Quotes About Sacrifice

If war were purely and absolutely bad in every single aspect and toxic in all its effects, it would probably not happen as often as it does. But in addition to all the destruction and loss of life, war also inspires ancient human virtues of courage, loyalty, and selflessness that can be utterly intoxicating to the people who experience them.

It makes absolutely no sense to make sacrifices for a group that, itself, isn't willing to make sacrifices for you. That is the position American soldiers have been in for the past decade and a half. There

the 1,323 soldiers who were wounded in that war and

An important part of freedom is not having to make sacrifices for people who don't have to make sacrifices for you.

Like wealth discrepancies, mortality rates provide a rough indication of relative freedom, and when social classes die at radically different rates from one another, some are obviously less free. An important part of freedom is not having to make sacrifices for people who don't have to make sacrifices for you.

author and ethicist Austin Dacey describes as a "shared public meaning" of the war. Shared public meaning gives soldiers a context for their losses and their sacrifice that is acknowledged by most of the society. That helps keep at bay the sense of futility and rage that can develop among soldiers during a war that doesn't seem to end. Such

How do you become an adult in a society that doesn't ask for sacrifice?

he must cook and eat the child.

It's human nature to quit when it hurts. But it's that reflex that creates scarcity.

When people quit, they are often focused on the short-term benefits. In other words, "If it hurts; stop!

When you lead without compensation, when you sacrifice without guarantees, when you take risks because you believe, then you are demonstrating your faith in the tribe and its mission.

No, the reason that most of them didn't have a chance is that somewhere along the way they quit. They didn't quit high school or college or law school. Instead, they quit in their quest to be the best in the world because the cost just seemed too high.

Winners understand that taking that pain now prevents a lot more pain later.

If religion comprises rules you follow, faith is demonstrated by the actions you take. When you lead without compensation, when you sacrifice without guarantees, when you take risks because you believe, then you are demonstrating your faith in the tribe and its mission. Of course it's difficult. But leaders will tell you that it's worth it.

Emotional labor is the work of doing what we don't feel like doing. It's about showing up with a smile when we're wincing inside, or resisting the urge to chew someone out because you know that engaging with him will make a bigger difference.

Trample! It was to be trampled on by men that I was born into this world. It was to share men's pain that I carried my cross.

They were martyred. But what a martyrdom! I had long read about martyrdom in the lives of the saints--how the souls of the martyrs had gone home to Heaven, how they had been filled with glory in Paradise, how the angels had blown trumpets. This was the splendid martyrdom I had often seen in my dreams. But the martyrdom of the Japanese Christians I now describe to you was no such glorious thing. What a miserable and painful business it was!

The priest raises his foot. In it he feels a dull, heavy pain. This is no mere formality. He will now trample on what he has considered the most beautiful thing in his life, on what he has believed most pure, on what is filled with the ideals and the dreams of man.

Aku merasa Yudas tidak lebih dari boneka malang yang dikorbankan demi kemuliaan drama kehidupan dan kematian Kristus.

Kalian menjalani hidup bebas dalam ketenangan dan keamanan, di tempat yang tidak ada badai dan penganiayaan - dari sanalah kalian melakukan tugas kerasulan kalian. Di sana kalian dianggap rasul-rasul Tuhan yang hebat. Kalian mengirim prajurit-prajurit ke medan perang yang penuh pergolakan. Tetapi para jenderal yang menghangatkan badan di dekat api di tenda mereka tidak selayaknya mengkritik para prajurit yang dijadikan tawanan...

Akan tetapi andai pun dia dianggap mengkhianati mereka, dia tidak mengkhianati Tuhan-nya. Dia mengasihi Tuhan-nya kini secara berbeda. Segala sesuatu yang telah terjadi sampai saat ini memang harus terjadi untuk membawanya kepada kasih yang seperti ini. 'Sekarang aku pastor terakhir di negeri ini. Tetapi Tuhan Kita tidak bungkam. Andai pun Dia bungkam selama ini, kehidupanku sampai hari ini sudah cukup berbicara tentang Dia.

Lako je umreti za dobro i lepo; teško je umreti za bedno i pokvareno - to je ono što sam tada odjednom shvatio.

You can't achieve anything in life without a small amount of sacrifice

Heroes are damned. No mortal conquers Death.