Quotes About Sacrifice

The object of love is not getting something you want but doing something for the well-being of the one you love.

When an action does not come naturally to you it is a greater expression of love.

As the instinctual nature of the bird dictates the building of a nest, so the instinctual nature of the in-love experience pushes us to do outlandish and unnatural things for each other.

Loving others sometimes requires a love far greater and purer than our own. — Dawn Lilly

Sometimes the decision to agree with the other person's idea will involve great sacrifice. However, love always involves some sacrifice.

It is the choice to expend energy in an effort to benefit the other person, knowing that if his or her life is enriched by your effort, you too will find a sense of satisfaction—the satisfaction of having genuinely loved another.

Psychologists have concluded that the need to feel loved is a primary human emotional need. For love, we will climb mountains, cross seas, traverse desert sands, and endure untold hardships. Without love, mountains become unclimbable, seas uncrossable, deserts unbearable, and hardship our lot in life.

If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off? —Matthew 18:12 niv

It is the choice to expend energy in an effort to benefit the other person, knowing that if his or her life is enriched by your effort, you too will find a sense of satisfaction--the satisfaction of having genuinely loved another. It does not require the euphoria of the 'in-love' experience. In fact, true love cannot begin until the 'in-love' experience has run its course.

Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people. COLOSSIANS 3:23

Acting kindly means dying to our selfish desires so that the needs of others might be met. Self-denial goes against everything the evening news suggests about human nature. But when we live out God's kindness in ordinary ways, even moments of despair can become opportunities for hope. P

Like most business transactions, love has to be invested in before we will discover a payoff. — Steven Thompson —

God's love compels us beyond bitter heartaches that we might show genuine compassion. — Kathleen Kohler —

And so, dear brothers and sisters, we can boldly enter heaven's Most Holy Place because of the blood of Jesus. —Hebrews 10:19

If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn't love others, I would have gained nothing. —1 Corinthians 13:3

But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. —Romans 5:8

We know what real love is because Jesus gave up his life for us. So we also ought to give up our lives for our brothers and sisters. —1 John 3:16

To love as God loves is to do so abundantly, freely. — Michele Cushatt

Don't give reluctantly or in response to pressure. "For God loves a person who gives cheerfully." —2 Corinthians 9:7

We loved you so much that we shared with you not only God's Good News but our own lives, too. —1 Thessalonians 2:8

rescue the drowning. Love dives in. — Debbie Burgett —

Love is not a feeling; it's a choice.

Love isn't about getting everything you want and need and making sure you always feel happy. Love is a choice to meet someone else's needs, to sacrifice for another, to want what's best for the other—even when it's hard.

God can help you love and not just give. — Francine Duckworth