Quotes About Sacrifice

mines don't work that way. They don't blow up a human body, they take off a leg or ankle or the family jewels. That's what they're designed for, not to kill people, but to wound 'em so the army will spend valuable resources keeping them alive, and then send 'em home in a wheelchair so Ma and Pa Civilian can be reminded every time they see 'em that maybe supporting this war isn't such a good idea.

La primera víctima del conflicto deben ser nuestros propios sentimientos," fue la última frase de su propuesta, "porque su supervivencia será la causa de nuestra destrucción.

North Koreans were indoctrinated from birth to believe that their lives were meaningless, that they existed only to serve the State, the Revolution, and the Great Leader.

We lost a hell of a lot more than just people when we abandoned them to the dead.

You can't blame the people in Greenloop for having their cupboards bare. The whole country rests on a system that sacrifices resilience for comfort.

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The first casualty of the conflict must be our own sentimentality

Redeker believed that to try to protect everyone would stretch the government's resources to the breaking point, thus dooming the entire population. He compared it to survivors from a sinking ship capsizing a lifeboat that simply did not have room for them all. Redeker had even gone so far as to calculate who should be "brought aboard.

You can't ask people to give up personal, tangible comforts for some ethereal ideal. That's why communism failed. That's why all those primitive, hippie, "back to the land" communes failed. Selfless suffering feels good for short crusades, but as a way of life, it's unsustainable.

The first casualty of the conflict must be our own sentimentality" was the closing statement for his proposal, "for its survival will mean our destruction.

Ni siquiera el ejército era un bastión del patriotismo, sino un lugar donde aprender un oficio, conseguir comida y cama, y, quizá, incluso un poco de dinero que enviar a casa cuando el gobierno decidió que resultaba conveniente pagar a sus soldados.

To make any kind of gain in life – a gain of wealth, personal stature, whatever you define as "gain" – you must place some of your material and/or emotional capital at risk. You must make a commitment of money, time, love, something. That is the law of the universe.

Bruce's strategy had little to do with changing people's values and everything to do with motivating them to change their behavior, with little or no sacrifice required.

There is no way our little minds can comprehend the love of God. But that didn't keep him from coming.

Greed is not defined by what something costs; it is measured by what it costs you. If anything costs you your faith or your family, the price is too high. Such is the point Jesus makes in the parable of the portfolio.

The maker of the stars would rather die for you than live without you. And that is a fact. So if you need to brag, brag about that.

But here the correlation with Beauty and the Beast ends. In the fable, the beauty kisses the beast. In the Bible, the beauty does much more. He becomes the beast so the beast can become the beauty. Jesus changes places with us. We, like Adam, were under a curse, but Jesus changed places with us and put himself under that curse (Gal. 3:13).

The sinless One took on the face of a sinner so that we sinners could take on the face of a saint.

For således elskede Gud verden, at han gav sin enbårne søn, for at enhver som strækker ud hos ham, ikke skal fortabes, men have evigt liv (John G. Paton's oversættelse)

Want to see the size of my love? he invites. Ascend the winding path outside Jerusalem. Follow the dots of bloody dirt until you crest the hill. Before looking up, pause and hear me whisper, This is how much i love you.

What is this love that endures decades, passes on sleep, and resists death to give one kiss? Call it agape love, a love that bears a semblance of God's.

He took on your face in the hope that you would see his.

PRECIOUS AS IT IS TO PROCLAIM,          Ã¢â'¬Å"CHRIST DIED FOR THE WORLD,"          EVEN SWEETER IT IS TO WHISPER,          Ã¢â'¬Å"CHRIST DIED FOR ME.

Why is the cross the symbol of our faith? To find the answer, look no further than the cross itself. Its design couldn't be simpler. One beam horizontal—the other vertical. One reaches out—like God's love. The other reaches up—as does God's holiness. One represents the width of his love; the other reflects the height of his holiness. The cross is the intersection. The cross is where God forgave his children without lowering his standards.