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> [LIFE MEANS TO SACRIFICE. NOT TO SPOIL OTHERS LIFE…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/life-means-to-sacrifice-not-to-spoil-others-life/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Christian life means sacrifice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-john-xxiii/christian-life-means-sacrifice/)

[Pope John XXIII](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-john-xxiii/)

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> [If growing up means you have to sacrifice your dreams, then I never want grow up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-growing-up-means-you-have-to-sacrifice-your-dreams-then-i-never/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Love doesn't necessarily mean bless or agree with, it means sacrifice for and suffer with.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/love-doesn-t-necessarily-mean-bless-or-agree-with-it-means-sacrifice/)

[Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/)

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> [“I love you and sometimes that means you have to sacrifice your own happiness to be selfless.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanne-mcclean/i-love-you-and-sometimes-that-means-you-have-to-sacrifice-your-own/)

[Joanne McClean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanne-mcclean/)

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> [The idea of redemption is always good news, even if it means sacrifice or some difficult times.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/the-idea-of-redemption-is-always-good-news-even-if-it-means-sacrifice/)

[Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/)

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> [Generally speaking, "an eye single to the glory of God" means sacrifice. It means that instead of endlessly doing what we want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hartman-rector-jr/generally-speaking-an-eye-single-to-the-glory-of-god-means-sacrifice/)

[Hartman Rector, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hartman-rector-jr/)

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> [authority love your neighbor.no matter what the condition is. even if it means to sacrifice your plan to do what he or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/skyla/authority-love-your-neighbor-no-matter-what-the-condition-is-even-if/)

[Skyla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/skyla/)

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> [Relationships break down, because it's about self. But when you take the "I" out of it and you're like, how can I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-van-booy/relationships-break-down-because-it-s-about-self-but-when-you-take/)

[Simon Van Booy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-van-booy/)

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> [It is for us to discharge the high duties that devolve on us, and carry our race onward. To be no better,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-lloyd-garrison/it-is-for-us-to-discharge-the-high-duties-that-devolve-on-us-and/)

[William Lloyd Garrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-lloyd-garrison/)

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> [“To be a follower of the Crucified means, sooner or later, a personal encounter with the cross. And the cross always entails…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/to-be-a-follower-of-the-crucified-means-sooner-or-later-a-personal/)

[Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/)

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