Sake Quotes · Page 3

Stay home on Election Day ... for the sake of the nation

— Sean Hannity

I won't do something just for the sake of working.

— Juliette Binoche

Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace.

— Nelson Mandela

A friar who asks alms for God's sake begs for two.

— Pedro Calderon de la Barca

I try not to get too cute for cute's sake.

— Drew Goddard

I am not interested in poetry for poetry's sake.

— Ernesto Cardenal

Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.

— Edward Abbey

It is not always for virtue's sake that women are virtuous.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Consume all obstacles, heavenly fire, and give us now both hearts of flame and tongues of fire to preach Your reconciling word,…

— Charles Spurgeon

We need to act for the sake of a redemption that will be a mystery until it unfolds before us.

— Rachel Pollack

My business is only to keep myself in motion, whilst motion pleases me; I only walk for the walk's sake.

— Michel de Montaigne

I don't hate things, but I'm turned off by arrogance. I also don't like power for the sake of power.

— Jordan Wolfson

The best friend is he that, when he wishes a person's good, wishes it for that person's own sake.

— Aristotle

Fame for fame's sake is toxic - some people want that, with no boundaries. It's unhealthy.

— Annie Lennox

Our own freewill, to choose the paths we take, no greater deed could ever be done than for another's sake.

— Dolly Parton

Those loves which are for the sake of a colour are not love. In the end they are a disgrace.

— Rumi

Owning a business is NOT about working your ass off for the sake of trying to squeeze out a living. It is…

— Mike Michalowicz

I'm certainly not interested in religion for religion's sake or for some kind of structure or stabilizing force. Religion is supposed to…

— Ezra Furman

We are weak, writing is difficult, but for my own sake I do not regret this journey, which has shown that Englishmen…

— Robert Falcon Scott

Gazzy, man, jeezum!" Fang exclaimed. "What the heck have you been eating for God's sake?" That was a smoke bomb!" Gazzy defended…

— James Patterson

As long as you don't think he's just pretending not to mind for your sake, it sounds like he has truly accepted…

— Mallory Ortberg

The capacity to accept suffering for the sake of goodness, truth and justice is an essential criterion of humanity, because if my…

— Pope Benedict XVI

A fascinating challenge facing today's environmental movement is how to best approach the reversal of past decisions that altered once-pristine environmental spaces…

— Matt Gonzalez

Our lives are greatly enriched when we immerse ourselves in literature and spiritual writing, not because we are going to be tested…

— Anonymous

[Barack Obama] was running for Senate and he's saying, I'm not for gay marriage because I'm a Christian. Jump off a bridge!…

— Bill Ayers

The love for our enemies takes us along the way of the cross and into fellowship with the Crucified. The more we…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

For many observers, a child who has known nothing but war, a child for whom the Kalashnikov is the only way to…

— Ishmael Beah

I want to live a good life and pay my taxes. 'The Killing' was a blessing. It was two wonderful years. But…

— Kristin Lehman

I do deeply deplore, of the sake of the cause, the prevalent notion, that the clergy must be had, either by persuasion…

— Anonymous

The patient endurance of the saints exhausts the evil power that attacks them, since it makes them glory in sufferings undergone for…

— Maximus the Confessor

"Playing" the resources of characterology for the sake of clarification and insight into the structures of actual existence is many times more…

— Kenny Smith

Though "Veer-Zaara" is a film about cross-border love, there isn't a word of politics in it. Forget politics, there isn't slap, not…

— Yash Chopra

“In this matter, you should not concern yourself for my sake.”

— Amy Tan

A warrior carries his shield for the sake of the entire line.

— Plutarch

If you're rude for television's sake, it ain't reality TV.

— Pete Waterman

Love people for the sake of God, but never love God for the sake of people.

— Yasmin Mogahed

For God's sake,' the dog is saying, 'open the universe a little more!

— Saul Bellow

Well, write poetry, for God's sake, it's the only thing that matters.

— e. e. cummings

Every soul pursues the good and does whatever it does for its sake.

— Plato

For my sake, the entire world was created.

— Baal Shem Tov