“There's a choice that we have to make as people, as individuals. If you want to be great at something, there's a choice you have to make. We all can be masters at our craft, but you have to make a choice. What I mean by that is, there are inherent sacrifices that come along with that. Family time, hanging out with friends, being a great friend, being a great son, nephew, whatever the case may be. There are sacrifices that come along with making that decision.” PeopleIfsWantMayMeanChoicesIndividualDecisionCasesSacrificeSonMastersCraftsHanging OutInherentGreat FriendNephewFamily TimeHanging Out With Friends Author:Kobe Bryant
“There's a false notion that success is a zero sum game. To win in our careers we have to give up family. To work hard we have to sacrifice sleep. To accomplish we must take (or borrow or steal) from somewhere else in our lives. It's just not the case.” GivingHardGamesWinningSleepCareersCasesOur LivesSacrificeHard WorkGiving UpNotionAccomplishStealingZeroSomewhere ElseZero Sum Game Author:Maynard Webb
“The world men inhabit is rather bleak. It is a world full of doubt and confusion, where vulnerability must be hidden, not shared; where competition, not co-operation, is the order of the day; where men sacrifice the possibility of knowing their own children and sharing in their upbringing, for the sake of a job they may have chosen by chance, which may not suit them and which in many cases dominates their lives to the exclusion of much else.” MenWorldMayChildrenJobsOrderChanceCasesKnowingDoubtSacrificePossibilityCompetitionSakeChosenConfusionSuitsOperationsVulnerabilityUpbringingExclusionBleak Author:Anna Ford
“It would seem to me that If this physical life, of which we are now aware, does indeed comprise the entirety of human experience, then what we seem to intuitively know to be true is entirely backwards. For if this is the case, then it must be the despicable tyrant, free of any moral values, and not the selfless compassionate who sacrifices himself for the good of mankind that is truly the one most deserving of our reverence and emulation.” IfsKnowsLifeHumansDoeSeemsValuesMoralCasesSacrificeMankindBeing TrueCompassionateTyrantsReverenceSelflessBackwardsHuman ExperienceDeservingDespicableMoral ValuesEntiretyEmulation Author:Derek R. Audette
“Seva, love and sacrifice are the basic prerequisites for human development. If you agree with this precept, nurture good will towards all and help people to the best of your ability without expecting anything in return. Don't think, 'I will render service only when the organizers agree with me and not otherwise.' Dear brother! In that case, you will not be able to serve. You will only nurture your ego by making others agree with you.” PeopleIfsThinkingLoveHumansHelpingAbleAbilityCasesSacrificeBrotherDevelopmentReturnEgoAgreeDearExpectingNurtureGood WillHuman DevelopmentPrerequisitesOrganizerLove And SacrificeDear Brother Author:Asaram
“From the point of view of the employer, it is in any case simply an item of cost, to be reduced to a minimum if it cannot be eliminated altogether, say, by automation. From the point of view of the workman, it is a "disutility"; to work is to make a sacrifice of one's leisure and comfort, and wages are a kind of compensation for the sacrifice.” IfsKindViewsCasesSacrificeComfortCostPoint Of ViewLeisureMinimumWagesItemsEmployersCompensationWorkmenAutomationSmall Is Beautiful Book:SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL Source: SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL
“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
“In any bureaucratic organization there will be two kinds of people: those who work to further the actual goals of the organization, and those who work for the organization itself. Examples in education would be teachers who work and sacrifice to teach children, vs. union representative who work to protect any teacher including the most incompetent. The Iron Law states that in all cases, the second type of person will always gain control of the organization, and will always write the rules under which the organization functions.” PeopleWritingKindChildrenPersonsTwoStatesWould BeLawGoalTeachCasesTeacherSacrificeExampleTypeProtectGainsOrganizationFunctionUnionsIncludingInvestingIronRepresentativesIncompetent Author:Jerry Pournelle
“In most cases an act of unwelcome sex is no more bother than being vaccinated, so there's no point going on about it as if it werea fate worse than death. With skill and good manners you can avoid having to make the sacrifice, but should you find yourself in a compromising situation largely of your own making, you should stop defending your virtue and start worrying about your maturity. It will give you something to think about while the savage pumper bangs away.” IfsThinkingGivingShouldSexSituationCasesWorryVirtueFateSacrificeSkillsAbuseCompromiseMannersBotherMaturityFinding YourselfGood ManSavagesBangsNo PointGood MannersUnwelcome Author:Quentin Crisp
“He who strays from the customary becomes a sacrifice to the extraordinary; he who keeps to the customary becomes its slave. He iscondemned to perish in either case.” CasesSacrificeTraditionSlaveExtraordinary Author:Friedrich Nietzsche
“It seems that for some people the idea of compassion entails a complete disregard for or even a sacrifice of their own interests. This is not the case. In fact, you first of all have to have a wish to be happy yourself - if you don't love yourself like that, how can you love others?” PeopleIfsFirstsIdeasFactsSeemsWishInterestCompassionCasesSacrificeLove YouLove YourselfBeing HappyDisregard Author:Dalai Lama
“There are hundreds of millions who believe the Messiah has come. If he did, then it is unfortunately the case that his heroic sacrifice and death have had no effect whatsoever on the very problem his coming might have been expected to address, for history demonstrates, beyond question, that we Christians have been just as dangerous, singly and en masse, as non-Christians.” IfsBelieveHas BeensProblemMightChristianReligionMillionsCasesSacrificeEffectsDangerousExpectedAddressesHeroicMight Have BeenMessiah Author:Steve Allen
“To hinder, besides, the farmer from selling his goods at all times to the best market, is evidently to sacrifice the ordinary laws of justice to an idea of public utility, to a sort of reasons of state; an act of legislative authority which ought to be exercised only, which can be pardoned only in cases of the most urgent necessity.” IdeasStatesReasonLawJusticeCasesSacrificeOughtAuthorityOrdinarySellingAll TimeGoodsFarmersUrgentUtilityHinder Book:An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations Source: An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations
“Puerto Ricans are Americans. We've been American citizens since 1917. We fought the same battles, made the same sacrifices. We've lost our land in the same way that Native Americans lost their land, and we've been the subject of discrimination and racism in the same way that African Americans have. We've suffered the full spectrum of oppression, and yet we've been off the map 4,000 miles away so we haven't even been able to argue our case.” WayMadeAbleLostCasesSacrificeLandSubjectsHavensCitizensBattleRacismArguingMilesDiscriminationOppressionAfrican AmericanNativeMapsNative AmericanSpectrumAmerican CitizensMiles AwayDiscrimination And Racism Author:Nelson Antonio Denis
“In the case of the Catholic Church, it's hard to understand how they so willfully sacrifice the children.” ChildrenHardChurchCasesSacrificeCatholicCatholic Church Author:Alex Gibney
“Meaning can be usually be approximated, but often by sacrificing style. When I review my translations into Spanish, that's what I'm most concerned with, reading the sentences aloud in Spanish to make sure they sound the way I want them to. To be honest, I much prefer being translated into Greek or Japanese; in those cases, you have no way of being involved, and no pressure.” WayWantReadingSoundCasesSacrificeHonestStyleInvolvedConcernedPressureSentencesBeing HonestGreekReviewsTranslationsNo Pressure Author:Daniel Alarcon
“Children have a ton of mirror neurons when they are babies and kids and they mimic what they see and so heroes are important because we are watching these heroes make a difference in these peoples lives and sacrificing their lives in some cases and I think it is really important to know that it is not just about us but about the community.” ThinkingKnowsChildrenImportantKidsCommunityDifferencesCasesSacrificeBabyHeroMirrorsMaking A DifferenceNeurons Author:John Assaraf
“My life and the life of my family has been completely disrupted in absolutely every way by starting the school-prayer case. But it's been worth it. It's uncovered a vast cesspool of illegitimate economic and political power in which the Church is immersed right up to its ears, and I intend to dive in headfirst and pull it out of there dripping wet for all the world to see -no matter how long it takes, no matter whose feet get stepped on in the process, no matter how much it costs, no matter how great the personal sacrifice.” WorldWayLongHas BeensMatterSchoolPoliticalProcessChurchPrayerCasesSacrificeFeetEconomicCostMy FamilyEarsStartingWetWorth ItPolitical PowerDrippingPersonal Sacrifice Author:Madalyn Murray O'Hair
“To achieve some depth in your field requires a lot of sacrifices. Want to or not, you're thinking about what you're doing in life-in my case, dancing.” ThinkingWantCasesSacrificeAchieveFieldsDancingDepth Author:Mikhail Baryshnikov