Quotes About Sacrifice

You cannot understand such things right now, because you're young. But in good time you'll see that sometimes what matters isn't what one gives but what one gives up.

Good words are a vain benevolence that demand no sacrifice and are more appreciated than real acts of kindness.

That world seemed to have vanished, but for a long time the image I had of my father, which I still preserve today, was that of a thin man wearing an old suit that was too large for him and a secondhand hat he had bought on Calle Condal for seven pesetas, a man who could not afford to buy his son a wretched pen that was useless but seemed to mean everything to him.

Legions of men, butchered for the greater glory and the profit margins of bankers, chancellors, generals, stockbrokers, and other fathers of the nation, had been maimed and ruined for life in the name of freedom, democracy, the Empire, the race, or the flag…. Take your pick.

Are you not tempted to create a story for which men and women would live and die, for which they would be capable of killing and allowing them to be killed, of sacrificing and condemning themselves, of handling over their souls?

but in good time you'll see that what matters isn't what one gives but what one gives up.

Pogrešno je misliti da se snovi ostvaruju, a da mi ne ponudimo ništa zauzvrat.

Acuérdate del trato que hicimos. Cuando yo muera, todo lo que es mío será tuyo…-menos los sueños.

Usted eso ahora no lo entiende, porque es joven. Pero con el tiempo verá que lo que cuenta a veces no es lo que se da, sino lo que se cede.

sometimes what matters isn't what one gives but what one gives up.

But you're the man, and you must take the lead." It was all beginning to look pretty grim. "The lead? Me?" "What do you expect? One has to pay some price for being able to piss standing up.

Amint azon kezdünk el gondolkodni, hogy szeretünk-e valakit, akár örökre le is mondhatunk róla.

fille d'un riche fabricant de machines textiles qui avait fait fortune en partant de rien, au prix d'efforts et de sacrifices immenses consentis surtout par les autres.

Avec le temps, vous verrez que parfois, ce qui compte, ce n'est pas ce qu'on a, mais ce à quoi on renonce.

a prosperous manufacturer of textile machinery who had built his fortune from nothing, by dint of great efforts and sacrifices, mostly other people's.

He even went so far as to give his wife, Sophie, a dress and a pair of new shoes for the first time in fourteen years.

But nobody was going to snatch his son from him again. This time God Almighty could descend from the heavens, the same God who had ignored the hatter's prayers all his life, and he would gladly pull out His eyes if He dared push Julián away again.

A felnÅ'ttség a csalódás eredménye. Ahogy múlik az élet, az embernek le kell mondania ifjúsága reményeirÅ'l, álmairól, vágyairól, s egyre inkább úgy érzi, hogy áldozatul esett a világnak és a többieknek.

La gente normale mette al mondo dei figli; noi romanzieri dei libri. Siamo condannati a metterci la vita, anche se quasi mai ce ne sono grati. Siamo condannati a morire nelle loro pagine e a volte perfino a lasciare che siano loro a toglierci la vita

Pero con el tiempo verá que lo que cuenta a veces no es lo que se da, sino lo que se cede.

One has to pay some price for being able to piss standing up.

in good time you'll see that sometimes what matters isn't what one gives but what one gives up.

I looked at her, a broken woman with tears in her eyes, and didn't wish for anything in the world other than the ability to give her back what she'd never had.

sometimes what matters isn't what one gives but what one gives up. Bernarda