“Fathers who compete hard with their kids are monstrous. The father, for a throw-away victory, is sacrificing the very heart of hischild's sense of being good enough. He may believe he is making his son tough, as he was made tough by a similarly contending father, but he is only making his child desperate and mean like himself. Fathers must let their sons (and daughters) have their victories.” BelieveHeartMayMeanChildrenMadeHardEnoughKidsFatherSacrificeSonVictoryDaughterToughBe GoodDesperateGood EnoughMonstrousSon And DaughterContendingBeing Good Enough Author:Frank Pittman
“Obviously [my daughters] - and Michelle - have made a lot of sacrifices on behalf of my cockamamie ideas, the running for office and things.” MadeIdeasRealityRunningPoliticsCommunityFamilyComedyGenerationsSacrificeHuman NatureOfficeDaughterUnityIdeologyMy DaughterBehalfRunning For Office Author:Barack Obama
“Consider the wave of revulsion that floods the average person when he or she hears of the practice of human sacrifice by the Aztecs and other so-called primitive peoples. How savage and barbaric such practices seem. But when a Christian or Jew comes across human sacrifice in the Bible (see Jephthah's immolation of his daughter in Judges 11:30-40), is he or she repulsed?” HumansPersonsSeemsChristianReligiousPracticeSacrificeJudgingDaughterBibleAverageWaveJewPrimitiveFloodSavagesAverage PersonBarbaricRevulsion Author:Steve Allen
“The majority of [the troops in Iraq] is that feel they're doing the right thing and their parents who have also made sacrifices, generally speaking, and their proud of the services of their sons and daughters.” FeelsMadeParentSacrificeSonProudDaughterMajorityIraqRight ThingTroopsDoing The Right ThingSon And DaughterTroops In Iraq Author:John McCain
“Tereza's mother never stopped reminding her that being a mother meant sacrificing everything. Her words had the ring of truth, backed as they were by the experience of a woman who had lost everything because of her child. Tereza would listen and believe that being a mother was the highest value in life and that being a mother was a great sacrifice. If a mother was Sacrifice personified, then a daughter was Guilt, with no possibility of redress.” IfsBelieveChildrenMotherValuesLostSacrificePossibilityHighestDaughterGuiltRingsRemindingBeing A MotherValue Of LifeLost EverythingRedressGreat SacrificeSacrificing Everything Author:Milan Kundera
“To value only what can be "sold" is to defile what is truly precious. The innocent joy of childhood, the devotedness of a wife, the self sacrificing service of a daughter--none of these have an earthly market. To reduce everything to the dirty scales of economic values is to forget that some gifts, like Mary's, are so precious that the heart that offers them will be praised as long as time endures.” HeartLongSelfJoyValuesForgetWifeSacrificeEconomicChildhoodOffersDaughterEndureScalesInnocentDirtyMaryPricelessEconomic ValueJoys Of Childhood Author:Fulton J. Sheen
“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
“...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
“I get some of my ideas from watching my three daughters, but most of them come from my own memories of growing up. I can remember how romantic I was, not just about love, but romance in the classic sense - the romantic ideals: of honor and truth, of loyalty, sacrifice and fairness. Those were the elements that made a story satisfying to me.” MadeI CanIdeasStoriesRememberRomanceMotherThreeMemoriesMy OwnGrowing UpGrowingSacrificeHonorElementsDaughterIdealsLoyaltyClassicSatisfyingFairnessThree Daughters Author:Francine Pascal
“As the daughter of a 25-year veteran of the armed forces, I am incredibly thankful for the sacrifices our women and men have made in Iraq, and continue to make in Afghanistan.” MenYearsMadeMotherForceSacrificeDaughterMen And WomenIraqAfghanistanVeteranArmed Forces Author:Barbara Lee