“He turns to leave, stops, looks back at me. "Just so you know: What you did for Victor means a lot to… — J.A. London Copy Share Image
“Society is helpless without its champion," said Dr. Johns. "The more it itself employs its own will toward order, the more it… — Etienne Leroux Copy Share Image
“My dad used to say, ‘This is what your right arm’s for, son,’” John said. “This is the time and these are… — Laura Anderson Kurk Copy Share Image
These people have history and I crave history. I crave someone knowing me so well that they can tell what I'm thinking.… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
“The more south we were, the more deep a sky it seemed, till, in the Valley of Mexico, I thought it held… — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
Children, we are told to make an offering at the temple or at the feet of the guru, not because the Lord… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
“Who stands fast? Only the man whose final standard is not his reason, his principles, his conscience, his freedom, or his virtue,… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
I think writing about the time in Hermione’s life that I write about – growing from childhood into womanhood, literally, I think… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Dear Torina, I can't face the idea of sacrificing you to this danger. You must stay alive." He caressed her cheek. "Hear… — Victoria Hanley Copy Share Image
One can never tell what will be the result of faithful service rendered, nor do we know when it will come back… — Heber J. Grant Copy Share Image
Before the coming of Jesus Christ, men fled away from God and, being attached to the earth, refused to unite themselves to… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
“There are two fundamentally different ways for the strong to bend down to the weak, for the rich to help the poor,… — Max Scheler Copy Share Image
“[I]t is useful at times to admit to yourself that you don't know your way and to be open to help from… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
In order to develop the willpower it takes to sacrifice, you must first realize that spending all your time and energy pursuing… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Right now, America doesn't ask us to do anything besides pay taxes. We don't even have to vote. But as psychologists will… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
For over forty years, in a spirit of love, members of the Church have been counseled to be thrifty and self-reliant; to… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
There is a lot of people walking around who don't understand why our lord had to die on the cross at Calvary… — Glen Rambharack Copy Share Image
The artist who gives up an hour of work for an hour of conversation with a friend knows that he is sacrificing… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
There are many different kinds of bravery. There's the bravery of thinking of others before one's self. Now, your father has never… — James M. Barrie Copy Share Image
I remember when I was younger watching interviews with Lady Gaga and Beyonce, and the one thing they would say is that… — Raye Copy Share Image
When the brave men and women who serve our nation in uniform leave to deploy overseas, they dont just leave behind their… — Tim Walz Copy Share Image
“I need to dream. I need to believe. I need to know that I have some control in my life. That if… — John Passaro Copy Share Image
Men who have sacrifice their well-being, and even their lives, for the cause of truth or the public good, are, from an… — African Spir Copy Share Image
“Sacrifice views the atonement from the perspective of guilt, propitiation from that of wrath, reconciliation from that of alienation. Redemption has in… — John Murray Copy Share Image
If you serve a mission faithfully and well, you will be a better husband, you will be a better father, you will… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
“There are hints of child sacrifice in Genesis and Exodus, including Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice Isaac. Human sacrifice was long associated with… — Simon Sebag Montefiore Copy Share Image
“My sister is there with, probably, the most dangerous people on this city! You have a little sister?” “No.” “Then you don’t… — Rea Lidde Copy Share Image
As adults, if our top priorities are constantly directed toward the acquisition of more and better worldly goods, it will not take… — Marvin J. Ashton Copy Share Image
“The State became the master. The national element moved from the realm of form to the realm of content; it became what… — Vasily Grossman Copy Share Image
Tereza's mother never stopped reminding her that being a mother meant sacrificing everything. Her words had the ring of truth, backed as… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“This was his glory and his guilt-- that he let them teach him to feel guilty of his glory, to accept the… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I always asked for forgiveness for my sins right away but I never accepted it until I felt right that I had… — Joyce Meyer Copy Share Image
Could many of our ills today have resulted from our failure to train a strong citizenry from the only source we have… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
Libraries are the future of reading. When the economy is down, we need to make it easier for people to buy and… — Courtney Milan Copy Share Image
Growing up, my parents were my heroes in the way they conducted their lives. My dad works in child protection. As kids,… — Chris Hemsworth Copy Share Image
“Sacrifices, therefore, do not sanctify a man, for God stands in no need of sacrifice; but it is the conscience of the… — The Church Fathers Copy Share Image
One aspect of modern life which has gone far to stifle men is the rapid growth of tremendous corporations. Enormous spiritual sacrifices… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
“... self-sacrifice is a passion so overwhelming that beside it even lust and hunger are trifling. It whirls its victim to destruction… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“One altar forever is preserved, that whereon we burn incense to the supreme idol,--ourselves, our god is great, and money is his… — Okakura Kakuzo Copy Share Image
Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks? Among the… — Bible Copy Share Image