Quotes About Sacrifice

Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. . . This is not a way of life at all, in any true sense. Under the cloud of threatening war, it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron.

There is no victory at bargain basement prices.

This desk of mine is one at which a man may die, but from which he cannot resign.

Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired in the final analysis, is a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, who are cold and not clothed.

Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, represents, in the final analysis, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children.

On that day let us solemnly remember the sacrifices of all those who fought so valiantly, on the seas, in the air, and on foreign shores, to preserve our heritage of freedom, and let us reconsecrate ourselves to the task of promoting an enduring peace so that all their efforts shall not have been in vain.

Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron.

Americans, indeed all free men, remember that in the final choice a soldier's pack is not so heavy a burden as a prisoner's chains.

There are many of us that are willing to do great things for the Lord, but few of us are willing to do little things.

Tragedy in life normally comes with betrayal and compromise, and trading on your integrity and not having dignity in life. That's really where failure comes.

Part of my life is saving life.

Being a pacifist to save your own life is normal, being a pacifist for the lives of others is true pacifism.

Make your life about something bigger than your life.

I would have given him everything. I would have pulled down planets to make our life work.

No one will ever know what I went through to secure those negatives. The world can never appreciate it. It changed the whole course of my life.

Pioneering in space was something I would willingly give my life for.

Will it be a great source of comfort to certain Canadian boys to know that the bullet that maimed them for life was made from Canadian nickel sold by the International Nickel Company?

Every day, you are to offer your life to God for His service. You do not serve Him in your spare time or with your leftover resources. The way you live your life for God is your offering to Him.

The cost of a thing is what I call life which has to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.

Show me a hero and I'll write you a tragedy.

I seem to think that anything worth having in life has to be painful to attain.

Following Christ means following him through life, following him in every word and gesture, following him out of one clime into another.

If the Army helped towards my tuition fees I would then give them four years of my life.

The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.