Quotes About Sacrifice

I would have killed him to save the Leviathan. To save you." He put his hands on her shoulders. "It was the only thing in my mind, when it came time to choose – that I couldn't lose you. That's when I knew.

Two weeks of killer sunburn is worth a lifetime of being gorgeous

I possess so much, but my love for her absorbs it all. I possess so much, but without her I have nothing.

collect As many tripods as you think you'll need, Together with the other kinds of vessels That the rites of sacrifice require: cauldrons, Shallow basins, bowls; pour tall jugs full 8860 Of purest water from the sacred spring; Have ready wood that's dry and quick to catch; And finally, be sure a sharp knife's there. All else I leave to you." Those

Allein wer andre wohl zu leiten strebt muß fähig sein viel zu entbehren

Now and then the fable of the horse recurs to me. Weary of liberty, he suffered himself to be saddled and bridled, and was ridden to death for his pains.

Ljubav odoleva vremenu koje sve otima.

The whole art of living consists in giving up existence in order to exist.

and yet when she speaks of her betrothed with so much warmth and affection, I feel like the soldier who has been stripped of his honours and titles, and deprived of his sword.

Alles in der Welt läuft doch auf eine Lumperei hinaus und ein Mensch, der um anderer Willen, ohne daß es seine eigene Leidenschaft, sein eigenes Bedürfnis ist, sich um Geld oder Ehre oder sonst was abarbeitet, ist immer ein Tor.

And I, God-hated, I could not rest Content seizing the rocks merely And shattering them to smithereens, I must Undermine her too, her peace. So she is hell's demanded sacrifice. Devil, now help me shorten the time of dread. Let what must happen happen now, Let her fate break around my head, Let her come to perdition as I do.

Honrad la memoria de la serpiente! —dijo el hombre de la lámpara—. Le debéis la vida, tu pueblo le debe el puente por el cual las dos orillas se unen y se vivifican como pueblos. Aquellas resplandecientes gemas que están en el agua, los restos de su cuerpo sacrificado, son los pilares de este hermoso puente. Sobre ellos ella misma se edificó y sola se mantendrá.

These things resemble love. A warmhearted youth becomes strongly attached to a maiden: he spends every hour of the day in her company, wears out his health, and lavishes his fortune, to afford continual proof that he is wholly devoted to her.

Io ora credo di essere sulla giusta via, considerandomi sempre un viaggiatore che perde molto per godere molto.

She wanted the touch of his mouth on hers so much that she was willing to take the hurt with it.

By your father's word has your life been given to me to protect. Now do I give you my life in return, yours to keep until the day I die. --Falon to Shanelle

A new awakening, it consecrates your life with sacraments of pain you do not understand and promised joy you will never fully call your own. Such awakenings may happen only once in a lifetime, or many times. But when they do, what you took for granted before is presented as a gift: difficult, yet precious and good. Not that you know what to do with your gift, or even what it really means, only how much it matters.

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," Eisenhower said. "This is not a way of life….Under the cloud of threatening war, it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron.

We spend 8 hours a day, for 10 months a year, for nearly 17 years sending our kids to school to prepare them for life. In all of that time there is never a course in overcoming adversity, goal setting, sacrifice, perseverance, teammates, or family. I guess that's what wrestling is for.

Simply having children does not make mothers.

The Cold War is real war. It has already claimed more lives, enslaved more people, and cost more money than any "hot" war in history. Yet, most Americans refuse to admit that we are at war. That is why we are rapidly losing - why America has yet to win its first real victory in ... years of "cold" war.

Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives.

Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish with my country.

Posterity! you will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make a good use of it.