“You shouldn't change your behavior because a government agency somewhere is doing the wrong thing. If you sacrifice your values because you're afraid, you don't care about those values very much.” IfsGovernmentCareValuesSacrificeBehaviorDon't CareAgencyWrong ThingsGovernment Agencies Author:Edward Snowden
“Although a government study found that men's health was much worse than women's health or the health of any minority group, headlines around the country read: 'Minorities Face Large Health Care Gap.' They did not say: 'Men Face Large Health Care Gap.' Why? Because we associate the sacrifice of men's lives with the saving of the rest of us, and this association leads us to carry in our unconscious an incentive not to care about men living longer.” MenCountryGovernmentCareFacesFoundStudySacrificeGroupsSavingHealth CareUnconsciousMinoritiesGapsAssociationAssociatesIncentivesHeadlinesMinority GroupsWomen's Health Author:Warren Farrell
“The brother of my grandfather was the patriarch of the Orthodox Church and revered as a saint. So everything in my childhood is about total sacrifice, whether to religion or to communism. This is what is engraved on me. This is why I have this insane willpower. My body is now beginning to be falling apart, but I will do it to the end. I don't care. With me it is about whatever it takes.” EndsBodyCareFallChurchSacrificeChildhoodBrotherSaintDon't CareInsaneCommunismI Don't CareOrthodoxGrandfatherWillpowerFalling ApartMy GrandfatherWhatever It TakesEngravedPatriarchOrthodox Church Author:Marina Abramovic
“Most men appear to think that the art of despotic government is statesmanship, and what men affirm to be unjust and inexpedient in their own case they are not ashamed of practicing towards others; they demand just rule for themselves, but where other men are concerned they care nothing about it. Such behavior is irrational; unless the one party is, and the other is not, born to serve, in which case men have a right to command, not indeed all their fellows, but only those who are intended to be subjects; just as we ought not to hunt mankind, whether for food or sacrifice . .” ThinkingMenArtGovernmentCareBornPartyCasesSacrificeSubjectsMankindHuman NatureOughtDemandBehaviorConcernedFellowsCommandAshamedIrrationalUnjustHuntsStatesmanshipCommand Not Author:Aristotle
“Don't make your wedding a pleasant memory in this life but a source of misery in the next. Make it an eternally good memory. In trying to have a halal wedding, you might sacrifice many relationships but the opposite might mean sacrificing the only relationship that will matter in the hereafter for a bunch of people who don't even really care about you. Don't make one night the cause of your regret for an eternity.” PeopleTryingMeanMatterMightCareNightNextCausesMemoriesSacrificeRegretSourceOppositesEternityMiseryBunchThis LifePleasantOne NightHereafterGood MemoriesOur WeddingHalalPleasant Memories Author:Omar Suleiman
“I don't care if you're a parent giving to a child, a worker to a company, or a romantic to a lover, this behavior eventually leads to resentment. There's always a hidden agenda of What's in it for me? It's often suppressed, and this is why sacrifice is ultimately unwise and incomplete. Does this mean that there's no such thing as altruism, philanthropy, or generosity? No, it just means that anytime these exist, so do egocentricity, misanthropy, and greed. There's always a balancing force, even if it's sometimes hidden or unconscious.” IfsGivingMeanChildrenDoeSometimesCareForceParentCompanySacrificeLoversBehaviorWorkersGreedDon't CareGenerosityI Don't CareUnconsciousAgendasResentmentPhilanthropyAltruismIncompleteUnwiseMisanthropy Author:John Frederick Demartini
“I'll quit eating meat when you get a cow out here to beat me at a poetry slam. Only so many words rhyme with 'Mooo.' I mean, yes, we're supposed to be better stewards; yes, we're supposed to take care of the earth; yes, we're supposed to honor the sacrifices made by the animals; yes yes yes yes yes, but dammit, we're in charge, and you know why? It's because of these [holding out thumbs]...Maybe you think that carrots are less important than cows. I think they're equal, especially in a sauce.” ThinkingKnowsMeanMadeImportantCareEarthAnimalSacrificeHonorEqualEatingBeatsTake CareQuittingSupposed To BeMeatCowsRhymeThumbsSauceSlamCarrotsStewardsEating Meat Author:Sherman Alexie
“The practice of medicine will be very much as you make it - to one a worry, a care, a perpetual annoyance; to another, a daily job and a life of as much happiness and usefulness as can well fall to the lot of man, because it is a life of self-sacrifice and of countless opportunities to comfort and help the weak-hearted, and to raise up those that fall.” MenWellsSelfHelpingCareJobsFallOpportunityPracticeWorrySacrificeComfortWeakRaisesMedicinePerpetualHeartedUsefulnessSelf SacrificeAnnoyanceRaise UpPractice Of Medicine Author:William Osler
“If we want an all-volunteer force, the bottom line is that we're going to have to take care of these people who were willing to do what the bulk of people weren't willing to do. Going to war is dangerous - you can get killed doing it. And the question is, Are the American people willing to recognize the sacrifices of these young people?” PeopleIfsWantWarCareYoungForceLinesSacrificeDangerousWillingBottomTake CareVolunteerBottom LineGoing To War Author:Gordon R. Sullivan
“At a time when Democratic leaders are pushing rationed care in a world of limited resources, Americans might wonder where the call for shared sacrifice is from illegal immigrant patients like those in Los Angeles getting free liver and kidney transplants at UCLA Medical Center. 'I'm just mad,' illegal alien Jose Lopez told the Los Angeles Times last year after receiving two taxpayer-subsidized liver transplants while impatiently awaiting approval for state health insurance.” WorldYearsTwoStatesMightCareLastsLeaderWonderSacrificeResourcesMadDemocraticPatientMedicalAliensImmigrantsPushingIllegalLos AngelesReceivingApprovalLast YearTaxpayersLiverKidneysIllegal ImmigrantsUclaIllegal AliensTransplantsLimited ResourcesDemocratic Leaders Author:Michelle Malkin
“We owe our troops the opportunity to serve in the best-planned, best-equipped, and best-led military force in the world, and we owe them the peace of mind that comes from knowing that they and their families will be taken care of if they sacrifice life, limb or the ability to sleep without war's nightmares. We owe them not just thanks and best wishes, but action, and action in our nation's capital.” IfsWorldMindWarCareActionOpportunityForceNationsWishSleepAbilityKnowingTakenSacrificeMilitaryThanksNightmarePeace Of MindTroopsLimbsOur TroopsMilitary ForceBest Wishes Author:John F. Kerry
“It's not hard to decide what you want your life to be about. What's hard, she said, is figuring out what you're willing to give up in order to do the things you really care about.” WantGivingSaidHardCareOrderDecisionSacrificeWillingGiving UpWhat You WantFresh Start Author:Shauna Niequist
“What we get from all religions especially from the Prophet's life, peace be upon him, is that there is no way to reach peace if we are not ready to sacrifice, not ready to strive, not courageous enough to face the powers here and the dictators who don't care about humanity or human life.” IfsWayHumansEnoughCareFacesHumanitySacrificeReadyStriveDon't CareHuman LifeProphetCourageousDictatorNot Ready Author:Tariq Ramadan
“Pray daily to be used by God, sacrifice personal needs and so greed has to go out of the window. Because you have to believe God can take care of you so you don't have to worry about that.” NeedsBelieveCareUsedWorrySacrificePrayingWindowGreedTake CareBelieve In GodPersonal Needs Author:Alveda King
“As far as sometimes being involved with different demonstrations, I did an anti-war protest in San Fran in January, and I'm standing there, amongst all these people, and it's this great thing to see people being active and actually standing up for what they believe in and still letting the government know that there are people who will still sacrifice a portion of their day to stand up for what they care about, but I'm just thinking to myself, "God, man, these protests have been going on throughout I-don't-even-know-how-many years, and here we are again."” PeopleThinkingMenBelieveDifferentSometimesCareSacrificeGreat ThingsProtestJanuary Author:Mr. Lif
“The really important kind of freedom involves attention, and awareness, and discipline, and effort, and being able truly to care about other people and to sacrifice for them, over and over, in myriad petty little unsexy ways, every day.” PeopleWayInspirationalKindLittlesPersonsImportantCareAbleFreedomEffortAttentionSacrificeAwarenessDisciplineCaringGraduationPettyCaring For OthersJestUnconsciousnessRat RaceReal FreedomInfinite JestAwareness Of Others Author:David Foster Wallace
“In his dream she was sick and he cared for her. The dream bore the look of sacrifice but he thought differently. He did not take care of her and she died alone somewhere in the dark and there is no other dream nor other waking world and there is no other tale to tell.” WorldLooksDreamCareDarkSacrificeSickDiedTake CareTalesWakingBores Book:The Road Source: The Road
“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.” LittlesHomeBigsCareSchoolMovingMotherFatherSacrificeSonRegretDaughterSickTake CareSupposed To BeAspireParts Of Life Author:Mitch Albom
“I’m a goddess of destruction. Tell me honestly that you find nothing exciting about the idea of a billion people screaming out for mercy when there’s no one left who cares what befalls them. Of the entire earth being rained on by all manner of demons bent on ultimate torture and sacrifice. Them ripping and shredding human flesh as they claw in a drunken frenzy fueled by their hatred of everything. Drinking blood in an orgy of terror...ahhh, the beauty of annihilation. There’s nothing like it.(Apollymi)” PeopleHumansIdeasCareEarthLeftSacrificeBloodDestructionHatredMercyUltimateExcitingDrinkingTerrorFleshBillionsHonestlyTortureDemonGoddessBentWho CaresClawsAnnihilationFrenzyShredding Book:Devil May Cry: A Dark-Hunter Novel Source: Devil May Cry: A Dark-Hunter Novel
“Don’t sacrifice yourself too much, because if you sacrifice too much there’s nothing else you can give and nobody will care for you.” IfsGivingSelfCareHappinessToo MuchSacrificeSelf LoveEgoCaringSelfishI Don't CareLove YourselfSelf CareSelf SacrificeCare For YouIf You CareSelfish PeopleCaring Too MuchLove My SelfGiving YourselfLove Your SelfYourself And LoveSelfish LoveLove SacrificeLove And SacrificeSelfish PersonGiving Too MuchSacrificing Yourself Author:Karl Lagerfeld
“...fairness," he said, "does not govern life and death. if it did, no good person would ever die." "Strangers," the Blue Man said, "are just family you have yet to come to know." "sacrifice is a part of life. it is 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. Sometimes when you sacrifice something precious, you're not really losing it. you're just passing it on to someone else.” IfsKnowsMenLittlesPersonsDoeSaidSometimesHomeBigsCareSchoolMovingMotherDiesFatherSacrificeSonRegretLosingDaughterSickBlueStrangerTake CarePassingPassingsSupposed To BeLife And DeathFairnessAspireGood PersonParts Of LifePassing It Author:Mitch Albom
“You got to understand the god thing. It’s not magic. It’s about being you, but the you that people believe in. It’s about being the concentrated, magnified, essence of you. It’s about becoming thunder, or the power of a running horse, or wisdom. You take all the belief and become bigger, cooler, more than human. You crystallize.” He paused. “And then one day they forget about you, and they don’t believe in you, and they don’t sacrifice, and they don’t care, and the next thing you know you’re running a three-card monte game on the corner of Broadway and Forty-third.” PeopleKnowsBelieveHumansCareRunningThreeNextGamesBeliefForgetMagicSacrificeBecomingOne DayEssenceThirdsBiggerHorseDon't BelieveDon't CareCornersCardsFortyBelieve In YouBroadwayThunder Author:Neil Gaiman
“You speak of sacrifice, but it is not my sacrifice I offer. It is yours I ask of you," he went on. "I can offer you my life, but it is a short life; I can offer you my heart, though I have no idea how many more beats it shall sustain. But I love you enough to hope that you will not care that I am being selfish in trying to make the rest of my life--whatever its length--happy, by spending it with you. I want to be married to you, Tessa. I want it more than I have ever wanted anything else in my life.” WantLoveTryingHeartI CanIdeasEnoughCareWantedAsksSpeakSacrificeLove YouMy HeartOffersMarriedBeatsSpendingSelfishNo IdeaLengthBeing MarriedShort LifeTessa GrayBeing SelfishJem CarstairsInfernal DevicesJames Carstairs Author:Cassandra Clare
“Please don't take him away from this world. Please don't let him die here in my arms, not after everything we've been through together, not after You've taken so many others. Please, I beg You, let him live. I am willing to sacrifice anything to make this happen- I'm willing to do anything You ask. Maybe you'll laugh at me for such a naive promise, but I mean it in earnest, and I don't care if it makes no sense or seems impossible. Let him live. Please. I can't bear this a second time. Tell me there is still good in this world. Tell me there is still hope for all of us.” IfsWorldMeanStillsI CanSeemsHappensCareTogetherDiesAsksLaughingTakenImpossibleSacrificeThis WorldWillingArmsBearsPleasePromiseDon't CareI Don't CareNaiveEarnest Author:Marie Lu
“There are plenty of teams in every sport that have great players and never win titles. Most of the time, those players aren't willing to sacrifice for the greater good of the team. The funny thing is, in the end, their unwillingness to sacrifice only makes individual goals more difficult to achieve. One thing I believe to the fullest is that if you think and achieve as a team, the individual accolades will take care of themselves. Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.” IfsThinkingInspirationalBelieveEndsCareGamesWinningIndividualI BelieveSportsDifficultGoalGreaterPlayerOne ThingSacrificeTeamAchieveTalentWillingBasketballTake CarePlentyTitlesNbaTeamworkChampionshipFunny ThingsBasketball PlayerFamous BasketballInspirational BasketballMotivational BasketballBasketball MotivationGreater GoodNba ChampionshipsTeam PlayerGood BasketballNba PlayerAccoladesBasketball TeamworkBasketball WinningWinning BasketballChampionship TeamIndividual Goals Author:Michael Jordan
“I would step in the way of a bullet if it were aimed at my husband. It is not self-sacrifice to die protecting that which you value: If the value is great enough, you do not care to exist without it.” IfsWayLoveSelfEnoughCareValuesDiesStepsSacrificeHusbandMy HusbandBulletsSelf Sacrifice Author:Ayn Rand
“Together, let us make this a new beginning. Let us make a commitment to care for the needy, to teach our children the values and the virtues handed down to us by our families, to have the courage to defend those values and the willingess to sacrifice for them. Let us pledge to restore, in our time, the American spirit of voluntary service, of cooperation, of private and community initiative, a spirit that flows like a deep and mighty river through the history of our nation.” ChildrenCareTogetherSpiritValuesNationsCommunityEducationTeachVirtueSacrificeCommitmentFlowRiversOur ChildrenOur FamilyOur TimeCooperationInitiativeNew BeginningsPledgeNeedyAmerican Spirit Author:Ronald Reagan