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“A King should sacrifice the best affections of his heart for the good of his country; no sacrifice should be above his determination.”

Should Heart Country Politics Power Sacrifice Kings Determination Affection

Author:Napoleon Bonaparte

“In proportion as man gets back the spirit of manliness, which is self-sacrifice, affection, loyalty loan idea beyond himself, a God above himself, so far will he rise above circumstances, and wield them at his will.”

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Author:Charles Kingsley

“The relations between parents and children are certainly not only those of constraint. There is spontaneous mutual affection, which from the first prompts the child to acts of generosity and even of self-sacrifice, to very touching demonstrations which are in no way prescribed. And here no doubt is the starting point for that morality of good which we shall see developing alongside of the morality of right or duty, and which in some persons completely replaces it.”

Source: The Moral Judgement of the Child

“Charity is that rational and constant affection which makes us sacrifice ourselves to the human race, as if we were united with it, so as to form one individual, partaking equally in its adversity and prosperity.”

Ifs Humans Form Individual United Race Sacrifice Adversity Constant Charity Affection Prosperity Rational Human Race

Author:Confucius

“In the intercourse of social life, it is by little acts of watchful kindness recurring daily and hourly,--and opportunities of doing kindnesses if sought for are forever starting up,--it is by words, by tones, by gestures, by looks, that affection is won and preserved. He who neglects these trifles yet boasts that, whenever a great sacrifice is called for, he shall be ready to make it, will rarely be loved. The likelihood is, he will not make it; and if he does, it will be much rather for his own sake than for his neighbor's.”

“The platform or the altar of love may be analyzed and explained; it is constructed of virtue, beauty, and affection. Such is the pyre, such is the offering; but the ethereal spark must come from heaven, that lights the sacrifice.”

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Book:Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks

Source: Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks

“A thousand wheels of labor are turned by dear affections, and kept in motion by self-sacrificing endurance; and the crowds that pour forth in the morning and return at night are daily procession of love and duty.”

Self Night Morning Sacrifice Duty Return Thousand Labor Dear Affection Crowds Wheels Endurance Procession

Author:Edwin Hubbel Chapin

“Our virtues are dearer to us the more we have had to suffer for them. It is the same with our children. All profound affection admits a sacrifice.”

Children Suffering Virtue Sacrifice Our Children Profound Affection

Author:Luc de Clapiers

“Women, in all fields - whether mothers or not - still encounter an extraordinary number of obstacles. They have to hold too many things together and often sacrifice their aspirations in the name of affections.”

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Book:Frantumaglia: A Writer's Journey

Source: Frantumaglia: A Writer's Journey

“It costs to be a friend or to have a friend. There is nothing else in life except motherhood that costs so much. It not only costs time, affection, patience, love, but sometimes a man must even lay down his life for his friends. There is no true friendship without self-abnegation, self-sacrifice.”

Men Self Sometimes Sacrifice Cost Lays Affection Motherhood True Friend True Friendship Self Sacrifice Abnegation Patience Love

Book:What is Worth While?

Source: What is Worth While?

“It is sad to see a woman sacrificing the ties of the affections even to do good.”

Sacrifice Affection Ties

Book:Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals

Source: Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals

“Artemis looked at Holly and felt a tremendous affection for her... he could properly appreciate how fierce and beautiful his best friend was... She is truly magical, thought Artemis. Perhaps her qualities are more obvious to me now that I have decided to sacrifice myself.”

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Author:Eoin Colfer