“Selflessness involves giving up your self. You become a martyr. Like the Hindu kamikaze warriors. These Japanese Hindus chose to give up… — Bill Konigsberg Copy Share Image
Perhaps the whole root of our trouble, the human trouble, is that we will sacrifice all the beauty of our lives, will… — James A. Baldwin Copy Share Image
We have made covenants so to do solemn, sacred, holy covenants, pledging ourselves before gods and angels. We are under covenant to… — Bruce R. McConkie Copy Share Image
For my own part I would as soon be descended from that heroic little monkey, who braved his dreaded enemy in order… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
“If peace is to be maintained, it must be by brave men, who have come up to the same height as the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
You not only do you appreciate the sacrifices people have made and the hours they've kept and the soccer games they missed… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I hear therefore with joy whatever is beginning to be said of the dignity and necessity of labor to every citizen. There… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
[The Book of the Law]was lost for so many years. And then Josiah decided to celebrate Passover. The text says that "The… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Without shedding of blood there is no anything… Everything, it seems to me, has to be purchased by self-sacrifice. Our race has… — Lucy Maud Montgomery Copy Share Image
A true and safe leader is likely to be one who has no desire to lead, but is forced into a position… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
“Now he understood that a man never knows for whom he suffers and hopes. He suffers and hopes and toils for people… — Alejo Carpentier Copy Share Image
I find it very annoying that so many animal advocates talk about the difficulty of being vegan. Many animal advocates are inclined… — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
“For many, it's a once-in-a-lifetime, long dreamed-of and longed-saved-for trip. Pennies have been pinched and sacrifices made to make the vacation a… — Leslie Le Mon Copy Share Image
This earth is not our home. We are away at school, trying to master the lessons of "the great plan of happiness"… — Bruce C. Hafen Copy Share Image
There are two merits that glorify a person: being courageous for a man and being virtuous for a woman. Besides these two,… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
In any bureaucratic organization there will be two kinds of people: those who work to further the actual goals of the organization,… — Jerry Pournelle Copy Share Image
“...And yet a knowledge is here that tenses the throat as for song: the inheritance of the ones, alive or once alive,… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
In each of us lie good and bad, light and dark, art and pain, choice and regret, cruelty and sacrifice. We’re each… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
I didn't let you walk away because I didn't love you, I let you walk away because I do. My presence in… — Shawn Davis Copy Share Image
Now is the time to become a disciple of Jesus Christ, which means accepting His invitation to 'come, follow me' (Luke 18:22).… — Robert D. Hales Copy Share Image
I have abandoned so many projects but in the '80s when I left public life to be married and have real children… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
While eschewing emotion - and its companion, vulnerability - Obama should be careful not to sacrifice empathy, the 'I feel your pain'… — Dee Dee Myers Copy Share Image
“Apart from my father, this house if filled with women. Women stop their lives; they're programmed that way. A child comes into… — Robin Romm Copy Share Image
...fairness," he said, "does not govern life and death. if it did, no good person would ever die." "Strangers," the Blue Man… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“Within a week of the girl's sacrifice, the clouds above Ólympus had broken up and spread south. Soon, a steady rain fell… — Tom Stone Copy Share Image
If you do not wish to be prone to anger, do not feed the habit; give it nothing which may tend to… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
“I adore the ocean and its vastness, as if it is trying to teach me something, as if it is trying to… — Mehek Bassi Copy Share Image
Because we haven’t been taught to appreciate and love ourselves in this way, we don’t feel like we deserve self-care and pleasure.… — Jessica Ortner Copy Share Image
I see this as the central issue of our time: how to find a substitute for war in human ingenuity, imagination, courage,… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
“believe You’re my healer. I believe You are all I need. I believe You’re my portion. I believe You’re more than enough… — Jen Hatmaker Copy Share Image
“He couldn’t look back at the children. He couldn’t think of it. All he could do was watch the eyes of his… — Rachel A. Marks Copy Share Image
Sacrifice doesn't really exist on a national level anymore and that's a pretty new thing - most people aren't engaged nationally in… — Joe Meno Copy Share Image
George W. Bush tried working with the Russians after 9/11; Obama had the reset. Both presidents achieved less than they wanted, but… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
“He's paying the price and wondering for what sin and telling himself that he's been too selfish. In what act or thought… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The readiness to sacrifice one's personal work and, if necessary, even one's life for others shows its most highly developed form in… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
I always thought I wanted to play professionally, and I always knew that to do that I'd have to make a lot… — Lionel Messi Copy Share Image
“Whatever you have received more than others in health, in talents, in ability, in success, in a pleasant childhood, in harmonious conditions… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
I say unto you with all the soberness I can, that we stand in danger of losing our liberties, and that once… — J. Reuben Clark Copy Share Image
When we make jokes about being lazy, or things that look like we're lazy parents, we don't want to make it appear… — Lucas Neff Copy Share Image
“Is there a definition of a truly good person? … Many say that "Nice guys finish last", that "kindness is weakness", and… — Monique Reza Copy Share Image
![“You not only do you appreciate the sacrifices people have made and the hours they've kept and the soccer games they missed and the birthday parties, but I also had a lot of young people who came in here [to White House], and this probably, you know, echoes with you, in your own experience, you…” quote by Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/31d/barack-obama-17_appreciate_you-not-only-do-you-appreciate-the-sacri_914443.jpg)
![“[The Book of the Law]was lost for so many years. And then Josiah decided to celebrate Passover. The text says that "The Passover sacrifice had not been offered in that way ... during the days of the kings of Israel and the kings of Judah" [2 Kings 23:22]. What do you mean? Not in the days of David…” quote by Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1d4/elie-wiesel-341_book_the-book-of-the-law-was-lost-for-so-many_1777453.jpg)
![“A true and safe leader is likely to be one who has no desire to lead, but is forced into a position by the inward pressure of the Holy Spirit and the press of [circumstances]... The man who is ambitious to lead is disqualified as a leader. The true leader will have no desire to lord it over God's…” quote by Aiden Wilson Tozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/09d/aiden-wilson-tozer-296_ambitious_a-true-and-safe-leader-is-likely-to-be-o_643496.jpg)
