[I]n Wahrheit ist es das Leben, das dem Leben gibt – während ihr, die ihr euch als Gebende fühlt, nichts anderes seid als Zeugen.

I guess that’s just part of loving people: You have to give things up. Sometimes you even have to give them up.

All civilizations at some time have fallen into this total terror, when the mystery of life was a kind of panic only to be assuaged by the spilling of blood.

Each of you has a personal vocation which He has given you for your own joy and sanctity. When a person is conquered by the fire of His gaze, no sacrifice seems too great to...

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

All great things worth having require great sacrifice worth giving.

Love calls you to be silent when you want to speak, and to speak when you would like to be silent. Love calls you to act when you would really like to wait, and to...

I expect God to use me, not because of who I am but because of who Jesus is. Not because of what I’ve done, but because of what Jesus has done.

A gift involves sacrifice. If you give away something that you no longer value or want, it cannot be a gift. It is simply a discarded item.

You exalt me Bati,This is the message to the society,Brightest day demands struggling, suffering and sacrifice,heroic labor would suffice.

Significant change requires significant sacrifice.

I see enormous loves growing immense and finally crushing me.

The Victorians lost a few workers in everything they built, rather like a votive offering.

Life is like a film screen: pictures come, make an impression, go, and then make a place for new pictures with new impressions which obscure the previous ones. Some of those old pictures fade, but...

Don’t hate me forever, Arty,” whispered Holly. “I couldn’t bear that.

For what is love itself, for the one we love best? – an enfolding of immeasurable cares which yet are better than any joys outside our love.

With our souls, with our blood, we sacrifice ourselves for you, Mubarak!

There are four things you need to know about war. One, every action requires careful tactics. Two, never lose hope and fight only for what is right. Three, be brave but you don’t have to...

Achan gritted his teeth and recalled Sir Eagan’s words. Love was not taking because you wanted, he’d said. Love was sacrifice.

A cult is a group of people who share an obsessive devotion to a person oridea. The cults described in this book use violent tactics to recruit,indoctrinate, and keep members. Ritual abuse is defined as...

The accomplishment of your dreams will demand big sacrifice and hard work.

Seek the Blame; Give Away the Fame

You can tell yourself that you would be willing to lose everything you have in order to get something you want. But it’s a catch-22: all of those things that you’re willing to lose are...

The happiness of love is in action; its test is what one is willing to do for others.

Only after Mom went missing did you realize that her stories were piled inside you, in endless stacks. Mom’s everyday life used to go on in a repeating loop, without a break. Her everyday words,...

Love without sacrifice is like theft

Sometimes talking to you is like talking to myself: pretty damned annoying.

Giving out of your surplus does not make you generous, it makes your selfishness more tolerable! Giving while you are lacking is what pleases the Lord.

Achieving a goal requires endurance and sacrifices beyond limitations.

She’s the only younger sibling I have. If something happens to her, I don’t see any reason why should I keep alive on this freaking Earth!

You have to face the very thing you fear.–tdf

Emeth came walking forward into the open strip of grass between the bonfire and the Stable. His eyes were shining, his face was solemn, his hand was on his sword-hilt, and he carried his head...

Given the choice, whether to rule a corrupt and failing empire; or to challenge the fates for another throw – a better throw – against one’s destiny… what was a king to do? But does...

A true mother is known for her compassion, love and passion; she is everly dedicated to her calling.

Every November of my boyhood, we put on red poppies and attended highly patriotic services in remembrance of those who had ‘given’ their lives. But on what assurance did we know that these gifts had...

Everything worth loving in this world is difficult.

You can hardly call Deor old.’ Arisa wrapped her arms around herself; the breeze was brisk despite the sunlight. ‘He didn’t live long enough to get old. Why would he do that? I know kings...

mostly we’ve had to found ways to amuse ourselves.””Really?” Valkyrie asked. “Like what?”Plight’s smile faded. “Like human sacrifice.”He grabbed one arm and Lenka grabbed the other and Valkyrie cried out.Then they both let go. laughing.”Naw,”...

She said she knew we were safe with you, and always would be, because once, when she asked you to, you’d given up the thing you most wanted.” Archer received this strange communication in silence....

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

Why don’t people ask us about our hope? The answer is probably that we look as if we hope in the same things they do. Our lives don’t look like they are on the Calvary...

Open up your eyes for me people, the prophecies are true and the beast is real.

unkindness �of ravens”?

If someone had told Allie that she would commit a premeditated act of murder, she would not have believed it. She would have spouted off all the reasons how she could never be capable of...

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

Today we are getting part of the payoff, of your sacrifice, by seeing the last settlers leaving Gaza, … The credit for the evacuation is for you and for the martyrs who sacrificed themselves and...

Have the courage to let some go, and sacrifice for some to stay; thus, live and make life your own way.

The real achievers are those who, in the dreary pit of sacrifice, still smile up at the goal.

Life’s just a sacrifice, a ransomWe pay to Death for Love to save,Which turns to be as great as handsomeTo get a blessing from the grave.

Artists forget than the first purpose of a comic character is to convey emotion. Everything else, like realism, or other kinds of virtuosity, is an optional extra. If you sacrifice expression for the sake of...