Quotes About Sacrifice

In the old days, spies had done they'd done because they loved their country, because they believed in what they were doing. But he'd never been given a choice. Nowadays, spies weren't employed. They were used.

You're trying to tell me that everything you've done is for a good cause. You think that all this killing is worth it because of the results. I'm not sure I agree. Lots of people work for charity; lots of people want to change the world. But they don't have to behave like you.

If they find me, they will kill me. But my life is not in question here. You are all that matters.

Abbiatico and Salvinelli," he said. "It cost me thirty grand—or my mother, anyway.

It's none of my business, but sometimes you can spend so much time chasing something that you lose everything else while you're about it.

He had discovered the secret of war, the moment when soldiers cast aside their fear and become part of a machine that is so much bigger than themselves. For only then are they prepared to die.

She thought the sun shone out of his you-know-where! And she'd been his housekeeper for years and years. Keeper of the keys! She cooked for him, cleaned for him, gave half her life to him. I'm sure he'd have wanted to be there for the send-off.

He got you pregnant just when your career was about to take off.

Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go, McEwan's Atonement.

John had a soft spot for Yassen," he said. "He really liked him. What do you make of that? The spy and the assassin. A bit of an odd couple, I'd say…" And more than ten years later, Yassen had sacrificed himself for Alex, repaying the debt of an old friendship.

We obey God not because we are afraid of what He will do to us if we do not. Rather, we obey Him because we are moved by all that He has done for us in Jesus Christ. He has lovingly elected us and sprinkled us with the sin-forgiving, grace-abounding blood of Jesus.

The shedding of our Savior's blood was significant not for the blood itself but for what it represents. It represents the perfect, sinless life of Christ poured out unto death for us (Isa. 53:12).

It is my intention at all times to see that my mother and my little brother are amply provided for.

Look, as a child growing up it occurred to me that I had everything I could have wanted: a roof over my head, education, food. All of it because my father provided... My way of giving back was being that invisible guy. Giving something back from a lifetime of taking.

My parents provided me the best they could, if not more. I was even provided goat milk by my parents.

When I go to the ring, I'm providing for my family.

I have worked since I was 12 years old and started providing for my family in Holland by the age of 17 - and I still do today.

It is overwhelmingly women who will plug the gaps in care provision, sacrificing paid employment to look after family members.

Public discourse about climate change has resulted in the erroneous idea that it's all about cost, burden and sacrifice. If the math was correct, everyone would see it's about profit, jobs and competitive advantage.

Public health is hard. Nobody goes into it for the money or the acclaim. People work many long hours.

Cops, more than firefighters, EMTs or other public safety employees, almost always get the first glance of the human condition at the worst, most lethal moments; nobody calls a cop with good news.

I miss my friends in public school, but it's kind of a part of something that you have to give up. I'd rather perform than go to public school.

My mum and dad both worked full-time jobs to send my sister and I to public school, and to allow us to play the sports we wanted.

Firefighters are some of the most selfless public servants you will ever encounter.