S Quotes
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“Sacrifice and squander live in extremely close proximity to each other. For if the former is not guided by wisdom, it will quickly become the latter.”
“Sacrifice begins with sharing.”
“Sacrifice brings with it huge results.”
Source: The Magnificent Weight Loss System
“Sacrifice by its strictest definition takes something precious in exchange for the appeasement of a higher power. And abiding devotion to a cause that cannot be satisfied with a simple promise. Because an oath no matter how solemn asks nothing in return. While true sacrifice demands unspeakable loss.”
“Sacrifice, compromise, adjust, or surrender. Do whatever it needs to be done to make your health a priority.”
“Sacrifice counts for a lot in sport. From a young age, I couldn't do the normal things that the boys of my age get to do. Maybe you have a nice car or a nice house, but at times you just want to be a normal guy and you can't.”
“Sacrifice demands the surrender of things we cherish above all else. Only out of the agony of those loses can a new resolution be born. An undying devotion to a cause greater than one’s self, and a moral duty to see a journey through to its absolute completion.”
“Sacrifice does not mean that, by giving, we lose something. We sacrifice our limited self to our highest and largest Self, and at that time we immediately become the largest and the highest Self.”
“Sacrifice does not mean the rejection of the worthless, but of the precious”
Source: For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (50th Anniversary Edition)
“Sacrifice doesn't really exist on a national level anymore and that's a pretty new thing - most people aren't engaged nationally in some form of service and that changes the way you think about people in your country; you kind of think of them at a distance. And so there's that shift away from some sort of sacrifice - thinking of yourself as the most important thing in the world versus thinking of yourself as some sort of a whole.”
“Sacrifice everything that is yours, to call up the humans in others.”
Source: We Are All Black: A Treatise on Racism
“Sacrifice for a worthy cause means something. It's the best of what makes us human.”
Source: Shutdown
“Sacrifice has great value in that it not only achieves personal success but builds successful communities, nations and humanity. Each moment spent in selfless sacrifice makes you a stronger person, and such strength fosters the required determination to cope with adversity and hardship for the sake of others.”
Source: VishwaSutras: Universal Principles For Living: Inspired by Real-Life Experiences
“Sacrifice is a demonstration of pure love.”
Source: When Thou Art Converted: Continuing Our Search for Happiness
“Sacrifice is a form of bargaining.”
“Sacrifice is a necessary response to evil. You can only shame evil by showing them honor.”
Source: Leeway Cottage
“Sacrifice is a noun in my vocabulary that should be a verb in my life.”
Source: An Intimate Collision: Encounters with Life and Jesus
“Sacrifice is a part of life. It's supposed to be. It's not something to regret. It's something to aspire to.”
“Sacrifice is a part of life. It’s supposed to be. It’s not something to regret. It’s something to aspire to. Little sacrifices. Big sacrifices. A mother works so her son can go to school. A daughter moves home to take care of her sick father.”
“Sacrifice is a passion that unleashes everything away from us so that it can be drawn into everyone around us.”
“Sacrifice is a sacred service.”
“Sacrifice is a state of mind in which our thoughts turn with longing [toward Heaven, the Ancestors], It is the supreme expression of loyalty, love, and respect.”
“Sacrifice is a step beyond convenience.”
“Sacrifice is a terribly difficult thing to do, of which you will be asked to do many times along your path. Only with genuine love will you be able to make these sacrifices because often times you will simply want to refuse the sacrifices that the universe asks of you to make. When you close one door, another opens; that is how the universe works and through sacrifice we are given the keys to the next door in life.”
Source: Purple Buddha Project: Purple Book of Self-Love
“Sacrifice is assumed to be the giving away of that which we need for our own survival. But have we considered that survival (in the richest sense of the word) is not based on what we keep, but on what we give away?”
“Sacrifice is at the heart of repentance. Without deeds, your apology is worthless.”
“Sacrifice is better than service.”
“Sacrifice is better than service. But keeping God’s commands is what counts most.”
“Sacrifice is connected to anointing
Dedication is connected to Vision
Obedience is connected to Lordship
These are all so interconnected and intertwined in our daily walk with Jesus”
Source: Predestined: Born for Greatness
“Sacrifice is giving up something good for something better.”
“Sacrifice is infectious - one person's sacrifice makes millions wake up from their sleep of indifference - and in a handful of brave and responsible beings it is bound to spark the urge to sacrifice their own lifeforce for the good of others.”
Source: Mad About Humans: World Maker's Almanac
“Sacrifice is my illumination,
Servanthood is my sultanet.
People are the reason of my life,
I got too much electricity to sit and wait.”
“Sacrifice is necessary in times of need, which means that necessity must outweigh any of your choices.”
“Sacrifice is never easy or it is no true sacrifice. - Stannis”
“Sacrifice is not setting oneself up to die. It is liberating oneself to live.”
“Sacrifice is nothing other than the production of sacred things.”
Source: Visions of Excess: Selected Writings, 1927-1939
“Sacrifice is perhaps the hardest discipline of all to learn in life. It's often to belittle yourself to the agency of something greater. You have to believe in that something greater.”
Source: In the Warsaw Ghetto
“Sacrifice is realizing that the depth of my need can only be quenched by giving away the soul of myself.”
“Sacrifice is the ecstasy of giving the best we have to the One we love most.”
Source: Dynamic Spiritual Leadership: Leading Like Paul
“Sacrifice is the essence of love, which is the essence of God.”
“Sacrifice is the first element of religion, and resolves itself in theological language into the love of God.”
Source: Short Studies on Great Subjects
“Sacrifice is the giving of self so that I don’t die in the service of self.”
“Sacrifice is the key in your life to make more money”
“Sacrifice is the law behind all love and light.”
Source: Handcrafted Humanity: 100 Sonnets For A Blunderful World
“Sacrifice is the most beautiful situation and solution for all social problems”
“Sacrifice is the only mechanism for forgiveness in the book of Leviticus. There is no suggestion in Leviticus that repentance alone can bring forgiveness for violations of the laws, no indication that one can appeal to YHWH's mercy. His grace, or His kindness for atonement. Indeed, the words "repentance" (šûb), "mercy" (raḥǎmîm), "grace" (ḥēn), and "kindness" (ḥesed) do not occur in Leviticus.”
Source: Commentary on the Torah
“Sacrifice is the only sensible vocation.”
“Sacrifice is the pinnacle of our humanity. Yet, so many of us stay in the basement of our greed.”
“Sacrifice is the seed of success.”
“Sacrifice is the surrender of that which you value in favor of which you dont”
Source: For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (50th Anniversary Edition)