Sacrifice Quotes

The whole point of a sacrifice is that you give up something you never really wanted in the first place. People are doing it around you all the time. They give up their careers, say - or their beliefs - or sex.

The law of sacrifice is uniform throughout the world. To be effective it demands the sacrifice of the bravest and the most spotless.

Nowadays the dynamic element is more important in chess - players more often sacrifice material to obtain dynamic compensation.

Great woman belong to history and to self sacrifice.

Our strength is not just in the size of our defense budget, but in the size of our hearts, in the size of our gratitude for their sacrifice. And that's not just measured in words or gestures.

Freedom is a right ultimately defended by the sacrifice of America's servicemen and women.

Mankind deserves sacrifice - but not of mankind.

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

That every person is desirous to obtain, with as little sacrifice as possible, as much as possible of the articles of wealth.

I am very proud of my mom and consider her the most courageous woman I know. With perseverance, sacrifice and hard work, she raised a family of Olympic athletes and gave us the tools and the spirit to succeed. That is something that my brothers and I will always be thankful for.

My key interest in choosing scripts is character-driven stories, because there are so many stories that sacrifice character for plot.

They paid the ultimate price and we can never forget their sacrifice.

When you make the sacrifice in marriage, you're sacrificing not to each other but to unity in a relationship.

Dreams do come true, if we only wish hard enough, You can have anything in life if you will sacrifice everything else for it.

All of our energy should be in sacrifice and services. Suffering, at least.

It is not tolerable, it is not possible, that from so much death, so much sacrifice and ruin, so much heroism, a greater and better humanity shall not emerge.

In an effort to eliminate the possibility of any rival growing up, some monopolists would sacrifice democracy itself.

Do we talk about the dignity of work? Do we give our students any reason for believing it is worthwhile to sacrifice for their work because such sacrifices improve the psychological and mental health of the person who makes them?

Freedom does not come without a price. We may sometimes take for granted the many liberties we enjoy in America, but they have all been earned through the ultimate sacrifice paid by so many of the members of our armed forces.

I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you're trying to accomplish and what you're willing to sacrifice to accomplish it.

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.

Being selfish to me means that you have to look out for yourself and you don't have to sacrifice.

Everybody in America is going to have to sacrifice to help us rebuild the Gulf Coast. Every government program, every individual, we are all going to have to sacrifice.

To venture upon an undertaking of any kind, even the most insignificant, is to sacrifice to envy.

The word that best sums up this team is sacrifice.

The world is now aware that the most unavoidable and most dangerous weapon that exists is the blind decisiveness of a man ready to sacrifice his life for an obscure cause.

I considered becoming a priest very seriously. I wanted to travel the world. By the time I turned 16, I realized I was only in it for selfish reasons. And, more importantly, I didn't want to sacrifice the ladies!

As tennis players, we work and we sacrifice many things. To lose, that's not a happy thing - I mean sure, I was disappointed. You have to come back strong. But to win the last point in a grand slam tournament, that's the most beautiful and most satisfying feeling you can get as a tennis player. It's worth it.

I really believe deep in my soul that we're going to have to step up and face these challenges and be tough and pull together and unify and be creative and be willing to sacrifice.

Washington is a mean town where human sacrifice has been raised to an art form.