Quotes About Sacrifice

Her apprehensions about my becoming Mr. Multimixer had been laid to rest at this point, and I don't think she ever got over the shock of discovering that we were nearly $100,000 in debt. She couldn't seem to handle it. For me, this was the first phase of grinding it out—building my personal monument to capitalism. I paid tribute, in the feudal sense, for many years before I was able to rise with McDonald's on the foundation I had laid.

The most important thing is this: To be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become. —CHARLES DUBOIS

Sarah Hodgkins neither signed petitions nor shamed men into battle; instead, she served her country, as most women did, within the context of her ceaseless labors and familial obligations

What galled soldiers the most was the apparent well-being of those who chose not to fight. Although many civilians, like their counterparts in the army, suffered from shortages and high prices, the men who endured hunger, cold, and enemy fire on behalf of their country could not abide by those farmers and merchants who appeared to prosper

With the exception of officers, most of the long-term soldiers were boys and men of little wealth. Most could not even vote, whether because of their age or their lack of property.

If we look at what women themselves had to say, we see that many were not overly enthusiastic about their men leaving home.

Altruism accrues little benefit to those lying cold in the gutter.

No matter what we want of life — we have to give up something in order to get it.

A soldier's job is to put his life on the line for his country.

People don't really want change, especially not if it costs something.

Everything in life has its price, and often the heaviest prices we pay are not in terms of money.

God, I dont have great faith, but I can be faithful. My belief in you may be seasonal, but my faithfulness will not. I will follow in the way of Christ. I will act as though my life and the lives of others matter. I will love. I have no greater gift to offer than my life. Take it.

When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love." Rebecca - age 8

When I said I'd give my right arm to you, I didn't think you'd ask me for it, but you did. You said, Give it to me. And I said OK.

The truth was that sometimes saving people wasn't simple, sometimes saviors weren't who you expected them to be, all people don't get saved, and not everyone deserved to be saved.

Our young people have come to look upon war as a kind of beneficent deity, which not only adds to the national honor but uplifts a nation and develops patriotism and courage.

I've always just given myself to the band, if you know what I mean, and been busy with that.

The Army was my bread and butter.

I gave up my bread and butter to be an actress.

I'm very smart with my paper! I stopped buying things for myself a long time ago - now I just buy things for my kids or my wife.

You can't eat cake and lose weight.

I would feel like such a behind if I went to California and made my family move, and they couldn't find their dreams there, too.

Becoming an actor? If it's not a calling, don't do it. It's too hard.

Like so many others, my military career was anchored by a calling to give back to a country that had given me so much.