“Sacrifice by its strictest definition takes something precious in exchange for the appeasement of a higher power. And abiding devotion to a… — Emily Thorne Copy Share Image
Every apartment devoted to the circulation of the glass, may be regarded as a temple set apart for the performance of human… — Thomas Lovell Beddoes Copy Share Image
First, therefore, [the Jew] goes about making up to the people for his previous sins against them. He begins his career as… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
Consequently, the truth of God lives in our souls more by the power of superior moral courage than by the light of… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“The ability to choose weakness over power is a capacity for sacrifice, and that sacrifice is love in action. To be weak… — Luke Bell Copy Share Image
“To grant life more importance than it has is the mistake committed in sagging systems; as a consequence, no one is ready… — Emil Cioran Copy Share Image
According to Gandhi, the seven sins are wealth without works, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity,… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Woman, I hold, is the personification of self-sacrifice, but unfortunately today she does not realize what a tremendous advantage she has over… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The real trouble is that 'kindness' is a quality fatally easy to attribute to ourselves on quite inadequate grounds. Everyone feels benevolent… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“1 You said ‘The world is going back to Paganism’. Oh bright Vision! I saw our dynasty in the bar of the… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Together, let us make this a new beginning. Let us make a commitment to care for the needy, to teach our children… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Racing takes so much determination, guts, and sacrifice to be on top. I once craved, lived, and breathed racing. I can honestly… — Chantal Sutherland Copy Share Image
I am saying that out of a spirit of appreciation and gratitude, and a sense of duty, you ought to make whatever… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
When you're really trying to make serious change, you don't want people to get caught up in emotion because change isn't emotion.… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
“I thought if I knew more my problem would be simplified, and maybe I should complete my formal education. But since I’ve… — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
Man—every man—is an end in himself, not a means to the ends of others; he must live for his own sake, neither… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I invite all to trust in the merits and in the power of the Atonement of Jesus Christ. Through His atoning sacrifice,… — Ulisses Soares Copy Share Image
For me, exploration was a personal venture. I did not go to the Arabian desert to collect plants nor to make a… — Wilfred Thesiger Copy Share Image
In this life we get only those things for which we hunt, for which we strive, and for which we are willing… — George Matthew Adams Copy Share Image
We owe our troops the opportunity to serve in the best-planned, best-equipped, and best-led military force in the world, and we owe… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The rates of taxation climb and the levels of capital decline, until the only remaining wealth beyond the reach of the regime… — George Gilder Copy Share Image
At a time when Democratic leaders are pushing rationed care in a world of limited resources, Americans might wonder where the call… — Michelle Malkin Copy Share Image
“No difference of rank, position, or birth is so great as the gulf that spearates the countless millions who use their head… — Arthur Schopenhaur Copy Share Image
Dictatorship nations are outlaws. Any free nation had the right to invade Nazi Germany and, today, has the right to invade Soviet… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Freedom and security are precious gifts that we, as Americans, should never take for granted. We must do all we can to… — Gary Sinise Copy Share Image
With a thousand joys I would accept a nonacademic job for which industriousness, accuracy, loyalty, and such are sufficient without specialized knowledge,… — Carl Friedrich Gauss Copy Share Image
“And it is then, when The Cause, with its greedy mouth, tries to take more from you, tries to take that part… — D.J. Molles Copy Share Image
Principles are what people have instead of God. To be a Christian means among other things to be willing if necessary to… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
“And each of them had an individuality of his own, a will of his own, a hope and a heart's desire; each… — Upton Sinclair Copy Share Image
There needs to be a homemaker exercising some measure of skill, imagination, creativity, desire to fulfill needs and give pleasure to others… — Edith Schaeffer Copy Share Image
“Think of all the males and females of the animal and plant world, all the opposites in every aspect of life. They… — Thomas Moore Copy Share Image
“So this was it, she thought. So many times she'd wondered. True sacrifice was the surrender of one sacred thing in favor… — Roberta Trahan Copy Share Image
“We are half-hearted creatures,” writes Lewis, “fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an… — Louis A. Markos Copy Share Image
There is no part of the administration of government that requires extensive information and a thorough knowledge of the principles of political… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
“LEICESTER, Jan. 17th, 1793. "DEAR AND HONOURED FATHER,—The importance of spending our time for God alone, is the principal theme of the… — George Smith Copy Share Image
'I believe, Mr. Snitchey,' said Alfred, 'there are quiet victories and struggles, great sacrifices of self, and noble acts of heroism, in… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
We cannot hope, then, in this generation, or for several generations, that the mass of the whites can be brought to assume… — W. E. B. Du Bois Copy Share Image
The success of the suffrage movement would injure women spiritually and intellectually, for they would be assuming a burden though they knew… — John Boyle O'Reilly Copy Share Image
“Most kinds of power require a substantial sacrifice by whoever wants the power. There is an apprenticeship, a discipline lasting many years.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm saying to be a hero is means you step across the line and are willing to make a sacrifice, so heroes… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share Image