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

But he was there.Day and night he was there for me,risking his very existence to protect me from a war that claimed my life over and over again.He never faltered,never wavered,never feared for his own...

Well, you have the right to make a sacrifice of yourself, but I’ll be damned if I’ll let you sacrifice me!

There is no rank in sacrifice.

March of the Penguins, … the motion picture this summer that most passionately affirms traditional norms like monogamy, sacrifice and child rearing.

If everything’s a rush, nothing is.

It still hurts,” she whispered. “Even when you’re doing it for someone else, that doesn’t stop your ribs from getting cracked, or your wrist swelling, or your cuts from bleeding.

You can only become great at that thing you’re willing to sacrifice for.

…I have so many dreams of my own, and I remember things from my childhood, from when I was a girl and a young woman, and I haven’t forgotten a thing. So why did we...

Wherever an altar is found, there civilization exists.

But once in a while . . . I don’t know. I feel so close, Rose. So close to the edge. Like if I allow myself one small misstep, I’ll plunge away and never come...

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

When hip-hop was born she had no commercial home, and was an invention of beautiful creativity. Born from a beautiful struggle, today she is mostly a ‘ratchet’ bitch spitting nonsense from her pimp’s mansion.

My existence is the only gift I have left to give, but it will have to do.

…And yet a knowledgeis here that tenses the throatas for song: the inheritanceof the ones, alive or oncealive, who stand behindthe ones I have imagined,who took into their mindsthe troubles of this place,blights of love...

If people knew what they were missing, they would give up everything they have to achieve it.

I am just going outside and may be some time.” Reportedly the last words of Lawrence Oates according to Captain Robert Falcon Scott, who commanded the ill-fated expedition to the South Pole 1911/12.

A wholesome mother knows the software to delete, download, upgrade and upload for the best results.

To fill the fathomless caverns of my thirsty soul I must work entirely contrary to impulses of my own humanity, for it is in emptying myself at the very point where I am most empty...

Jesus came to give us life. We don’t have to hang on a cross like he did. For him, it was a sacrifice. For us, it is a gift.

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,...

God’s glory in our lives has little to do with our sacrifice and everything to do with our surrender.

What if I said I wanted a friend?’ The ship crouches among the fresh-cut stalks. ‘Or a lover? That’s how you make a person, yes? By affection and intimacy. By touches like knives in a...

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.

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.