Come on. We must have a little pity. Do you know what we’re talking about now?…When a man supports his relatives by his labor, he has no right to sacrifice himself. That is deserting his...

A noble purpose inspires sacrifice, stimulates innovation and encourages perseverance.

You are too timid for me. You care too much about what other people think. But you know what? Because you are so desperate to win the approval of others, you’ll never get rid of...

By so giving up, of course, it renews itself- that is the secret

Perfect crime,’ he said softly. ‘Yes?’ ‘Persuade an innocent, idealistic young girl that the future of the human race depends on her sacrificing her own life. She will come into hospital as trustingly as a...

Sometimes, even pretty simple situations can become tough, when the thing you love the most and the thing you have to sacrifice is the same.

Home is our greatest place of trials.

…There are times when something is asked of us, and we find we must do it. There is no calculation involved, no measure of the necessity of the thing itself, the action that must be...

Her name is Emmilina. She is quite eccentric and was Thomas’s best friend.

That is why your sacrifice was all the more difficult. You chose to be a hero not through enchantment but through your own manhood.

All the world seemed suddenly dream, for in what waking world would a prince deceive his own people for the benefit of a slave? ~ Ayden

What we obtain too cheaply, we esteem too lightly; it’s dearness only that gives everthing its value.

Sacrifice is sweeter than engagement…

Huge difference between being happy at will, and chasing euphoric moments as an escape. One doesn’t cost a dime, the other will tax your soul.

The men stop coming after Hunt goes missing. We learned from the last brave soul to visit that they whispered all sorts of stories to answer his disappearance. My favorite is that we ate him....

Stained-glass windows glowed faintly in the moonlight streaming through, illuminating the sculpture of Christ on the cross that hung above the altar. It was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen. Then the sculpture...

But they gave me Finn. He said it like maybe it was worth the trade. Like it was something he would do again if he had the choice. Like he would take a man’s legs...

Love is about giving, about caring for the other person’s welfare. Love is treating someone, in the Kantian sense, never as a means but as an end in themselves. Love is sacrifice, love is something...

Kiss me?

Contrary to popular opinion, we are all a vast brotherhood of human beings whose very survival hinges not on what we keep, but on what we give. And it is in the giving that we...

You didn’t judge my past. That’s when I knew I couldn’t turn away from you even if I tried…

Is there a defense? I defy anyone who has watched you as I have — and I have watched you more closely than you can have imagined — not to want to save you more...

The really important kind of freedom involves attention, and awareness, and discipline, and effort, and being able truly to care about other people and to sacrifice for them, over and over, in myriad petty little...

Torvald: I would gladly work night and day for you, Nora–bear sorrow and want for your sake. But no man would sacrifice his honour for the one he loves. Nora: But hundreds of thousands of...

When Peter renounced the world he grew up in and the people he grew up with, I believe it was exactly as heroic as that of a person who, finding himself prone to violent seasickness,...

Anon from the castle wallsThe crescent banner falls,And the crowd beholds instead,Like a portent in the sky,Iskander’s banner fly,The Black Eagle with double head;And a shout ascends on high,For men’s souls are tired of the...

Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable… Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.

And home the ships sailing send.

Show Us, Don’t Tell Us

It is not sacrifice if you love what you’re doing.

A team will always appreciate a great individual if he’s willing to sacrifice for the group.

For a thought to manifest on the earth realm, a sacrifice must occur.

There is but one task for all –One life for each to give.What stands if Freedom fall?”[For All We Have and Are]

It’s not hard to decide what you want your life to be about. What’s hard, she said, is figuring out what you’re willing to give up in order to do the things you really care...

I lie more convincingly than I tell the truth.

Even after making up one’s mind to the sacrifices Ihad decided upon, there is always left a trace of envyfor those who have triumphed in the melancholystruggle for literary supremacy

So this was it, she thought. So many times she’d wondered. True sacrifice was the surrender of one sacred thing in favor of keeping another. No matter how prudent or cautious one was, in the...

With horror he saw that her hair was already afire as the tarred stake burned about her head. He held her agonized gaze with his fierce black eyes. “I’ll love you forever, and beyond,” he...

There are so many ways to be brave in this world. Sometimes bravery involves laying down your life for something bigger than yourself, or for someone else. Sometimes it involves giving up everything you have...

To love a woman for her virtues is meaningless. She’s earned it, it’s a payment, not a gift. But to love her for her vices is a real gift, unearned and undeserved. To love her...

People with passion are people who will destroy – for a man’s passion is not true until he proves how much he’s willing to sacrifice for it.

A virtuous mother sows and sows seeds of greatness with great life in mind.

I am thankful that sacrifice is non-negotiable, and that counting the cost in giving to another is foolishly assuming that we can put a price on sacrifice.

Silaha kuu ya uchoyo ni kujitolea kwa ajili ya watu wengine. Ni upendo.

To be happy to be sad and sad to be happy is to sing an echo in that beautiful language called Sorrow.

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

The more we have of Jesus, the greater the love we have; the greater the love, the greater the sacrifice; the greater the sacrifice, the more we become like Jesus; the more we become like...

Penance is a sacrifice, a voluntary punishment to show remorse for a sin. The more grievous the sin, the greater the self-inflicted suffering. For some, the ultimate penance is death. But for others, it simply...

When you go in search of honey, you must expect to be stung by bees.

We are as the dead,” Sha said. “Our purpose is to dedicate our lives to the service of our lord. And, when it is necessary, to surrender those lives. When we become what we are,...