Germany Quote by Sonya Huber

“This was the thing about life—nothing was ever perfect, and to gain one thing you often had to sacrifice another.”

— I.T. Lucas

“No matter how much they want it, or how much I want it, I can't make it happen. The feeling of failure is familiar.…

— Mary E. Pearson

“Maybe you should accept the fact that you've tried to be someone you're not for so long that no matter what you did, those…

— Tahereh Mafi

“When you want anything badly, you always have to make some sacrifices.”

— Christopher Isherwood

“I had everything I could possibly want -- yet I was failing to appreciate it. Bogged down in petty complaints and passing crises, weary…

— Gretchen Rubin

“I probably felt more resentment for what I personally was to suffer than for the wrong they were doing to anyone and everyone. But…

— St. Augustine of Hippo

“Nothing great was ever achieved without a personal sacrifice. You have to pay the price to realize your goals.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“Of all my failures to offset the mortification of wanting, expecting, or caring too much, the most humiliating was having no real answer for…

— Michelle Orange

“And now I knew myself to be generous with encouragement only when I either did not want the thing the other person sought or…

— Curtis Sittenfield

“Just that sometimes we let other people treat us wrongly because we want to be loved and accepted so badly that we’d do anything…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

“Can you imagine doing something in your life that will be fully satisfying and redeeming for your having tried to do it, whether you…

— Padgett Powell

“I walk off reminding myself that some people sacrifice everything they are for love. But it’s worth it, every time.”

— Sarah Michelle Lynch