Quotes About Sacrifice

All this time I've hated myself for it. I thought I'd given it up for nothing. But if I hadn't fallen, I wouldn't have met you.

They say, 'The coward dies many times'; so does the beloved. Didn't the eagle find a fresh liver to tear in Prometheus every time it dined?

It is essential that all Americans take the time to honor and remember those individuals who gave their lives in defense of our liberty.

The major parties could conduct live human sacrifices on their podiums during prime time, and I doubt that anybody would notice.

I got married the second time in the way that, when a murder is committed, crackpots turn up at the police station to confess the crime.

You will be a happier person if you don't do what you want to do, most of the time

Hey, any time you're throwing bodies over board it is to save yourself.

It often happens that those who spend their time giving light to others, remain in darkness themselves.

I sold my soul for the second time, cause' the man don't pay me.

Every time we give in to selfishness and say "No" to God, we spoil his loving plan for us.

Duty is heavy as a mountain, death is light as a feather.

You give up your future, lose your dreams, are stained with despair . . . Yet at the same time you shake off your past, fight reality, and never lose your nobility.

Let others laugh when you sacrifice desire to duty, if they will. You have time and eternity to rejoice in.

The centuries will burn rich loads With which we groaned, Whose warmth shall lull their dreaming lids, While songs are crooned: But they will not dream of us poor lads, Left in the ground.

In the highest government office, you have to be ready to bow out at any time, otherwise you are not a free individual anymore.

God knows there is never a convenient time to fast.

Harry Dresden. Saving the world, one act of random destruction at a time.

Some people die before their time so that others can live. It's a cornerstone of civilization.

Then you must reconcile yourself to the fact that something is always hurt by any change. If you do this, you will not be hurt yourself.

Anyone know any long-term couples living three time zones apart?

I did what any American could and should do: serve his country in its time of need.

The negative about acting is that you have to spend a great deal of time away from your friends and loved ones.

It seems as though every time you learn something new you have to give up something.

. . . as people serve, they grow in capacity. The time and effort is not a sacrifice because there is returned more than is given.