Sri Yukteswar used to poke gentle fun at the commonly inadequate conceptions of renunciation."A beggar cannot renounce wealth," Master would say. "If… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow. Do not go where the path may lead, go… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The bible teaches that a father may sell his daughter for a slave, that he may sacrifice her purity to a mob,… — Helen H. Gardener Copy Share Image
Do as little harm to others as you can; make any sacrifice for your true friends; be responsible for yourself and ask… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
It would seem to me that If this physical life, of which we are now aware, does indeed comprise the entirety of… — Derek R. Audette Copy Share Image
“Most survivors tend to be the care-giver rather than the care-receiver. We tend to be good at being spouses and parents, anticipating… — Beverly Engel Copy Share Image
“I think that you appreciate that there are extraordinary men and women and extraordinary moments when history leaps forward on the backs… — Chris Carter Copy Share Image
Racial inequity in how the immense benefits of the original G.I. Bill were disbursed are well-documented, and we've all seen how these… — Raphael Warnock Copy Share Image
Consider the wave of revulsion that floods the average person when he or she hears of the practice of human sacrifice by… — Steve Allen Copy Share Image
I do not believe that I'm sacrificing, in fact I feel very uneasy when others used the word sacrifice to describe my… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
Work, my children, work with your whole heart and soul! That is the thing. Mind not the fruit of work. What if… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Edward Snowden is anything but narcissist. In fact, I wonder every day how he could come up with the courage, muster the… — Lawrence Wilkerson Copy Share Image
Ronnie:" I guess I'm okay with that.But it's not going to be easy for you. They don't have a lot of fishing… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
You got to understand the god thing. It’s not magic. It’s about being you, but the you that people believe in. It’s… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
In order to bring a nation to support the burdens incident to maintaining great military establishments, it is necessary to create an… — John Foster Dulles Copy Share Image
The ultimate replacement for any of the false gods that are a part of our lives is a deep and abiding love… — Daniel K Judd Copy Share Image
Left-wing social policies sicken our behavior and corrupt our culture. People bend principles and sacrifice integrity to get as much as they… — James Cook Copy Share Image
“Believe me, it is quite unnecessary! I neither know nor care what it cost to redeem Lufra—and if you badger me on… — Georgette Heyer Copy Share Image
“[If] you belong to him, the power of the life-giving Spirit has freed you from the power of sin that leads to… — Renee Swope Copy Share Image
“Long ago, God spoke through the prophet Jeremiah to rebuke His people for chasing after idols—worthless objects that drew them away from… — Ava Pennington Copy Share Image
“Drizzt looked long and hard at the young woman, tje dedicated warrior, and he understood that Danica, too, had been forced into… — R.A. Salvatore Copy Share Image
“My father says--used to say-- that there is power in self-sacrifice. I turn the gun in my hands and press it into… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
if I believed that the choice lay between a sacrifice of the completest order of biography and that of the inviolability of… — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
“It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
Law is an imperfect profession in which success can rarely be achieved without some sacrifice of principle. Thus all practicing lawyers --… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
Jesus offered a single incentive to follow himto summarize his selling point: 'Follow me, and you might be happy-or you might not.… — Samir Selmanovic Copy Share Image
I think enormous harm is done by religion - not just in the name of religion, but actually by religion. ... Many… — Steven Weinberg Copy Share Image
“If we are not to sacrifice some part of ourselves or our community, we will have to go through the grief, the… — Dorothy Allison Copy Share Image
“Yossarian marveled that children could suffer such barbaric sacrifice without evincing the slightest hint of fear or pain. He took for granted… — Joseph Heller 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
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
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
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
“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
“... 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
We have to start thinking of America as a family. We have to stop screeching screeching at each other, stop hurting each… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
To call woman the weaker sex is a libel; it is man's injustice to woman. If by strength is meant brute strength,… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Our platform calls for a balanced deficit reduction plan where the wealthy pay their fair share. And when your country is in… — Cory Booker Copy Share Image
![“[If] you belong to him, the power of the life-giving Spirit has freed you from the power of sin that leads to death. The law of Moses was unable to save us because of the weakness of our sinful nature. So God did what the law could not do. He sent his own Son in a body like the bodies we sinners…” quote by Renee Swope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/126/renee-swope-10919_nature_if-you-belong-to-him-the-power-of-the-li_345531.jpg)
![“It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life. What man needs is [...] the existential dynamics in a polar field of tension…” quote by Viktor E. Frankl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff1/viktor-e-frankl-668_life_it-did-not-really-matter-what-we-expecte_745144.jpg)
![“Sacrifices, therefore, do not sanctify a man, for God stands in no need of sacrifice; but it is the conscience of the offerer that sanctifies the sacrifice when it is pure, and thus moves God to accept [the offering] as from a friend. “But the sinner,” says He, “who kills a calf [in sacrifice] to…” quote by The Church Fathers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/471/the-church-fathers-1438_friendship_sacrifices-therefore-do-not-sanctify-a-m_1972473.jpg)
