Sacrifice Quotes

The State is the altar of political freedom and, like the religious altar, it is maintained for the purpose of human sacrifice.

We are ready to sacrifice our souls, our children and our families so as not to give up Iraq. We say this so no one will think that America is capable of breaking the will of the Iraqis with its weapons.

Let us lose none of their humble words, let us note their slightest gestures, and tell me, tell me that we will think of them together, now and later, when we realise the misery of the times and the magnitude of their sacrifice.

No idea can succeed except at the expense of sacrifice; no one ever escapes without enduring strain from the struggle of life.

My son is not wild about going back to Iraq, but he'd sure rather do that than sacrifice all that he and his fellow soldiers have accomplished by leaving too early and inviting chaos.

The world is now aware that the most unavoidable and most dangerous weapon that exists is the blind decisiveness of a man ready to sacrifice his life for an obscure cause.

The world is now aware that the most unavoidable and most dangerous weapon that exists is the blind decisiveness of a man ready to sacrifice his life for an obscure cause.

My mom lived by herself with two kids. Sacrifice was the name of the game at our house.

Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.

In everyday things the law of sacrifice takes the form of positive duty.

Prosperity or egalitarianism - you have to choose. I favor freedom - you never achieve real equality anyway: you simply sacrifice prosperity for an illusion.

Lawyers are very, very good at keeping you out of prison, but they will sacrifice your reputation and credibility to do so.

The whole point of a sacrifice is that you give up something you never really wanted in the first place. People are doing it around you all the time. They give up their careers, say - or their beliefs - or sex.

The law of sacrifice is uniform throughout the world. To be effective it demands the sacrifice of the bravest and the most spotless.

Nowadays the dynamic element is more important in chess - players more often sacrifice material to obtain dynamic compensation.

Great woman belong to history and to self sacrifice.

Our strength is not just in the size of our defense budget, but in the size of our hearts, in the size of our gratitude for their sacrifice. And that's not just measured in words or gestures.

Freedom is a right ultimately defended by the sacrifice of America's servicemen and women.

Mankind deserves sacrifice - but not of mankind.

Now I ask you to make your sacrifice. Take a gamble. I took the plunge and I'm glad of it.

That every person is desirous to obtain, with as little sacrifice as possible, as much as possible of the articles of wealth.

I am very proud of my mom and consider her the most courageous woman I know. With perseverance, sacrifice and hard work, she raised a family of Olympic athletes and gave us the tools and the spirit to succeed. That is something that my brothers and I will always be thankful for.

My key interest in choosing scripts is character-driven stories, because there are so many stories that sacrifice character for plot.

They paid the ultimate price and we can never forget their sacrifice.

When you make the sacrifice in marriage, you're sacrificing not to each other but to unity in a relationship.

Dreams do come true, if we only wish hard enough, You can have anything in life if you will sacrifice everything else for it.

All of our energy should be in sacrifice and services. Suffering, at least.

It is not tolerable, it is not possible, that from so much death, so much sacrifice and ruin, so much heroism, a greater and better humanity shall not emerge.

In an effort to eliminate the possibility of any rival growing up, some monopolists would sacrifice democracy itself.

Do we talk about the dignity of work? Do we give our students any reason for believing it is worthwhile to sacrifice for their work because such sacrifices improve the psychological and mental health of the person who makes them?