Quotes About Sacrifice

Like the Bible tells us, when a man will lay down his life for a friend, well, then there ain't no greater love in this here world than that.

The Oldfields of the future are beyond hearing; they are shut up in the factories and the workshops, leading a rackety and mechanical existence, to the damage of their bodies and the peril of their souls, for the sake of an extra pound or so a week, which they promptly spend on mental or physical narcotics.

As he'd noted before, the decision to cross the color line had allowed him to reap many benefits, but it had cost him, too, and this time that decision would haunt him for the rest of his life.

Never mind then. Do what's best for her. Not you. But if you need me to ride north, let me know.

but if he did marry, the least he could do was honor his mother's ultimate sacrifice by finding a woman who didn't hold her and the Old Queens he was descended from in contempt. In some ways such a pledge made little sense to a man who'd left his race, but to Rhine it made all the sense in the world.

When it became certain that Master McCray was going broke, he wanted to sell you, but I begged him not to sell us separately. I took on work in his fields hoping to help increase his profits. Fannie volunteered to be auctioned off if it meant you and I could stay together.

Maggie had listened and she'd wept just as he had done night after torturous night. So he would reward her for what she'd given him by loving her with every breath he took, and with every beat of his heart for as long as he lived. A verse from Solomon filled him: Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death.

will cost—Gloria's offered to help pay." "You

Karma does not bind one who has renounced work.

Karma-yoga is a supreme secret indeed.

Duty! Duty, judgement! I have heard enough of duty. And of judgement. You cloak your lust for vengeance and for gold and diamonds in the noble words of duty and judgement and protection and sacrifice. But it is the weakest and the poorest and the most innocent who suffer, who sacrifice, whose every minute of every day is obedience to duty.

The moth unwitting rushes on the fire, Through ignorance the fish devours the bait, We men know well the foes that lie in wait, Yet cannot shun the meshes of desire.

We have to be prepared and willing to discover what is true even at the cost of our comfort. For real security always lies on the side of truth, not on the side of comfort.

Worthy is the lamb that was slain.

If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in Heaven.

All the believers were together and had everything in common. They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need.

Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.

MONEY, n. A blessing that is of no advantage to us excepting when we part with it.

Christians and camels receive their burdens kneeling.

A rabbit's foot may bring good luck to you, but it brought none to the rabbit.

Kendini de seviyordu... Kendini de öldürmesi gerekiyordu...

The writer's life: Hard days, lots of work, no money, too much silence. Nobody's fault. You chose it.

If there is one thing that marks families with money over the long term it is this: delayed gratification.

There has never been a great athlete who did not know what pain is.