So, he reasoned, if you can identify the sources of a government's power - people working in civil service, police and judges,… — Gene Sharp Copy Share Image
it is true that nothing is gained without something being lost: everyone knows that in fulfilling oneself one necessarily sacrifices some possibilities. — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
“I know I won't live long. So I'm going to stand strong and not sit down in disbelief, hold my head up… — Jonathan Anthony Burkett Copy Share Image
Honestly, it takes a lot of dedication and sacrifice. When I was trying to get better a couple years ago, I was… — Murda Beatz Copy Share Image
The belief that we are defending the highest good of the mothers of our race and the ultimate welfare of society makes… — Carrie Chapman Catt Copy Share Image
You should remember that though another may have more money, beauty, and brains than you, when it comes to the rarer spiritual… — Archibald Rutledge Copy Share Image
I'm a big fan of Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco's book Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt, where they visit what they… — Alexander Weinstein Copy Share Image
If God accepts the sacrifice of my life, may my death be for the freedom of my people. A bishop will die,… — Oscar Romero Copy Share Image
“As for him who envies or even fears us (and envied and feared great powers must always be), and who on this… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
“The biblical story of the binding of Isaac shows that human sacrifice was far from unthinkable in the 1st millennium BCE. The… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
“Every November of my boyhood, we put on red poppies and attended highly patriotic services in remembrance of those who had 'given'… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
...for the contingent out there who sneer at heroes like Superman and Wonder Woman and Captain America, those icons who still, at… — Greg Rucka Copy Share Image
If we're ignorant of the historical sacrifices that made our liberties possible, we will be less likely to make the sacrifices again… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
The capacity for the accomplishment of religious virtuosos the "intellectual sacrifice" is the decisive characteristic of the positively religious man. That this… — Max Weber Copy Share Image
“Long accustomed to a life of self-indulgent solitude, he began to yearn for the beauty of giving himself to others. The nobility… — Yasunari Kawabata Copy Share Image
Theologians will protest that the story of Abraham sacrificing Issac should not be taken as literal fact. And the appropriate response is… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Opera is music AND drama. I'm prepared to sacrifice the beautiful note for the meaningful sound any time... I can make a… — Beverly Sills Copy Share Image
To have a successful writing career, you must be willing to sacrifice a great deal. The book, the deadline come first before… — Virginia Henley Copy Share Image
When you say your Rosary, the angels rejoice, the Blessed Trinity delights in it, my Son finds joy in it too, and… — Alanus de Rupe Copy Share Image
“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… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
America's abundance was not created by public sacrifices to the common good, but by the productive genius of free men who pursued… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I try to send out a good message - I sometimes get asked for advice for leaving home and trying to 'make… — Daniel Ricciardo Copy Share Image
Any good business person applies financial discipline to everything they do. The movie business is and should be no different; I don't… — Paula Wagner Copy Share Image
“If I do not do this thing, then it may go on and on. Nothing of the greater good comes without struggle… — Kathleen Kent Copy Share Image
It's crazy, if you think about it. The God of the universe - the creator of nitrogen and pine needles, galaxies and… — Francis Chan Copy Share Image
We cannot sacrifice our safety to the murderous greed of drug cartels. We cannot stand idly by as drop houses, kidnappings and… — Jan Brewer Copy Share Image
My heart goes out to the brave citizens of Syria, who each day risk and even sacrifice their lives to achieve freedom… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
What is the nature of true morality? I have argued ... that it must be a kind of ethics involving letting go… — George F. R. Ellis Copy Share Image
In Russia whenever you encounter a minor official, he lets you know that he is above you and that you depend on… — Vladimir Sorokin Copy Share Image
We can never do enough to thank the men and women in our military and their families, and for those who pay… — Phil Scott Copy Share Image
Personal sacrifices are really the beginning and the end of everything, because you don't win because you do one thing right or… — Susan Butcher Copy Share Image
The libertarian thinks that this world is chiefly a stage for the swaggering ego; the conservative finds himself instead a pilgrim in… — Russell Kirk Copy Share Image
As my sufferings mounted I soon realized that there were two ways in which I could respond to my situation -- either… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I want young girls that I mentor and young girls all around the world who want to be a model to be… — Jessica White Copy Share Image
Democrats, independents, Republicans, all of us Americans who love our country. What a wonderful time to come together and really just count… — Robert Hurt Copy Share Image
You shut out from your society the gentle and the good. You laugh at the simple and the pure. living, as you… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I am very strict about what I eat. I do not consume anything that my body does not require. It takes a… — Sunil Chhetri Copy Share Image
Our strength is not just in the size of our defense budget, but in the size of our hearts, in the size… — Jennifer Granholm Copy Share Image
What better sacrifice can one talk of, when our Lord himself laid down his entire life in suffering to save us from… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
...you have the opportunity to free fall in this moment between birth and death, right through the hole of your fear, into… — David Deida Copy Share Image
