Quotes About Sacrifice

His Excellency today appealed to the Officers of this Army to consider themselves as a band of brothers cemented by the justice of a common cause. -General Orders of George Washington, Valley Forge

We held hands when we walked down the gingerbread path into the forest, blood dripping from our fingers. We danced with witches and kissed monsters. We turned us into wintergirls, and when she tried to leave, I pulled her back into the snow because I was afraid to be alone.

HOW CHEQUERED IS HUMAN LIFE! HOW PRECARIOUS IS HAPPINESS! HOW EASILY DO WE OFTEN PART WITH IT FOR A SHADOW! THESE ARE THE REFLECTIONS THAT FREQUENTLY INTRUDE THEMSELVES UPON ME, WITH A PAINFUL APPLICATION. I AM GOING TO DO MY DUTY. –LETTER FROM COLONEL ALEXANDER HAMILTON TO HIS WIFE, ELIZABETH

She offered herself to the big, bad wolf and didn't scream when he took the first bite.

To be the best, you have to give everything all the time, then you have to give some more...

I told you it was a backwoods. They probably still practice corn sacrifice.

And, as long as you can make yourself go on choosing the pain over the relief, you can keep going.

I don't sleep, have not slept in sixteen years—

It is hard to fight with one's heart's desires; whatever it wishes to get, it purchases at the cost of the soul.

I realized then the truth about all love: that it is an absolute which takes all or forfeits all. The other feelings, compassion, tenderness and so on, exist only on the periphery and belong on the constructions of society and habit. But she herself- austere and merciless Aphrodite-is a pagan. it is not our brains or instincts which she picks-but our very bones.

Cuesta mucho luchar contra el deseo del corazón; todo lo que quiere obtener, lo compra al precio del alma.

If I let myself love you, I won't throw myself in front of her. I'll throw myself in front of you.

To die in order to avoid the pains of poverty, love, or anything that is disagreeable, is not the part of a brave man, but of a coward.

One sad thing about this world is that the acts that take the most out of you are usually the ones that people will never know about. (from 'Celestial Navigation')

They're not willing to admit that I've also shed blood and tears and often paid dearly for my success. This makes me feel extremely sad.

Is it thy will that I should wax and wane, Barter my cloth of gold for hodden grey, And at thy pleasure weave that web of pain Whose brightest threads are each a wasted day?

It is admirable to die the victim of one's faith; it is sad to die the dupe of one's ambition.

Is it not a sad thing that after all Christ's love to us, we should repay it with lukewarm love to Him?

When given the choice, we'd all rather be happy now … even if that guarantees we'll all be sad later.

Writing jokes for others is like having babies for someone else. It's sad. Like the woman who gives up her baby but needs to be close so she secretly becomes the maid in the household.

All the science of the Saints is included in these two things: To do, and to suffer. And whoever had done these two things best, has made himself most saintly.

To the brave crew and passengers of the Kobayshi Maru…sucks to be you.

Give up money, give up fame, give up science, give the earth itself and all it contains, rather than do an immoral act.

A prolonged war in which a nation takes part is bound to impoverish the breed, since the character of the breed depends on the men who are left.