Quotes About Sacrifice

In our monogamous part of the world, to marry means to halve one's rights and double one's duties.

Truth is no prostitute, that throws herself away upon those who do not desire her; she is rather so coy a beauty that he who sacrifices everything to her cannot even then be sure of her favour.

The best works of great men all come from the time when they had to write either for nothing or for very little pay. This is confirmed by the Spanish proverb: honra y provecho no caben en un saco (Honour and money are not to be found in the same purse).

La vida es una guerra sin tregua, y se muere con las armas en la mano.

officers in the army, (except those in the highest positions), are paid most inadequately for the services they perform; and the deficiency is made up by honor, which is represented by titles and orders, and, in general, by the system of rank and distinction.

Accordingly, the loss of the beloved one through a rival, or through death, is the greatest pain of all to those passionately in love; just because it is of a transcendental nature, since it affects him not merely as an individual, but also assails him in his essentia aeterna, in the life of the species, in whose special will and service he was here called. This is why jealousy is so tormenting and bitter, and the giving up of the loved one the greatest of all sacrifices.

It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain.

Decir la verdad y después prenderse fuego. Esa es la tarea del filósofo.

Adev?rul nu este o prostituat? care se arunc? de gâtul celor care n-o doresc; el este, dimpotriv?, o femeie frumoas? ÅŸi atât de distant?, încât nici cel care-i jertfeÅŸte totul nu poate fi sigur de favorurile ei.

Bir ÅŸeyi tutup ona sahip olmak istediÄŸimizde hayattaki say?s?z baÅŸka ÅŸeyden feragat ederek bunlar?n sa??ndan solundan geçip gitmek zorunda kal?r?z

It needs to be stressed that fasting, whether regular or occasional, is a matter between the individual and God.

God's chosen fast, then, is that which He has appointed; that which is set apart for Him, to minister to Him, to honor and glorify Him; that which is designed to accomplish His sovereign will.

God had to say: "Fasting like yours this day will not make your voice to be heard on high" (58:4). But that is clearly one thing that fasting is intended to do, for, describing the fast that He has chosen, God goes on to say, "Then you shall call and the Lord will answer" (58:9).

Says Andrew Murray: Fasting helps to express, to deepen, and to confirm the resolution that we are ready to sacrifice anything, to sacrifice ourselves to attain what we seek for the kingdom of God.1

Wars are never fought for altruistic reasons.

Love, after all, is the ingredient that separates a sacrifice from ordinary, everyday butchery.

The boat that Ammu would use to cross the river. To love by night the man her children loved by day.

All they have to do is to turn around and shoot. All the people have to do is to lie down and die.

Mohabbat goliyon se bo rahe ho Watan ka chehra khoon se dho rahe ho Gumaan tum ko ke rasta katt raha hai Yaqeen mujhko ke manzil kho rahe ho

per la libertà che aveva rinunciato ai suoi oggi per i domani degli altri. Un uomo con il volto rigato di lacrime

The God of Goosebumps and Sudden Smiles. He could do only one thing at a time. 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. Ammu longed for him. Ached for him with the whole of her biology. She returned to the dinner table.

I promise you this, Kama said to Kunti. You will always have five sons. Yudhishtra I will not harm. Bhima will not die by my hand. The twins— Nakula and Sahadeva—will go untouched by me. But Arjuna—him I will make no promises about. I will kill him, or he will kill me. One of us will die.

What is the acceptable amount of blood for good literature?

In certi paesi alcuni soldati muoiono due volte.