Quotes About Sacrifice

[Chuck's wife] was standing behind me at the time and she said, 'Chuck hasn't fed himself in 19 years. So, you've got a choice: We keep the arm, or you keep Chuck.'

The king just sits there, moving one square at a time. The queen can move so freely. I suppose I'd rather lose the game than forfeit her freedom.

Most people have a time-bound awareness. And the reason is they have sacrificed their self for their self-image.

My favorite movie of all time is probably Apocalypse Now.

I am enjoying myself and I do not mind the loss of personal time and family time when I am doing good films.

I'm almost a full-time mom.

Alas! this time is never the time for self-denial, it is always the next time. Abstinence is so much more pleasant to contemplate upon the other side of indulgence.

With roadracing, it takes a lot more time and money.

Every time I tour military outlets, I dedicate the food, fitness and set-ups to their service, because it all came to me through the military.

It's kind of strange to be in a band for ten years, because you've just given ten years of your lives to it from touring, and you don't know [or] even notice the passing of time.

I'll do what I can to promote the greater good. If you can harm one person to save 1,000, I'm gonna do it every f**king time.

I didn't have weekends for the longest time and it felt so indulgent to finally have weekends.

Not one But twenty-four self-giving-hours Every day I have For my use.

I did learn Chinese kung-fu in a school for a short time, but I couldn't afford to pay for long-term learning.

Naturally the U.S. trails in gold medals because every time we win one, we hand it over to the Chinese to pay off our debt.

My kids have grown up knowing nothing other than me being gone all the time and playing in golf tournaments. That's what they know.

No one can have it all, at the same time. I've never seen that.

Every time I deny myself I commit a kind of suicide.

Time and tragedy have forced her to grow too quickly, at least for my taste, into a young woman who stitches bleeding wounds and knows our mother can hear only so much.

At one time I thought that if I could really understand renunciation and bodhichitta from the depths of my heart, then, for this lifetime that would be enough.

There is always a place in the world for those who are willing to give of their time, energy, capital, creativity, and commitment.

I loved playing baseball, and the only reason I played was to play professional baseball. I wanted that to be my career for a long time. I turned down multiple jobs and meetings because of it.

My father was raised in the mountains of New Mexico, and he picked cotton for a dollar a day. He was working for the family from the time he was 7.

Every time you get something, give something away.