“It costs something to be a real Christian, according to the standard of the Bible. There are enemies to be overcome, battles to be fought, sacrifices to be made, an Egypt to be forsaken, a wilderness to be passed through, a cross to be carried, a race to be run. Conversion is not putting a person in an arm-chair and taking them easily to heaven. It is the beginning of a mighty conflict, in which it costs much to win the victory.” PersonsMadeRealRunningChristianWinningHeavenRaceEnemySacrificeArmsVictoryBattleCostConflictStandardsCrossesOvercomingConversionChairsWildernessEgyptForsaken Author:J. C. Ryle
“A good education would be devoted to encouraging and refining the love of the beautiful, but a pathologically misguided moralism instead turns such longing into a sin against the high goal of making everyone feel good, of overcoming nature in the name of equality. ... Love of the beautiful may be the last and finest sacrifice to radical egalitarianism.” FeelsMayWould BeLastsBeautifulTurnsNamesGoalSinSacrificeOvercomingLongingFeel GoodRadicalDevotedFinestMisguidedGood EducationRefiningEgalitarianismHigh GoalsMoralism Book:Love and Friendship Source: Love and Friendship
“All of us, single or married, are eternally part of some family-someway, somewhere, somehow-and much of our joy in life comes as we correctly recognize and properly develop those family relationships. We come to this earth charged with a mission: to learn to love and serve one another. To best help us accomplish this, God has placed us in families, for he knows that is where we can best learn to overcome selfishness and pride and to sacrifice for others and to make happiness and helpfulness and humility and love the very essence of our character.” KnowsCharacterHelpingEarthJoySacrificeHumilityPrideMarriedEssenceAnd LoveOvercomingAccomplishMissionsSelfishnessSacrifice For OthersHelpfulnessFamily RelationshipSelfishness And Pride Author:John H. Groberg
“In Christ we see a maturity of love that flowers in self-sacrifice and forgiveness; a maturity of power that never swerves from the ideal of service; a maturity of goodness that overcomes every temptation, and, of course, we see the ultimate victory of life over death itself.” SelfCoursesChristSacrificeFlowerVictoryGoodnessIdealsUltimateOvercomingTemptationMaturitySelf SacrificeSwerve Author:Vincent Nichols
“Everyone wants to win. But to truly succeed - whether it is at a sport or at your job or in life - you have to be willing to do the hard work, overcome the challenges, and make the sacrifices it takes to be the best at what you do.” WantHardJobsWinningSportsChallengesSacrificeWillingHard WorkSucceedOvercomingBeing The Best Book:My Fight / Your Fight Source: My Fight / Your Fight
“'Looper' is about what your 55-year-old self would tell your 25-year-old self over a cup of coffee. It's about finding love in the third act of your life. It's about overcoming trauma and the idea of true sacrifice.” YearsIdeasSelfSacrificeFindingsThirdsOvercomingTraumaCoffeeCupsFinding LoveCoffee CupOld Self Author:Jason Reitman
“A lesson without pain is meaningless. For you cannot gain anything without sacrificing something else in return, but once you have overcome it and made it your own...you will gain an irreplaceable fullmetal heart.” HeartMadePainSacrificeReturnLessonsGainsOvercomingMade ItMeaninglessAlchemistIrreplaceableWithout Pain Author:Hiromu Arakawa
“Then as now, evil begins its courtship cloaked in light. And the heart embraces what is should flee. Forgetting it once had a true lover. Love will prove greater than lust. Sacrifice will overcome seduction. And blood will flow.” ShouldHeartLightEvilForgetGreaterSacrificeBloodLoversProveFlowOvercomingEmbraceLustSeductionCourtshipTrue LoversLovers Love Author:Ted Dekker
“There's no such thing as a painless lesson. They just don't exist. Sacrifices are necessary. You can't gain anything without losing something first although if you can endure that pain and walk away from it, you'll find that you now have a heart strong enough to overcome any obstacle. Yeah, a heart made fullmetal.” IfsFirstsHeartMadeEnoughPainStrongWalksSacrificeLessonsLosingGainsOvercomingEndureObstaclesBrotherhoodStrong EnoughPainlessFma Author:Hiromu Arakawa
“Grudge no expense - yield to no opposition - forget fatigue - till, by the strength of prayer and sacrifice, the spirit of love shall have overcome .” SpiritPrayerForgetSacrificeOvercomingOppositionExpensesYieldFatigueGrudgeCritical Spirit Author:Maria Weston Chapman
“This earth is not our home. We are away at school, trying to master the lessons of "the great plan of happiness" so we can return home and know what it means to be there. Over and over the Lord tells us why the plan is worth our sacrifice - and His. Eve called it "the joy of our redemption." Jacob called it "that happiness which is prepared for the saints." Of necessity, the plan is full of thorns and tears - His and ours. But because He and we are so totally in this together, our being "at one" with Him in overcoming all opposition will itself bring us "incomprehensible joy."” KnowsTryingMeanHomeSchoolEarthTogetherJoyLordPlansSacrificeTearsMastersReturnLessonsOvercomingSalvationPreparedSaintRedemptionOppositionThornsJacob Author:Bruce C. Hafen
“The whole Bible is the story of men and women trying to get back to God, to overcome that sin with sacrifices, good works, sermons, prophesy, witnessing, giving all kinds of things. It never worked” MenGivingTryingKindWholeStoriesSinSacrificeMen And WomenOvercomingAll KindsGet BackGood WorkSermons Author:Keith Miller