Quotes About Sacrifice

Skinless creatures swayed in death throes from thick, silver hooks. Beneath them, on the turquoise mosaic floor, rows of buckets overflowed with clotting blood.

Love," he said, "is the darkest gift. It takes all that you are, and it destroys you.

To every man upon this Earth, death cometh soon or late. And how can man die better, than facing fearful odds. For the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his gods." —Thomas Babington Macaulay, Horatius at the Bridge

Horatius at the Bridge?

You don't win a war by dying for your country. You win a war by making the other dumb bastard die for his.

the only people qualified to help govern are those who have no interest in doing so.

For the greater good?" screamed Ashley through her tears,

It was a tale as old as time. Boy meets girl. Boy purchases girl to protect him. Boy and girl fall in love. Boy prays that girl won't let him die horribly as he puts his UFO-questing nose where various parties don't want it to be.

Then said the brave Horatius, The Captain of the Gate, "To every man upon this earth, Death cometh soon or late. And how can a man die better Than facing fearful odds. For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his Gods.

How can a man die better, he recited to himself, than facing fearful odds. For the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his gods.

George Patton, who had said, "You don't win a war by dying for your country. You win a war by making the other dumb bastard die for his.

Spilling blood to protect the homeland was one thing. But spilling blood, only to then vacate hard-won gains on a whim and leave a vacuum that ended up making the problem far worse, was another.

A famous poem I had quoted in a novel came to mind: "And how can a man die better, Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his Gods?" How, indeed?

We had to sacrifice for our children

There are two kinds of courage: the courage that holds things together and the courage that throws them away. The first is more common; it is the cement of civilization; it is Lucy's. The second is the courage of drunks and suicides and mystics.

baptism puts us in contact with the death of Christ (vv. 3–4); (2) because we share in Christ's death, we also will share in his resurrection (vv. 5, 8–10); (3) sharing in Christ's death means freedom from sin (vv. 6–7).

They died hard, those savage men - like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk. And I loved them.

Part of the American dream is to live long and die young. Only those Americans who are willing to die for their country are fit to live.

The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.

Douglas MacArthur

Not peace at any price! Chains are worse than bayonets.

Husbands must, therefore, concentrate on being strong for the sake of their wives. Ungodly men are strong for selfish reasons, and not for the sake of others. A godly husband uses his strength to give to her; he does not use his strength to take from her.

Did you know that there are places in the world where women can just drop the child in the field, and go on with the harvest? What does that suggest to you?" "Third world? Grinding poverty? Gross infant mortality rates?" Bradford guessed.

The one who was never a sinner became (through God's imputation) completely identified with sin, our sin. He was completely identified with an innumerable host of sins, took them all upon himself, closed his arms upon them in an obedient embrace, and died. That is why there is no condemnation.