“There is in even the most selfish passion a large element of self-abnegation. It is startling to realize that what we call extreme self-seeking is actually self-renunciation. The miser, health addict, glory chaser and their like are not far behind the selfless in the exercise of self-sacrifice.” SelfPassionRealizingBehindsSacrificeExerciseElementsGlorySeekingExtremesSelfishSelflessAddictSelf SacrificeRenunciationMisersAbnegationChasers Book:The Passionate State of Mind Source: The Passionate State of Mind
“Sacrifice is the first element of religion, and resolves itself in theological language into the love of God.” FirstsReligionLanguageSacrificeElementsGod LoveResolveTheological Book:Short Studies on Great Subjects Source: Short Studies on Great Subjects
“Great loves were almost always great tragedies. Perhaps it was because love was never truly great until the element of sacrifice entered into it.” SacrificeElementsTragedyGreat LoveGreat Tragedy Book:Dangerous Days Source: Dangerous Days
“Can a free people restrain crime without sacrificing fundamental liberties and a heritage of compassion?... Let us show that we can temper together those opposite elements of liberty and restraint into one consistent whole. Let us set an example for the world of a law-abiding America glorying in its freedom as well as its respect for law.” PeopleWorldWellsWholeShowsTogetherAmericaLawFreedomCompassionLibertySacrificeCrimeExampleElementsOppositesFundamentalsConsistentHeritageTemperRestraintAbiding Author:Gerald R. Ford
“Faith transcends reason because divine truth is not only higher, but also wider than the human mind, and the rationalist in his haste for premature simplification always tends to shut his eyes to one aspect of the truth and to seek a false harmony of thought by the sacrifice of an essential element of reality.” MindHumansReasonRealityEyeSacrificeDivineHigherTruth IsEssentialsElementsAspectHarmonyHis EyesHuman MindHastePrematureSimplification Author:Christopher Dawson
“Nowadays the dynamic element is more important in chess - players more often sacrifice material to obtain dynamic compensation.” ImportantPlayerSacrificeMaterialsElementsChessCompensationChess Players Author:Boris Spassky
“Mitt Romney's primary season embrace of the social and economic agenda of the more rabid elements of his party doomed him, especially the shrill immigration rhetoric and the harshly insensitive theory that no additional sacrifice or contribution should be sought from those at the top.” ShouldSocialPartySacrificeEconomicTheoryElementsSeasonsEmbraceImmigrationPrimariesContributionAgendasRhetoricDoomedRomneyInsensitive Author:Eliot Spitzer
“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