Quotes About Sacrifice

Headship modeled on the headship of Christ demands a profound life of devotion and intercessory prayer.

remarked: [I]f our expenditure on comforts, luxuries, amusements , etc., is up to the standard common among those with the same income as our own, we are probably giving away too little. If our charities do not at all pinch or hamper us, I should say they are too small. There ought to be things we should like to do and cannot do because our charitable expenditure excludes them.4

Christian marriage vows are the inception of a lifelong practice of death, of giving over not only all you have, but all you are.

It's my firm conviction that when Uncle Sam calls, by God we go, and we do the best that we can.

For all things there is a toll. We pay in breaths, and our purse is soon empty.

home and make a meal for myself and my son, that we may eat it—and die." 1 Kings 17:8–12

may seem unreasonable—that the blood of

Wer Bäume setzt, obwohl er weiß, dass er nie in ihrem Schatten sitzen wird, hat zumindest angefangen, den Sinn des Lebens zu begreifen.

Freedom in the Biblical sense is always at a price; it is a costly gift, and it requires great things of us.

We are getting what we paid for, and if we want something else, we are going to have to pay for it, in work, sweat, and sacrifice.

Whenever you are ready, or if you never are, my heart is yours, until Death do us part. Whatever that may mean when consorting with one of Death's handmaidens.

What good is fighting if what you are fighting for is lost?

Chanakya also says that nothing is more important than you. So, if you need to sacrifice the whole world for your progress and protection, then do so without any hesitation.

to test the purity of gold, it is heated at high temperature; it is tapped, hammered and cut. That gives it the glitter. Similarly, an honest person is tested for purity by his acts of donation, good deeds, virtuosity, sacrifice and behaviour. Any person, who possesses all these qualities, glitters like gold.

if you are true to the leading of the Holy Spirit, you will have to do things that humble you, make you appear as a wimp, and do things that nobody will admire.

War is the great deflowerer of youth.

We should note that mortification prepares for mental prayer, and the latter, in its turn, facilitates mortification. Therefore, prayer and mortification influence one another. Mortification and patience prepare for prayer through the purification and detachment they produce in us. They enable the person to take flight toward God, and this flight is prayer itself.

the redeeming Cross was stained with blood. Not that of the missionaries. Only that of indigenous peoples.

Laura answered the door. She tried to smile welcome. Not an easy task. Eyes puffed, skin pallid, shirt stained. Taking care of her brother was draining the life out of her. Succubus in action.

can't keep blaming her. She hasn't had any opportunities, has had to make do. She's had a tough life. But I can't seem to stop criticizing her. Whenever I gingerly remove my mother's noose from around my neck, it is with my own hands that I nearly strangle myself.

While God waits for His temple to be built of love, men bring stones.

We gain freedom when we have paid the full price...

The one who plants trees, knowing that he will never sit in their shade, has at least started to understand the meaning of life.

Love does not claim possession but gives freedom.