Quotes About Sacrifice

El heroísmo ajeno siempre conmueve una barbaridad.

He folded his fear into a perfect rose. He held it out in the palm of his hand. She took it from him and put it in her hair.

If he touched her, he couldn't talk to her, if he loved her he couldn't leave, if he spoke he couldn't listen, if he fought he couldn't win.

Therefore, when the thought of compassion is impure, one should not sacrifice one's life, but it should be sacrificed when one's thought is unbiased. Thus, life must not be wasted.18

So this is parenthood, he thought. You behave better than you might for the sake of your kid.

Beloved-of-the-Gods, King Piyadasi, has caused this Dhamma edict to be written. Here (in my domain) no living beings are to be slaughtered or offered in sacrifice. Formerly, in the kitchen of Beloved-of-the-Gods, King Piyadasi, hundreds of thousands of animals were killed every day to make curry. But now with the writing of this Dhamma edict only three creatures, two peacocks and a deer are killed, and the deer not always. And in time, not even these three creatures will be killed.

The tragedy of war is that it uses man's best to do man's worst.

renoncer à trois choses : l'amour de soi, la loi du père et la morale de la mère.

sodan laki on uhrautumisen laki. Uhrautumisessa veri virtaa joko kaulalla tai käsissä.

These key messages are found in the following references: Matthew 4:19; 8:18–22; 10: 24–25; 16:24–26; 20:25–28; Mark 1:17; 8:34–38; Luke 5:27–28; 6:40; 9:23–25, 57–62; 14:25–33; John 1:43; 8:31–32; 12:26; 13:34–35; 15:8.

No soldier ever really survives a war.

My country. America! That is it. We have been so intent on death that we have forgotten life. And now suddenly life faces us. I swear to myself that I will measure up to it. I may be branded by war, but I will not be defeated by it.

It's that wonderful old-fashioned idea that others come first and you come second. This was the whole ethic by which I was brought up. Others matter more than you do, so 'don't fuss, dear; get on with it'.

That is the thankless position of the father in the family - the provider for all, and the enemy of all.

Okay, Troy...you're right. I'll take care of your baby for you...cause...like you say...she's innocent...and you can't visit the sins of the father upon the child. A motherless child has got a hard time. From right now...this child got a mother. But you a womanless man.

The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born, the artist must be ready to be consumed by the fire of his own creation.

Todos querem o perfume das flores, mas poucos sujam as suas mãos para cultivá-las

En general, esos profesionistas son excelentes para la empresa, pero verdugos de sí mismos.

Democracy, like liberty, justice and other social and political rights, is not "given", it is earned through courage, resolution and sacrifice.

The good ruler sublimates his needs as an individual to the service of the nation.

Christ, our Captain, for a season deigned to dwell in Death's domain, That the dead, long time imprisoned, might return to life again, Breaking by His great example ancient sins' enthralling chain.

The first thing you lose on a diet is your sense of humor.

Peace may cost as much as war, but it is a better buy.

What I'd really like to say about stardom is it gave me everything i never wanted.