Sacrifice Quotes

You aren't going to find anybody that's going to be successful without making a sacrifice and without perseverance.

There's only one effectively redemptive sacrifice, the sacrifice of self-will to make room for the knowledge of God.

I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you're trying to accomplish and what you're willing to sacrifice to accomplish it.

Sustainability can't be like some sort of a moral sacrifice or political dilemma or a philanthropical cause. It has to be a design challenge.

If you win without sacrifice you enjoy it but it's more satisfying when you have struggled.

America needs young people to be inspired to choose sacrifice over greed.

I haven't had a family, but I don't think of that as a sacrifice: my dancers are my family.

That freedom can never be attained by a nation without suffering and sacrifice has been amply borne out by the recent tragic happenings in this subcontinent.

I was determined to achieve the total freedom that our history lessons taught us we were entitled to, no matter what the sacrifice.

I couldn't sacrifice my heart for a publicity stunt.

No, I do not want to sacrifice four days for two games. My time is too valuable to do that.

We are telling veterans they must sacrifice to pay for the pet projects and contracts to campaign donors of powerful members of Congress.

If I have nothing to sacrifice, I have nothing to gain.

The security of our nation depends on the men and women who are willing to sacrifice their safety, and possibly their lives, to protect the freedoms the rest of us enjoy.

A Catholic understanding of priesthood is so strongly rooted in the historic actions of Jesus and in all their antecedents in the place of sacrifice in life. And those things... they are rooted to the role of the man.

You know, in some ways, the celibacy tradition goes back to the tribe of Levi and, certainly, sacrifice and the notion of sacrifice. In the Old Testament, the shedding of blood was for a man to perform. It was not for the woman, who gave life.

It was not a religion that attacked us that September day. It was al-Qaeda. We will not sacrifice the liberties we cherish or hunker down behind walls of suspicion and mistrust.

I am ready to sacrifice everything in completing the unfinished agenda of our noble jihad... until there is no bloodshed in Afghanistan and Islam becomes a way of life for our people.

The only principles of public conduct that are worthy of a gentleman or a man are to sacrifice estate, ease, health, and applause, and even life, to the sacred calls of his country.

Let others laugh when you sacrifice desire to duty, if they will. You have time and eternity to rejoice in.

The unworthy successor of Peter who desires to benefit from the immeasurable wealth of Christ feels the great need of your assistance, your prayers, your sacrifice, and he most humbly asks this of you.

To give anything less than your best, is to sacrifice the gift.

I can't pretend to be objective when it comes to service or sacrifice.

It only stands to reason that where there's sacrifice, there's someone collecting the sacrificial offerings. Where there's service, there is someone being served. The man who speaks to you of sacrifice is speaking of slaves and masters, and intends to be the master.

A college degree is the key to realizing the American dream, well worth the financial sacrifice because it is supposed to open the door to a world of opportunity.

When I hear people talk about juggling, or the sacrifices they make for their children, I look at them like they're crazy, because 'sacrifice' infers that there was something better to do than being with your children.

No, there is literally nothing on the business side that I wouldn't sacrifice in a heartbeat to have an extra couple of hours' writing. Nothing.

It is far more difficult to be simple than to be complicated; far more difficult to sacrifice skill and easy execution in the proper place, than to expand both indiscriminately.

Across the country, people are willing to tighten their belts and sacrifice. The president should ask the oil industry to do the same.

A common creation demands a common sacrifice, and perhaps not the least potent argument in favour of a constructed international language is the fact that it is equally foreign, or apparently so, to the traditions of all nationalities.

It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain.

Freedom is a right ultimately defended by the sacrifice of America's servicemen and women.

Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing.

If churches around the world would grasp the revolutionary truth that Christ's transforming power always comes through sacrifice and weakness, it would dramatically alter the landscape of the global church.

A military coup needs a sacrifice and courage that you can't find in an army without morale.

We strain to tell Americans and aliens in this country that there's nothing unique about America, nothing unique about American civilization, nothing that requires their allegiance, nothing of great value that they should sacrifice for.

He who gives what he would as readily throw away, gives without generosity; for the essence of generosity is in self sacrifice.

I never advise anyone to sacrifice something else because of music, but then I don't see why they would have to anyway.

True love is selfless. It is prepared to sacrifice.

If my love is without sacrifice, it is selfish. Such a love is barter, for there is exchange of love and devotion in return for something. It is conditional love.

The mark of one who loves God and saints is sacrifice.

The ancients recommended us to sacrifice to the Graces, but Milton sacrificed to the Devil.

In an effort to eliminate the possibility of any rival growing up, some monopolists would sacrifice democracy itself.

This inevitability of conflict motivates us today and echoes the reminder that freedom is not given away and our national security is not achieved without sacrifice.

I lived to play basketball. Growing up as a kid, Bill Russell and the Boston Celtics were my favorite team. The way they played, the teamwork, the sacrifice, the commitment, the joy, the camaraderie, the relationship with the fans.

I really believe deep in my soul that we're going to have to step up and face these challenges and be tough and pull together and unify and be creative and be willing to sacrifice.

It takes tremendous will to compete in any athletic endeavor, so it meant going to bed early and getting my homework done in advance. I had to sacrifice things, like a social life, to be a skater at 15. But I loved skating so much that it was worth everything to me.

Too long a sacrifice can make a stone of the heart. O when may it suffice?

The important thing is this: to be able, at any moment, to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.

There is no sense to a sacrifice after you come to feel that it is a sacrifice.

Sacrifice still exists everywhere, and everywhere the elect of each generation suffers for the salvation of the rest.

Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies.

One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying.

Now I ask you to make your sacrifice. Take a gamble. I took the plunge and I'm glad of it.

A nation which makes the final sacrifice for life and freedom does not get beaten.

It's a fallen world. We eat and sacrifice in the process.

Love always involves responsibility, and love always involves sacrifice. And we do not really love Christ unless we are prepared to face His task and to take up His Cross.

What a curious phenomenon it is that you can get men to die for the liberty of the world who will not make the little sacrifice that is needed to free themselves from their own individual bondage.

Our flag honors those who have fought to protect it, and is a reminder of the sacrifice of our nation's founders and heroes. As the ultimate icon of America's storied history, the Stars and Stripes represents the very best of this nation.

Sacrifice is nothing other than the production of sacred things.

With the power of conviction, there is no sacrifice.

The brave men who died in Vietnam, more than 100% of which were black, were the ultimate sacrifice.

The Roman Catholic Church, had it captured me, as it nearly did, would have sent me on some mission of danger and sacrifice and utilised me as a martyr; the Church established by law transformed me into an unbeliever and an antagonist.

Before the trip began we mapped out three primary goals: 1) to see and meet with our American troops, and thank them for their bravery and sacrifice; 2) to assess the security situation in Iraq; and 3) to give our support to Iraq's national unity government.

My son is not wild about going back to Iraq, but he'd sure rather do that than sacrifice all that he and his fellow soldiers have accomplished by leaving too early and inviting chaos.

The world is now aware that the most unavoidable and most dangerous weapon that exists is the blind decisiveness of a man ready to sacrifice his life for an obscure cause.

Our nation's military and law enforcement personal work hard to protect us. We must thank them for their continued vigilance. Without their sacrifice we would less capable of protecting our nation.

When service members are discharged, we should express our gratitude for their profound personal sacrifice, not hand them a bill for their hospital food.

They paid the ultimate price and we can never forget their sacrifice.

But only if I believe that my directing talents will improve the material I'd be working on. I want to make sure I don't sacrifice beautiful material on the altar of my direction.

We cannot sacrifice our safety to the murderous greed of drug cartels. We cannot stand idly by as drop houses, kidnappings and violence compromise our quality of life.

I have already given two cousins to the war and I stand ready to sacrifice my wife's brother.

I am willing to serve my country, but do not wish to sacrifice the brave men under my command.

Much has been accomplished during the last year in the campaign against terrorism. This struggle will require vigilance, perseverance and sacrifice for many years to come.

Reason, I sacrifice you to the evening breeze.