If I don’t have anything to sacrifice, I don’t have anything to gain. From the Bible I have learned if you want something good, you must sacrifice.

Yet, there is a sense of some deep sort that runs entirely contrary to human nature, that in putting ourselves first, we must by necessity put others first.

Success for a woman means absolute surrender, in whatever direction. Whether she paints a picture, or loves a man, there is no division of labor possible in her economy. To the attainment of any end...

It turns out that the men who ultimately, who unpretentiously value peace are willing to sacrifice their own peace of mind in order to render it. The question is, ‘Who, between opposing forces, would do...

If I could die saving two lives, I would, provided each of those two people were the kind of people who would die to save two more like them.

Freedom is inextricably linked to sacrifice and compromise.

Was this what she had shattered convention for; broken with her family, her friends? Everything she had ever known; doomed herself to eternal damnation, for the sake of what she had believed would be heaven...

You love the word love but you don’t really love and you don’t want to love because love, which is really sacrifice, would prevent you from doing what you want to do.

It’s risky most of the time, but its better to listen to your heart.

If God himself can’t save this world without sacrifice… how can we?

Who knows not sacrifice may never gain freedom.

Every part of life changes with every breath we take. If you don’t like where your story is headin’, you fight your fate with everything you have.

Jesus says, “Deny yourself, take up your cross and follow me.” He says, “The first shall be last and the last shall be first,” and infuriating things like “if you seek to find your life...

[Connor, prepared to sacrifice himself to save Sarah]God, I pray, give me the strength to live the next hour well.

When we’re not following God’s will, our sacrifices aren’t acceptable to Him. What God wants most is for us to be broken before Him, walk with Him, know Him, and obey Him.

Bushido is realized in the presence of death. This means choosing death whenever there is a choice between life and death. There is no other reasoning.

Whatever talent a person has should be dedicated to the rest of humanity – indeed to all living beings. Therein lies fulfillment. All men are kin. They are of the same likeness, the same build,...

This is the one who will find us. He’s the one who will lead them all back to me someday. He’s the explorer. El curioso.

Love is not a skill to be mastered; out of love the world came into being; love is a greater power we can’t afford to buy; but yet we can afford to sacrifice it as...

I don’t have a life of my own. I’ve put myself and my life at the service of the people. If necessity dictates I run, I run.. go to jail, I go to jail.. die,...

Where excess lies, usually someone had to give something up for the other to get it.

It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.

I’m going to be with the Lord.”I wished I shared his confidence. For him, it was a priceless thing no one could take. I wished the fear of death was like the fear of a...

noble” – be willing to someday join a larger conversation about how we might work together as a society to construct a world where healthy children can be raised and healthy families can prosper without...

How could you…? How?””Logically you have no right to be angry. I simply followed your lead.” …He is really going through with it.”No,” She managed. “There is no other way.

Phury knelt beside him and stroked his face. “I’ve only ever had you to live for. If you die I have nothing.I’m utterly lost. And you are needed here.” Zsadist tried to reach out, but...

We’d like to think that it is not our fault that great men and women died fighting for the security of our nation and safety of our communities. But we know this not to be...

Christine did not live, or love, as most people do. She lived boundlessly, as generous as she could be cruel, prepared to give her life at any moment for a worthy cause, but rarely sparing...

Jesus teaches us to give richly, serve sacrificially, and love unconditionally.

I gave you all my secrets, and you lost them all. You lost a lot of things.But the treasure of it was in the giving, not the keeping.

Do not cry for me, Azrael. Do not waste your tears. You made your decision. And this is mine. Sacrifice seems to be my destiny. A funny thing for a selfish man, isn’t it? They...

If you can’t handle others’ disapproval, then leadership isn’t for you.

This year our Memorial Day activities are especially poignant as “The Greatest Generation” joins us to dedicate the World War II Memorial on the grounds of the National Mall in Washington, DC The World War...

You won’t become what you want to be, else you become what you fear to be.

Following Jesus isn’t something you can do at night where no one notices. It’s a twenty-four-hour-a-day commitment that will interfere with your life. That’s not the small print—that’s a guarantee.

A race that rejected the idea of personal sacrifice would surely be erased from time’s records before long.

People love super heroes. It’s true we’re impressed by their bravery and fortitude, their supernatural gifts and physical brawn. But the fact is, villains possess these same qualities. So why our admiration for the hero...

Ashlei was free to spout off how much she loved her savior because Jesus was not about to rear back and tell her He did not quite feel the same way, that He had died...

Leadership is giving out far more than one expects in direct return. The rewards are intangible, yet priceless.

I’m disappointed . . . that the president has not done more to demand that Congress and other federal agencies make the same sacrifices millions of Americans are already making. There is no charity without...

Good leaders sacrifice for others to survive; bad leaders sacrifice others to survive

I don’t want to sacrifice myself for something. I don’t want do DIE for something. I don’t even want to walk in the rain up a hill in a skirt that’s sticking to my thighs...

Jace: Herondale, on the other hand, is melodic. Dulcet, one might say. Think of the sound of ‘Clary Herondale.’Clary: Oh, my god, that sounds horrible.Jace: We all must sacrifice for love.

A praying mother symbolizes grace, strength and wisdom; she is an icon of productivity and ingenuity.

I am thankful that in the giving we receive, and what we receive is the satisfaction of knowing that whatever we give is always bigger once we’ve given it away.

You’d think (losing his job and degree for having made false claims as a researcher) would be a lesson to him,” said Miss Hillyard. “It didn’t pay, did it? Say he sacrificed his professional honour...

Those who live as though God sets the rules are not going by their own rules. That is the self-sacrifice, or selflessness, that peace more often than not requires. Those who insist on going by...

She had been wrong in thinking Christ had been called up against his will to fight in a war. He didn’t look – in spite of the crown of thorns – like someone making a...

For me, no ideological or political conviction would justify the sacrifice of a human life. For me, the value of life is absolute, with no concessions. It’s not negotiable.

What about you?You stay by my side day and night and take the hardest hits of them all.Why,Will?Why have you stayed with me all these centuries?You watch me die again and again,yet you never leave....