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title: "10 Making Sacrifice Quotes by 10 authors"
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> [When men grow virtuous in their old age, they are merely making a sacrifice to God of the Devil's leavings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/when-men-grow-virtuous-in-their-old-age-they-are-merely-making-a/)

[Jonathan Swift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-swift/)

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> [When I was younger, the people making the sacrifice were my parents. It's not a cheap sport. Luckily, I had parents who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-horton/when-i-was-younger-the-people-making-the-sacrifice-were-my-parents-it/)

[Jonathan Horton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-horton/)

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> [I don't need to go into office for the power. I have houses all over the world, stupendous boats... beautiful airplanes, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/silvio-berlusconi/i-don-t-need-to-go-into-office-for-the-power-i-have-houses-all-over/)

[Silvio Berlusconi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/silvio-berlusconi/)

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> [You aren't going to find anybody that's going to be successful without making a sacrifice and without perseverance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-holtz/you-aren-t-going-to-find-anybody-that-s-going-to-be-successful/)

[Lou Holtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-holtz/)

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> [I learned that faith isn’t about knowing all of the right stuff or obeying a list of rules. It’s something more, something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-goff/i-learned-that-faith-isn-t-about-knowing-all-of-the-right-stuff-or/)

[Bob Goff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-goff/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/268/bob-goff-1182_faith_i-learned-that-faith-isn-t-about-knowing_189506.png)

> [As a husband and as a father of girls, I cannot imagine any woman in my family making the sacrifice of sanity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-mckinnon/as-a-husband-and-as-a-father-of-girls-i-cannot-imagine-any-woman-in/)

[Mark McKinnon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-mckinnon/)

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> [“Some people like people who are into themselves because that is how they are. Being into faith or family calls for making…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-mitchell/some-people-like-people-who-are-into-themselves-because-that-is-how/)

[Phil Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-mitchell/)

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> [I don't want to make it sound too much like I'm telling people how to read the book A Thousand Pardons, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-dee/i-don-t-want-to-make-it-sound-too-much-like-i-m-telling-people-how-to/)

[Jonathan Dee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-dee/)

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> [“I do not find myself making any use of the word sacrifice ," said she. — "In not one of all my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-austen/i-do-not-find-myself-making-any-use-of-the-word-sacrifice-said-she-in/)

[Jane Austen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-austen/)

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> [“To Robby’s boys, my moment of glory had been the Gore campaign, which we lost. To them my campaign knowledge was from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-brazile/to-robby-s-boys-my-moment-of-glory-had-been-the-gore-campaign-which/)

[Donna Brazile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-brazile/)

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