Quotes About Sacrifice

As a man, I undertake to risk annihilation so that two or three truths can cast their essential light on the world.

Life is only a long and bitter suicide, and faith alone can transform this suicide into a sacrifice.

I will place my hand in that flame and feel nothing.

Maxime estaba orgulloso de su oficio, pero también sentía cierta vergûenza: "Me disgusta la idea de que toda esta felicidad que les doy a mis animales vaya a parar bajo un cuchillo. Me da la impresión de que los traiciono; pero, por otro lado, no sé hacer nada más y no me queda más remedio que ganarme la vida".

Mamá, puedes pedirme lo que sea, pero no que me coma a mi mejor amigo.

I hope you're proud of yourself for the times you've said "yes," when all it meant was extra work for you and was seemingly helpful only to someone else.

For at every stage of your civilizations there are numbers of you who put aside selfishness and dedicate their lives in service to something they see as being greater than themselves. I say you may prevail, I say not that you will. For in each of your generations there are men who choose to serve the gods of darkness.

It must be nice to declare yourself an emperor or whatever, and have people hurl themselves all over the galaxy to do everything for you." "Can't be nice to have someone bring you your brother's corpse

And if you want the whole truth, I've had to fight for every hour I've spent with you; and the worst of all, I didn't dare talk to you last night because I didn't want to hurt you.

Could a body broken and blood spilled two thousand years ago restore my own damaged life?

The ancient Orthodox understanding of the Cross is that Christ went heroically into the depths of Hades and destroyed its power; he rescued us and set us free. The Father forgives our sins without satisfaction, payment, or penalty. Christ offers himself to the Father as a sacrifice, not a payment.

Privatization is a bitter pill but it is a pill that will cure.

Vive la mort, vive la guerre, vive le sacre mercenaire

He said that it was not his job to ensure that his soldiers died for their country. It was his job to make sure the other poor bastards died for theirs. Understand?

The seven social evils are politics without principle, wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce and industry without morality, science without humanity, and worship without sacrifice.

Lord, forgive us for the times we have read about Gethsemane with dry eyes.

My heart to you is given: Oh, do give yours to me; We'll lock them up together, And throw away the key.

Virtue does not always demand a heavy sacrifice only the willingness to make it when necessary.

In God's world, for those who are in earnest, there is no failure. No work truly done, no word earnestly spoken, no sacrifice freely made, was ever made in vain.

It is not a cheap commodity, love. Some of us can have it and never face the bill, but only if someone else picks up the check.

Teachers work twice as hard as the general public will ever imagine.

If we have to fight, we will fight. You will kill ten of us, and we will kill one of you, and in the end it is you who will be exhausted.

A good cause can become bad if we fight for it with means that are indiscriminately murderous. A bad cause can become good if enough people fight for it in a spirit of comradeship and self-sacrifice. In the end it is how you fight, as much as why you fight, that makes your cause good or bad.

My whole heart for my whole life.