Quotes About Sacrifice

For human nature is strange: the less we are inclined to self-sacrifice, the more we insist on it in other

To gain the book, one must give up all hope for the book. It is the only way the book can get written.

Men didn't understand that you couldn't let yourself be consumed with passion when there were so many people needing your attention, when there was so much work to do. Men didn't understand that there was nothing big enough to exempt you from your obligations, which began as soon as the sun rose over the paper company and ended only after you'd finished the day's chores and fell exhausted into sleep against the background noise of I-94.

Some of the swimmers, like the security guards from Peru or Nepal, they were so poor—they lived a hard life and sent all of their money home," Jay says. "The fact that someone would give them a cap or a two-dollar pair of goggles meant a lot." He paid for the gear out of his own pocket. The

Marriage is this grand madness, and I think if people knew that, they would perhaps take it more seriously.

the only true way to be victorious is to surrender. To each other. To love. To the higher power.

Un trabajo es un sitio donde haces algo que, en el fondo, no te gusta durante unas ocho horas al día cinco o seis días a la semana a cambio de dinero que te permita hacer el fin de semana las cosas que te gustaría hacer todo el tiempo.

My son, give me thine heart...

To you, to the scarred and scattered remnants of the Fifty-fourth, who, with empty sleeve and wanting leg, have honoured this occasion with your presence, to you, your commander is not dead. Though Boston erected no monument and history recorded no story, in you and in the loyal race which you represent, Robert Gould Shaw would have a monument which time could not wear away

In order to be successful in any kind of undertaking, I think the main thing is for one to grow to the point where he completely forgets himself; that is, to lose himself in a great cause.

Never in the field of human conflict has) So much been owed by So many to So few. If you want a classic ascending tricolon, then try his peerless line from 1942, after the victory at El Alamein. Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning. When he uncorks this one at the

Departure beyond the borders of my country is for me equivalent to death.

You can build a throne of bayonets, but you can't sit on it for long.

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things; the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight; nothing he cares more about than his own personal safety; is a miserable creature who has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. — John Stuart Mill

It is easier to die bravely than to live so.

Better freedom with a crust, than slavery with every luxury.

Christ will step in and solve the problem you cannot solve, but you have to pay the price. It does not come without doing that. He is a very kind ruler in the sense that He will always pay the price necessary, but He wants you to do what you should, even if it is painful.

When the next war comes—and it will (so history teaches us)—the burden of combat will not be carried by either strong women or weak men, although the sacrifice of the former will be warmly embraced by the best men.

A family is a risky venture, because the greater the love, the greater the loss... That's the trade-off. But I'll take it all.

Michael hugged Sara tightly. "You all right?" he asked. "Fine," Sara replied. She took off her glasses and wiped them with Michael's handkerchief. "So what have you been up to tonight, my valiant hero?" Michael shrugged. "The usual—saving small children from fires, fighting crime in the streets, getting pawed by your sister." Sara

It is always us against them. That's what all of life is. We fight wars for that reason. We make decisions every day to protect our own loved ones, even if it means hardships for others. You buy your boy a new pair of cleats for lacrosse. Maybe you could have used that money to save a starving child in Africa. But no, you let that child starve. Us against them. We all do this." "Tripp?

It's just that . . . when you have kids, it just changes things." "Do me a favor, Yates. Please don't give me that having-children-alters-you spiel. I listen to that crap enough from my painfully few friends.

When you have a child, you are never number one again. Someone is more important than you. It changes your worldview. It has to.

you have to be ready for pain. One doesn't come without the other. If I didn't love you, I wouldn't have to worry about losing you.