Sacrifice Quotes

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Know that the eradication of the identification with the body is charity, spiritual austerity and ritual sacrifice; it is virtue, divine union and devotion; it… — Ramana Maharshi
Without pain, without sacrifice we would have nothing. Like the first monkey shot into space. — Chuck Palahniuk
The possibility of stepping into a higher plane is quite real for everyone. It requires no force or effort or sacrifice. It involves little more… — Deepak Chopra
People who sacrifice beauty for efficiency get what they deserve. (Bernard Mickey Wrangle, p 99) — Tom Robbins
[C]locks indeed must have thier sacrifice: what is death but an offering to time and eternity? — Truman Capote
There's no guarantee that justice will win out or that a noble sacrifice will make any difference. But when it does, there's something that still… — Brent Weeks
And we will cause it to be well-made, this Sacrifice. You, young and never loving; I, old and never loved. Such a Song the Sea… — Diane Duane
My whole strength lies in prayer and sacrifice, these are my invincible arms; they can move hearts far better than words, I know it by… — Therese of Lisieux
What nobility of feeling! To sacrifice your own pleasure to preserve the comfort of others! It is a thing, I confess, that would never occur… — Susanna Clarke
An indigenous culture with sufficient territory, and bilingual and intercultural education, is in a better position to maintain and cultivate its mythology and shamanism. Conversely,… — Jeremy Narby
I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. — Barack Obama
There is a relentless search for the factual and this quest often lacks warmth or reverence. At a certain stage in our life we may… — John O'Donohue
Good is never accomplished except at the cost of those who do it, truth never breaks through except through the sacrifice of those who spread… — John Henry Newman
Listen, my dear Cors, why don't you forgive God for allowing pain? If He didn't allow it, human courage, bravery, nobility, and self-sacrifice would all… — Walter M. Miller, Jr.
Until the millennium arrives and countries cease trying to enslave others, it will be necessary to accept one's responsibilities and be willing to make sacrifices… — Eugene B. Sledge
either you are so underdeveloped that you can't see all that you can do, or you won't sacrifice your ease, your vanity, or whatever it… — Leo Tolstoy
Faith precedes the miracle. It has ever been so and shall ever be. It was not raining when Noah was commanded to build an ark.… — Thomas S. Monson
Can you sacrifice a few? When those few are the best? Deny the best its right to the top--and you have no best left. What… — Ayn Rand
[T]he more one is conscious of one's political bias, the more chance one has of acting politically without sacrificing one's aesthetic and intellectual integrity. — George Orwell
...I also know - and this won't alter the course of history or your personal view of me - that you will die with a… — Che Guevara
Do as little harm to others as you can; make any sacrifice for your true friends; be responsible for yourself and ask nothing of others;… — Dean Koontz
Very much indeed of what we call moral education is such an artificial modification and perversion of instinct; pugnacity is trained into courageous self-sacrifice, and… — H.G. Wells
it takes as long as three generations of hard work, three generations of sacrifice to correct the wrong! — Eric Jerome Dickey
If it is in our power to prevent something bad from happening, without thereby sacrificing anything of comparable moral importance, we ought, morally, to do… — Peter Singer
To value only what can be "sold" is to defile what is truly precious. The innocent joy of childhood, the devotedness of a wife, the… — Fulton J. Sheen

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