Quotes About Sacrifice

Yes, having a child is surely the most beautifully irrational act that two people in love can commit.

Having a child is surely the most beautifully irrational act that two people in love can commit.

A warrior-servant lives and does by the quest with which he fully aligns himself. This mission will always involve sacrificing for the benefit of others

Discipleship isn't a program or an event; it's a way of life. It's not for a limited time, but for our whole life. Discipleship isn't for beginners alone; it's for all believers for every day of their life. Discipleship isn't just one of the things the church does; it is what the church does.

When we begin to live for others, we will begin to have the same effect on others as Jesus did.

So why don't we automatically place discipleship at the center of every ministry? Perhaps certain words put people off: influence, vision, submission, accountability, vulnerability, confession, study, sacrifice, and discipline.

God led Jesus to a cross, not a crown, and yet that cross ultimately proved to be the gateway to freedom and forgiveness for every sinner

Everyone has a right to a strong and independent future: All of us have the right, and personal obligation, to choose whether or not company-driven hardships and sacrifices, overall, are shackling or strengthening our future. And to keep that right, each of us must be our own best advocate.

Rule with the heart of a servant, and serve with the heart of a king.

It was a costly key for Him to purchase, and it's a costly key for us to use. But, it's even more costly to bury it and not obtain an increase for the coming King. That price will be felt throughout eternity.

Had the devil known that killing Jesus the Christ (the Anointed One) would make it possible for millions of "anointed ones" to fill the earth as the fruit of Jesus' death, he never would have crucified Him.

Trading anything for more of God really is the greatest deal ever offered to mankind.

we must sacrifice our need to be right, to understand or explain things. We have to trust Him enough to let Him shatter our boxes of understanding and lead us into deeper realms of His truth.

The dominion we lost is one of the things Jesus came to take back. He bought us through shedding His blood as the sacrificial lamb when He took our place in death.

She didn't make that kind of impact by making sure the bills were paid, the house was clean, and the flowerbeds were beautiful. She did it by stepping out of her own comfort zone to address the needs of others, directly and intimately.

If you take the time to wash a person's feet, you will see why they limp." Even the world's worst offender is not my enemy. Nor God's. He is merely a prisoner of war of a far greater enemy, one who wants to kill and destroy him. And it is my joy to love him and point him to the One who can set him free.

Ask not what your country can do for you," he commands, his voice rising to deliver the defining sentence, "but what you can do for your country.

Love," he will respond, answering his own question. "I loved my men and they loved me Ã¢â'¬Â¦ I just couldn't give them up, just like a mother couldn't give up the child."7 *

Great leaders take care of their men first, and then worry about their own needs.

Although we all have at least the potential to make more money in the future, we can never go back and recapture time that is now gone. So it makes no sense to let opportunities pass us by for fear of squandering our money. Squandering our lives should be a much greater worry.

So many people tell themselves that they are working for their kids — they just blindly assume that earning more money will benefit their kids. But until you stop to think about the numbers, you can't know whether sacrificing your time to earn more money will result in a net benefit for your children.

America's veterans and troops serving abroad today fought hard to preserve our red, white and blue, from the Revolutionary War to today's Global War Against Terrorism, and Congress' action today is appropriate for one of our most sacred symbols.

The Vice Presidency is sort of like the last cookie on the plate. Everybody insists he won't take it, but somebody always does.

I lived to play basketball. Growing up as a kid, Bill Russell and the Boston Celtics were my favorite team. The way they played, the teamwork, the sacrifice, the commitment, the joy, the camaraderie, the relationship with the fans.