“Apes loot and call it victory,
Humans sacrifice and call it life.
While ants hoard all for themselves,
Giants find meaning in giving light.”
Source: Brit Actually: Nursery Rhymes of Reparations
“We can't be sad for her," she murmured. "Only for ourselves at having to say good-bye.”
Source: Beyond All Measure
“Mothers cry because they get so little back.' He leaves the spoon in his mug, holds it to one side with a thumb and takes a sip. 'You spend your life giving everything you've got to your family. Everything: your time, your energy, the last banana in the bowl. Then your children drift away, and they don't look back; not often, not even if they're good children.”
Source: Audrey's Gone AWOL
“It is always good to bear in mind that mastery of the virtue of sacrifice is mastery of true leadership and greatness. It is the power behind greatness.”
Source: 8 Types of Leaders: Every Leader Should Know
“Vision often requires sacrifice.” Nara’s response was devoid of emotion, her stance calculated and precise. “And I am willing to sacrifice all of you for it.”
Source: Arya and the Guardians of Azhira
“Shehit Shair Society, Sonnet
(Martyr Poets Society)
Poet* is martyred so poetry can live,
Monk is martyred so holiness can live.
Reformer is martyred so society can live,
Dervish is martyred so the cosmos can live.
Sufi is martyred so serenity can breathe,
Scientist is martyred so reason finds light.
Philosopher is martyred so curiosity lives,
Saint is martyred to keep the promise alive.
The just are martyred so injustice ends -
they diss us woke, we couldn't care less.
*Shairs and seers, we are sad figures -
It's from our wounds, the world draws courage.
Walk your wounds, surf your suffering.
Amidst self-lovers, martyr is the king.”
Source: The Humanitarian Dictator
“The only devil I dread is myself - no saint am I, just human in help!”
Source: The Humanitarian Dictator
“Somewhere along the line, I decided my life was less important than Cleve's. That my life was worth sacrificing to prove I was a good wife. That leaving, or demanding better for myself, was giving up on the only thing that made me worth something.”
Source: Alive Day: A Memoir
“Never give yourself to someone without the promise that you’re giving yourself.”
“Sacrifice today, so that others have a better tomorrow.”
Source: BECOME: Unleash the Power of Moral Character and Be Proud of the Life You Choose