Quotes About Sacrifice

Tenía un alma atormentada. Sentía gusto en la humillación y en las labores abyectas, creía que iba a obtener el cielo por el medio terrible de sufrir iniquidades, por eso se complacía limpiando las pústulas de las piernas enfermas de su madre, lavándola, hundiéndose en sus olores y en sus miserias, escrutando su orinal.

Many of us daughters have had to live the lives that our mothers could not.

Se creó un aparente milagro económico a un gran costo social

Then we offer our guest "pot luck," which means that the mistress of the house will take bread out of her children's mouths to give to the visitor, who is obliged to accept it. If you receive a formal invitation, you can expect a gargantuan feast: the goal is to leave the guests moaning with indigestion for several days. Of course, women always do the hard work.

Vertieron un poco de sangre en el suelo, arrancaron los corazones, los ahumaron con tabaco, luego los partieron en trocitos y los repartieron entre los toquis y loncos; así comulgaron entre ellos y con la Tierra. —Señor Ngenechén, ésta es la pura sangre de los animales, sangre tuya, sangre que nos das para que tengamos vida y podamos movernos, Padre Dios, por eso con esta sangre estamos rogándote que nos bendigas

En todas las clases sociales, menos las privilegiadas por el dinero, la abnegación y el trabajo se consideran las máximas virtudes femeninas; el espíritu de sacrificio es una cuestión de honor, mientras más sufren por la familia, más orgullosas se sienten.

This is a road I must travel bleeding.

No sabía que ella había visto su propio destino, por eso lo había llamado con el pensamiento y estaba dispuesta a casarse sin amor.

le pareció que el gusto que se daba y que se daría en el futuro bien valía el riesgo del infierno

lloró largamente a esa mujer que había dedicado su existencia a hacer más cómoda la de otros y que murió sola.

Trabajo para mí, lo que gano me lo gasto como quiero. Me ha costado mucho, no crea que ha sido fácil

Guilt is the price we pay willingly for doing what we are going to do anyway.

I wanted to see my family, even if it meant dying with them.

I didn't want to be one of those touring musicians who get to hear about their daughter taking her first steps while they're in New Zealand.

Do not calculate what I have done, for I shall accept no recompense. Calculate the public advantage, the welfare and liberty of my country, and believe that I shall refuse no burden, no danger, provided that, at the hour of tranquillity, I may return to private life, for there now remains but one step for my ambition - that of arriving at zero.

My father is the man that, he will give you what he doesn't have, still. If he has 10 bucks and you need 10 bucks because you're sick or you don't have nothing to eat, he will give you 10 bucks. He will be at zero, but he will help you. That's the kind of man that my father is.

There's a false notion that success is a zero sum game. To win in our careers we have to give up family. To work hard we have to sacrifice sleep. To accomplish we must take (or borrow or steal) from somewhere else in our lives. It's just not the case.

Three thousand people died at ground zero. Their families are entitled to a little bit of respect, to respect the memory of those poor people that died there. And how about the families of all those soldiers that died in the two ensuing wars? Aren't they entitled to a little bit of respect - the kids, the wives, the parents?

I am happy to be patient zero. It is for the world, for the sick children and sick old people. My life has been good. I understand the risks but I research how people die and I am happy to say that today I do not know how I will die now. Tomorrow or in the long future I was up for a change.

It was about 2012, 2013. I started from zero. Small fashion shows, small photoshoots. I've seen a lot. I've seen a lot of things up close. I married my sister off; I gave jahez for her wedding. I tried to keep relations going with my family. I bought a house for them in Multan. My parents are settled in Multan; my house is there.

From the Green Mountain boys who joined the fight for independence; to a war that saved the Union, and two wars that would encircle the world; to Korea and Vietnam and the Middle East, and our F-16s defending the skies above Ground Zero on September 11, 2001; Vermonters have always answered our nation's call.

I grew up in Zimbabwe and we didn't have much. My dad worked away for the whole week as an engineer, came back on Friday with his pay and gave the rent money to my mum. He'd put aside money for food and stuff and he'd keep the rest. That's how Africans lived, but there was enough to go around.

I did 'Slither,' so I've done seven hours in the makeup chair. So two hours for zombie makeup is like nothing. That's a walk in the park for me. When you do seven-hour makeup and then eight hours of work, you're thinking, 'Oh God, what did this do to me?' You're under that rubber forever. It's crazy.

The hardest thing about my job isn't the snake bites or the crocodiles, it's being away from my children. I have a really religious satellite phone call every day back to the boys, wherever we are, whatever time zone, to say goodnight.