Success never goes on sale, but most spend their whole life dickering over the cost, never making the purchase.

When a citizen gives his suffrage to a man of known immorality he abuses his trust; he sacrifices not only his own interest, but that of his neighbor; he betrays the interest of his country.

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...

I dun knw things get trappedIn my mindThen itss smethin That I wanna find I dun get the answer Is there anyone listenin to me No one there to seeTo see the pain and the...

For my own part I would as soon be descended from that heroic little monkey, who braved his dreaded enemy in order to save the life of his keeper; or from that old baboon, who,...

Supreme level of maturity is needed to realize; that, conveyance of family life, depends on equally maintained pair of wheels and both crediting each other, for their functioning and struggles as well.

Those of us who are most genuinely repelled by war and violence are also those who are most likely to decide that some things, after all, are worth fighting for.

The value the world sets upon motives is often grossly unjust and inaccurate. Consider, for example, two of them: mere insatiable curiosity and the desire to do good. The latter is put high above the...

Men have sacrificed so much for their beliefs. Country. Kings. Queens. Political systems. God. Love . It doesn’t seem very noble to simply let something you believe in, someone you love, just walk away. To...

Sometimes a little harm leads to a greater good.” On the one hand, permitting research has the undeniable consequence of inflicting pain or distress. On the other hand, banning the use of animals for human...

Love is the key to the mystery. Love by its very nature is not selfish, but generous. It seeks not its own, but the good of others. The measure of love is not the pleasure...

Your attitude of serving the Lord can transform even the most menial of tasks into a magnificent sacrifice of love.

Mi hai fatto confessare le paure che sento. Ma ti dirò anche che cos’è che non mi fa paura. Non mi fa paura esser solo o venir sprezzato per un altro o lasciare tutto ciò...

Sometimes in life, you do things you don’t want to. Sometimes you sacrifice, sometimes you compromise. Sometimes you let go and sometimes you fight. It’s all about deciding what’s worth losing and what’s worth keeping.

Every good marriage must be a friendship between two people who are willing to sacrifice for the other person.

Blood was the mortar that cemented the kingdom

I screeched with frustration, which in hindsight is never okay when there are people trying to kill you.

I ask for nothing. / In return I give All. / There is no earning my Love. / No work needed, no effort / Save to listen to what is already heard, / To see...

We are tired of running , tired of traveling. It is time for us to be together in a world where your kind of evil does not exist.” Lucan growled at her, but she continued,...

They warn you that you’re gonna have to make sacrifices, but i guess that means different things to different people, like giving up something you really want now for something you’ve wanted your whole life,...

Keep me rather in this cage, and feed me sparingly, if you dare. Anything that brings me closer to illness and the edge of death makes me more faithful. It is only when you make...

The difference between the Haves and Have-nots? The will to sacrifice and to do what others won’t…. Very simple.

Every job will demand some sacrifice. The key is to avoid unnecessary sacrifice.

This is George, my beloved George. D’you think I want to go to my grave knowing that at the moment of his trial he looked around and saw no one lift a finger for him?...

I felt the back of my neck crawl. The crawling reached around to the corners of my jaw, then up to my temple, and across my cheeks.I reached up to touch it. Splinters, small fingers,...

Sometimes you have to risk life, in order to live, and gamble death, to sacrifice life.

How do you measure the life of one person against the greater good? Can it ever be the right thing to sacrifice an innocent person? And how do you know what the greater good really...

When angels’ tears do flood the earth, the gates of hell shall see rebirth. Wheh the demise of angels doth impend , the human boy shall meet his end’ Halo -Alexandra Adornetto

Mediocrity is the companion of passivity and will not heed the call of great things. Courage is the companion of sacrifice and cannot help but heed the call of great things. And we are left...

The morning I drove by and saw you alone, staring at the house. I told myself to keep on driving, but something told me to stop. And when I’d seen how lost and confused you...

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

We set out to save the Shire, Sam and it has been saved – but not for me.

Your life is a collection of body parts that could be used to save many people. And you’re not doing anything. What are you doing with your life that’s so important? Come on, let’s dissemble...

The memories seem to come in layers. For example, the first memory might be of incest; then they remember robes and candles; next they realize that their father or mother or both were present when...

If you are trading silence or compliance for love, you are being cheated. When acceptance or love is withheld if you reveal secrets, the value of the relationship is just an illusion. Love cannot be...

Sacrifice: That’s what makes our mosaic so beautiful and rich.

Secretly,” he mumbled in a quieter tone, “I’ve always wanted to know what it would feel like to lust, to hunger for something different. But I’ve never been able to imagine ever experiencing that kind...

You Either Trust Someone or You Don’t

They do not learn, fixed in their ways as they are. You are naïve tothink otherwise. It’s an illness, Assassin, for which there is but one cure.’‘You’re wrong. And that’s why you must be put...

People live in different worlds. There’s a rich world, there’s a poor world, and there’s an extremely poor. The one you dwell is determined by the outcome of your sacrifice.

success awaits those who steadfastly commit to any requisite sacrifice

Even if I never get to see the light of heaven, it will still be worth my sacrifice as long as I save you.

Without sacrifice, true love is incomprehensible.

Society can give its young men almost any job and they’ll figure how to do it. They’ll suffer for it and die for it and watch their friends die for it, but in the end,...

A big sacrifice is coming, and you won’t have the courage to make it. That will cost you dearly. It will cost the world dearly.

True love is selfless. It is prepared to sacrifice.