Accepting Quote by Thomas Sankara

“People have traditionally turned to ritual to help them frame and acknowledge and ultimately even find joy in just such a paradox of being…

— Michael Pollan

“Sacrifice demands the surrender of things we cherish above all else. Only out of the agony of those loses can a new resolution be…

— Emily Thorne

For something to achieve we should strive to make things better and be prepared to sacrifice anything in the process including our rest in…

— Anil Sinha

I believe that one of the most dignified ways we are capable of, to assert and then reassert our dignity in the face of…

— M. F. K. Fisher

We should tell ourselves once and for all that it is the first duty of the soul to become as happy, complete, independent, and…

— Maurice Maeterlinck

The thing that we have going for us is that people are willing to sacrifice themselves.

— Cesar Chavez

“The search for happiness is one of the few actions in which human beings absolutely agree upon, though they may not agree on what…

— Ivan Figueroa-Otero

“As an action, deciding to sacrifice oneself is nothing more than deciding to restore who we are by turning against what we’ve become.”

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

We create an image of happiness and success and then we are beholden to it. We tell ourselves stories and sometimes these stories become…

— Danielle Trussoni

We should cultivate the optimistic temperament, and endeavour to see the good that dwells in everything. If we sit down and lament over the…

— Swami Vivekananda

We want to take action out of the desire to contribute to life rather than out of fear, guilt, shame, or obligation.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

Just as soon as any conviction of important truth becomes central and vital, there comes the desire to utter it - a desire which…

— Richard Salter Storrs