Quotes of Sacrifice - somelinesforyou

“ The mice which helplessly find themselves between the cats teeth acquire no merit from their enforced sacrifice. ”

- Mahatma Gandhi

“ Revolutions require work, revolutions require sacrifice, revolutions, and our own included, require a certain amount of rationing, a certain amount of calluses, a certain amount of sacrifice. ”

- Lee Harvey Oswald

“ A man must be sacrificed now and again to provide for the next generation of men. ”

- Amy Lowell

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

- William Butler Yeats

“ He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much; he who would attain highly must sacrifice greatly. ”

- James Allen

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

- George Bernard Shaw

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

- Aldous Huxley

“ When you make the sacrifice in marriage, you're sacrificing not to each other but to unity in a relationship. ”

- Joseph Campbell

“ The world will never have lasting peace so long as men reserve for war the finest human qualities. Peace, no less than war, requires idealism and self-sacrifice and a righteous and dynamic faith. ”

- John Foster Dulles

“ As a defensive coordinator, he was beloved by his players,... They truly believed in him. They'd sacrifice anything to do what he said. He was as unique a man as we've seen from that standpoint. ”

- Bill Walsh

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

- Charles Du Bos

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

- Steve Prefontaine

“ Sometimes when you sacrifice something precious, you're not really losing it. You're just passing it on to someone else. ”

- Mitch Albom

“ If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married. ”

- Katharine Hepburn

“ And Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt sacrifice, which is upon the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. ”

- Bible

“ Dreams do come true, if we only wish hard enough, You can have anything in life if you will sacrifice everything else for it. ”

- Sir James M. Barrie

“ That laughter costs too much which is purchased by the sacrifice of decency. ”

- John Quinton

“ A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act. ”

- Mahatma Gandhi

“ Artists must be sacrificed to their art. ”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

“ As soon as sacrifice becomes a duty and necessity to mankind, I see no limit to the horizon which opens before him. ”

- Ernest Renan

“ Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining another — too often ending in the loss of both. ”

- Tryon Edwards

“ Football is like life — it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority. ”

- Vince Lombardi

“ Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices. ”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

“ Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness. ”

- Napoleon Hill

“ He who never sacrificed a present to a future good or a personal to a general one can speak of happiness only as the blind do of colors. ”

- Olympia Brown

“ Humanitarianism consists in never sacrificing a human being to a purpose. ”

- Albert Schweitzer

“ 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. ”

- Lee Iacocca

“ In any country there must be people who have to die. They are the Sacrifices any nation has to make to achieve law and order. ”

- Unknown

“ In everyday things the law of sacrifice takes the form of positive duty. ”

- James A. Froude

“ In olden times, sacrifices were made at the altar, a practice which is still very much practiced. ”

- Helen Rowland
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