“Even Avataras, saints, and sages have to undergo the ordeal of suffering, for they take upon themselves the burden of sins of omission and commission of ordinary human beings and thereby sacrifice themselves for the good of humanity.” HumansSufferingHumanityHuman BeingsSinSacrificeOrdinarySaintBurdenSageOrdealsOmission Author:Sarada Devi
“The Church expects that each of us carry a share of the burden of leadership. There is no paid clergy. The work is done because of a love of the cause. And as people serve, they grow in capacity. The time and effort is not a sacrifice because there is returned more than is given.” PeopleDoneGivenGrowsCausesChurchEffortSacrificeShareCapacityPaidBurdenClergy Author:Gordon B. Hinckley
“And there's this talk that we're asking soldiers to make the greatest sacrifice, but the reality is that civilians bear the burden of war more than the combatants. You're much more likely to get accidentally blown up or killed by a death squad than you are to die in a firefight.” WarRealityDiesSacrificeBearsAskingSoldierBurdenCiviliansSquad Author:Michael Hastings
“There's this talk that we're asking soldiers to make the greatest sacrifice, but the reality is that civilians bear the burden of war more than the combatants. You're much more likely to get accidentally blown up or killed by a death squad than you are to die in a firefight.” WarRealitySacrificeSoldierBurden Author:Michael Hastings
“If we are perceived by the rest of the world as employing a double standard in the way that we pursue the war on terror, if we are seen as imposing on other countries' nationals, burdens that we wouldn't be able to tolerate ourselves, then we sacrifice the legitimacy of the enterprise. And I don't think the world considers it illegitimate for the United States to seek to protect itself from another attack like the one we suffered on 9/11, but I think the world does think it is illegitimate to do so by sacrificing their citizens' rights and not our citizens' rights.” ThinkingWorldWarSacrificeProtectTerrorBurdenEnterpriseTolerateWar On TerrorDouble Standard Author:David D. Cole
“The United States and the freedom for which it stands, the freedom for which they died, must endure and prosper. Their lives remind us that freedom is not bought cheaply. It has a cost; it imposes a burden. And just as they whom we commemorate were willing to sacrifice, so too must we - in a less final, less heroic way - be willing to give of ourselves.” WayGivingStatesUnitedUnited StatesSacrificeWillingCostDiedEndureFinalsBurdenPresidentialHeroicMemorialMemorial Day Book:Ronald Reagan Source: Ronald Reagan