms of Christ for the causes of Christ, calling for wars in his name?

And I know now it will happen over and over again until it stops for you. You hear words, you see images, and fragments of things come back to you that you can't understand, but because they're there you condemn yourself. You always will condemn yourself until someone proves to you that whatever you were Ã¢â'¬Â¦ there are others using you, who will sacrifice you. But there's also someone else out there who wants to help you, help us. That's the message!

I concluded by saying that the SEALs in that room truly gave meaning to George Orwell's observation that people sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. page 546

When I am billeted a German home even for one night I go out and search for the chickens and rabbits or pets and give them water and food if possible. Generally the family has pulled out too rapidly to care for such things. I suppose the stern and the cruel ones rule the world. If so, I shall be content to try to live each day within the limits of my conscience and let great plaudits go to those who are willing to pay the price for it.