Quotes About Sacrifice

Josephite marriage." They were truly husband and wife, but they never engaged in sexual relations. Their vocation was to be united in heart, mind, and soul, but never in body. They were both consecrated to God and sacrificed a natural good for a greater good: the salvation of souls.

Saint Joseph and Mary lived in what is often called a "Josephite marriage." They were truly husband and wife, but they never engaged in sexual relations. Their vocation was to be united in heart, mind, and soul, but never in body. They were both consecrated to God and sacrificed a natural good for a greater good: the salvation of souls.

Saint Joseph has three treasures: Jesus, Mary, and you. Nothing consumes the heart of St. Joseph other than these three treasures. St. Joseph appeared to a shepherd...named Gaspard Ricard. The purer your heart, the purer your sacrifice. The greater your soul, the greater your suffering.

Fair and good [kalòn … agathòn] the man who falls fighting in the front rank, dying for the fatherland.

If you give, expecting something in return, it's not really giving at all. If you love, expecting something in return, it's not really loving at all.

Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work.

Salvation is free, but discipleship will cost you your life

Everything we choose in life for its lightness soon reveals its unbearable weight.

One ,must have something to die for in order to have something to live for

The decision to grow always involves a choice between risk and comfort. This means that to be a follower of Jesus, you must renounce comfort as the ultimate value of your life.

There is nothing worth living for, unless it is worth dying for.

The value of a life is always measured by how much of it is given away.

I am God's vessel. But my greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live.

What you get is a living-what you give is a life.

In this life we get only those things for which we hunt, for which we strive, and for which we are willing to sacrifice.

I am no martyr upon cross, but I would gladly give my life so that those more deserving may live.

The only principles of public conduct that are worthy of a gentleman or a man are to sacrifice estate, ease, health, and applause, and even life, to the sacred calls of his country.

We who have Christ's eternal life need to throw away our own lives.

My life and his were twisted into a single strand. Cut one, and you cut both. If he were gone, I would not be able to live through that. If I were gone, he wouldn't live through it, either.

I am one of the million or more male residents of the United Kingdom, who a year ago had no special yearning towards military life, but who joined the army after war was declared.

All you can take with you is that which you've given away.

Oh how beautiful to fall to give you flight, to die to give you life, to rest under your sky; and in your enchanted land forever sleep.

The fastest way to attain courage is to follow the chosen Way and be willing to abandon life itself for the sake of justice.

Sometimes there are things worth risking your life for. It was Jesus who said if you want to save your life, you have to lose it.