Quotes About Sacrifice

He told me to forget every good deed as though it had never occurred, as soon as it was accomplished, and go forward again as though I had never accomplished anything for Him, lest my good works become a snare to me. We saw some wonderful things in those days. Even very good men came to abhor themselves in the clearer light of God.

For love is blynd.

No wedded man so hardy be t'assailleHis wyves pacience, in trust to fyndeGrisildis, for in certein he shal faille!

We change, but always at a cost: to win this you lose that.

Once a man discovers that his obedience is primarily for others' sake, that every miracle that ever amazed happened because of someone's obedience somewhere, that properly understood, his obedience prepares the way for His visitation, well, then we run up against the appalling result of attentive servants gladly going about His bidding without the slightest hesitation. Indeed, in the worse cases, they run where He says run with reckless abandon.

In Joy, to lose one's life is to gain it, and Joy never loses an opportunity to be lost in the other.

Wie lange sollen die Fußstapfen der Freiheit Gräber sein? - Ihr wollt Brot, und sie werfen euch Köpfe hin! Ihr durstet, und sie machen euch das Blut von den Stufen der Guillotine lecken!

Wash me wholly in the waters Of the sacred springs of pain; Suffering be all my worship, Suffering be all my gain.

The revolution is like Saturn—it eats its children.

Vom Schatten eines Hauchs geboren Wir wandeln in Verlassenheit Und sind im Ewigen verloren, Gleich Opfern unwissend, wozu sie geweiht.

It is solely by risking life that freedom is obtained; . . . the individual who has not staked his or her life may, no doubt, be recognized as a Person; but he or she has not attained the truth of this recognition as an independent self-consciousness.

Exercise is done against one's wishes and maintained only because the alternative is worse.

God is stronger than their strength, more loving than their uttermost love, and in so far as they have loved and sacrificed themselves for others, they have obtained the infallible proof, that God too lives and loves and gives Himself away.

You ask me if I will not be glad when the last battle is fought, so far as the country is concerned I, of course, must wish for peace, and will be glad when the war is ended, but if I answer for myself alone, I must say that I shall regret to see the war end.

Ah, many a one has started forth with hope and purpose high; Has fought throughout a weary life, and passed all pleasure by; Has burst all flowery chains by which men aye have been enthralled; Has been stone-deaf to voices sweet, that softly, sadly called; Has scorned the flashing goblet with the bubbles on its brim; Has turned his back on jeweled hands that madly beckoned him; Has, in a word, condemned himself to follow out his plan By stern and lonely labor--and has died, a conquered man!

What is it you want, Mary? What do you want? You want the moon? Just say the word and I'll throw a lasso around it and pull it down. Hey. That's a pretty good idea. I'll give you the moon, Mary.

You either stand for Jesus or you stand for all that He died to repudiate.

I will cling to the old rugged cross,And exchange it some day for a crown.

Our ideals, like the gods of old, are constantly demanding human sacrifices.

Martyrdom: The only way a man can become famous without ability.

You are going to let the fear of poverty govern you life and your reward will be that you will eat, but you will not live.

War does not decide who is right but who is left.

Martyrdom is the only way a person can become famous without ability.

In 1969 I gave up women and alcohol - it was the worst 20 minutes of my life.