“Not surprisingly, as the pioneer theme is presented, each goes back in memory to his or her own family line. There are usually examples to identify and which fit the definition of a pioneer: "one who goes before, showing others the way to follow." Some, if not all, made great sacrifices to leave behind comfort and ease and respond to that clarion call of their newly found faith.” IfsWayMadeFoundLinesMemoriesBehindsSacrificeExampleFitComfortDefinitionsEaseThemePioneersGreat Sacrifice Author:Thomas S. Monson
“A gentleman of one of the first fortunes upon the continent...sacrificing his ease, and hazarding all in the cause of his country.” FirstsCountryCausesSacrificeFortuneEaseGentlemanContinents Author:John Quincy Adams
“The only principles of public conduct that are worthy of a gentleman or a man are to sacrifice estate, ease, health, and applause, and even life, to the sacred calls of his country.” MenCountryPrinciplesSacrificeSacredWorthyEaseGentlemanEstatesApplause Author:James Otis
“What keeps so many people back is simply unwillingness to pay the price, to make the exertion, the effort to sacrifice their ease and comfort.” PeopleInspirationalActionEffortPaySacrificeComfortEaseExertionPay The Price Book:Exceptional Employee Source: Exceptional Employee
“Either you are so underdeveloped that you can't see all that you can do, or you won't sacrifice your ease, your vanity, or whatever it is, to do it.” Can DoSacrificeVanityEase Book:Anna Karenina (World Classics, Unabridged) Source: Anna Karenina (World Classics, Unabridged)
“Meditation upon death does not teach one how to die; it does not make the departure more easy, but ease is not what I seek. Beloved boy, so willful and brooding, your sacrifice will have enriched not my life but my death. ... Centuries as yet unborn within the dark womb of time would pass by thousands over that tomb without restoring life to him, but likewise without adding to his death, and without changing the fact that he had been.” DoeFactsDiesEasyDarkBoysTeachMeditationSacrificeCenturyEaseBelovedWombTombsUnbornDepartureRestoringBrooding Author:Marguerite Yourcenar
“What helps luck is a habit of watching for opportunities, of having a patient but restless mind, of sacrificing one's ease or vanity, or uniting a love of detail to foresight, and of passing through hard times bravely and cheerfully.” LoveMindHardHelpingMotivationalOpportunitySacrificeHabitLuckPatientDetailsPassingPassingsVanityEaseHard TimesRestlessForesightPassing ThroughMotivational SalesUnitingThrough Hard TimesRestless Mind Author:Victor Cherbuliez