Quotes About Sacrifice

These men are worth your tears. You are not worth their merriment.

Behold, A ram, caught in a thicket by its horns; Offer the Ram of Pride instead of him. But the old man would not so, but slew his son, And half the seed of Europe, one by one

But the old man would not so, but slew his son, And half the seed of Europe, one by one.

As bronze may be much beautified by lying in the dark damp soil, so men who fade in dust of warfare fade fairer, and sorrow blooms their soul.

He's lost his colour very far from here, Poured it down shell-holes till the veins ran dry

You shall not hear their mirth: You shall not come to think them well content By any jest of mine. These men are worth Your tears:You are not worth their merriment.

We who are left how shall we look again Happily on the sun or feel the rain Without remembering how they who went Ungrudgingly and spent Their lives for us loved, too, the sun and rain?

Who cares for his causes of complaint? Are you to break your heart to set his mind at ease? No man under heaven deserves these sacrifices from us women. Men! They are the enemies of our innocence and our peace - they drag us away from our parents' love and our sisters' friendship - they take us body and soul to themselves, and fasten our helpless lives to theirs as they chain up a dog to his kennel. And what does the best of them give us in return?

Cover them over with beautiful flowers, Deck them with garlands, those brothers of ours, Lying so silent by night and by day Sleeping the years of their manhood away. Give them the meed they have won in the past; Give them the honors their future forcast; Give them the chaplets they won in the strife; Give them the laurels they lost with their life.

Lo sapeva già, ora lui le avrebbe detto che in futuro non ci sarebbe stata alcuna differenza fra quelle regioni, che presto nessuno avrebbe mosso un dito per quello per cui adesso si sacrificava la vita. Ma tutto ciò cosa cambiava? Una certa confidenza con il futuro è una forma di codardia. Credeva davvero che la gente sarebbe diventata più intelligente? Un po' sì, rispose Gauss. Per forza di cose. Ma viviamo in questo momento! Purtroppo, disse.

Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards. —DIOGENES

So next time your selflessness is praised in front of others, beware: making sacrifices for others makes it easier for them to sacrifice you.

Oh Devi, some people claim, "The body is made up of impurities such as germs, worms, faeces, urine, phlegm, blood, flesh, skin, and so on. How can we offer such a body to the Guru?" With thoughts like these, they don't make an offering.

Afghanistan. Jarrah

The last soldier killed, Specialist David E. Hickman of the Second Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry, died in an IED strike in Baghdad on November 14, 2011.

Specialist David E. Hickman of the Second Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry, died in an IED strike in Baghdad on November 14, 2011.

Amar é doarmos as nossas preferências àqueles que preferimos

All of us make compromises in life. - Olivia Watson

You exist in this place, you sleep peacefully in this land tonight, because of people like me.

When one is making an omelet it is necessary to break eggs. - Saladin

There will always be a way getting involved to make profit at everybodys expense.

Sometimes life will make you give up what you love most.

She didn't want to let go of him, or the baby, but sometimes life made you give up what you loved most.

Otela mi je, Igore brate, moju sebi?nost, moje remekdelo!