“It is not truly realistic or scientific to take short views, to sacrifice the future to immediate pressure, to ignore facts and forces that are disagreeable and to magnify the enduring quality of whatever falls in with immediate desire. It is false that the evils of the situation arise from absence of ideals; they spring from wrong ideals.” ThinkingFactsDesireFallEvilForceViewsQualitySituationSacrificeSpringIdealsPressureEndureAbsenceAriseRealisticDisagreeable Book:The Middle Works, 1899-1924: 1920 Source: The Middle Works, 1899-1924: 1920
“If ever there was a cause, if ever there can be a cause, worthy to be upheld by all of toil or sacrifice that the human heart can endure, it is the cause of Education. It has intrinsic and indestructible merits. It holds the welfare of mankind in its embrace, as the protecting arms of a mother hold her infant to her bosom. The very ignorance and selfishness which obstructs its path are the strongest arguments for its promotion, for it furnishes the only adequate means for their removal.” IfsHumansHeartMeanMotherCausesEducationPathSacrificeMankindIgnoranceArmsArgumentEmbraceEndureWorthySelfishnessWelfareMeritStrongestToilHuman HeartInfantAdequatePromotionBosomsRemovalIndestructibleAdequate Means Book:Thoughts Source: Thoughts
“If ever there was a cause, if ever there can be a cause, worthy to be upheld by all of toil or sacrifice that the human heart can endure, it is the cause of Education.” IfsHumansHeartCausesSacrificeEndureWorthyToilHuman Heart Book:Common School Journal Source: Common School Journal
“Being a woman did not look enviable to me, even when it looked admirable. It looked like nonstop sacrifice and service. Because it was. Being a woman seemed vulnerable and sad. Even the strong women I knew - and they were all strong - had earned their strength through enduring huge disappointments and tremendous struggles.” LooksStrongStruggleSacrificeHugeEndureDisappointmentVulnerableStrong WomenAdmirableBeing A Woman Author:Elizabeth Gilbert
“My role models are people who can do things; I say to myself, "I wish I could do that." Like women who endure hardships and turn their luck around and bring up children on their own and start a business. Or a social worker who leaves his country, his comfort, his friends, and goes far away to help people he doesn't know. I want to evolve into that, ultimately. I want to be that person who could sacrifice everything for others.” PeopleKnowsWantChildrenPersonsCountryHelpingTurnsWishSocialCan DoRolesSacrificeComfortModelsLuckWorkersEndureEvolveHardshipRole ModelsFar AwaySocial Worker Author:Queen Rania of Jordan
“If we don't know our own history, then we simply will have to endure all of the same mistakes, all of the same sacrifices, all of the same absurdities over again - times ten.” IfsKnowsMistakeSacrificeTenEndureAbsurditySame Mistakes Author:Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
“I say unto you with all the soberness I can, that we stand in danger of losing our liberties, and that once lost, only blood will bring them back; and we of this church will, in order to keep the Church going forward, have more sacrifices to make, and more persecutions to endure than we have yet known. If the conspiracy comes here it will probably come in its full vigor and there will be a lot of vacant places among those who guide and direct, not only this government, but also this Church of ours.” IfsI CanGovernmentOrderLostChurchKnownLibertySacrificeBloodDangerLosingDirectEndureGuidesConspiracyPersecutionVigorVacant Author:J. Reuben Clark
“Peace can endure only so long as humanity really insists upon it, and is willing to work for it and sacrifice for it.” LongHumanitySacrificeWillingEndure Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt
“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
“The poet's, the writer's, duty is to write about these things. It is his privilege to help man endure by lifting his heart, by reminding him of the courage and honor and hope and pride and compassion and pity and sacrifice which have been the glory of his past. The poet's voice need not merely be the record of man, it can be one of the props, the pillars to help him endure and prevail.” MenNeedsWritingHeartHas BeensHelpingPastHopeVoiceCompassionRecordsSacrificePoetDutyPrideHonorGloryEndurePrivilegePityLiftingPillarsRemindingProps Author:William Faulkner
“There's no such thing as a painless lesson. They just don't exist. Sacrifices are necessary. You can't gain anything without losing something first although if you can endure that pain and walk away from it, you'll find that you now have a heart strong enough to overcome any obstacle. Yeah, a heart made fullmetal.” IfsFirstsHeartMadeEnoughPainStrongWalksSacrificeLessonsLosingGainsOvercomingEndureObstaclesBrotherhoodStrong EnoughPainlessFma Author:Hiromu Arakawa
“When you enlisted into the armed forces you swore to support and defend a Constitution that did not yet fully apply to you. You chose to endure the same sacrifices as your fellow comrades in arms to preserve the freedom of a land that was not yet fully yours. You accepted that you might have to pay the ultimate price on behalf of a nation to which you did not fully belong. Now, you will officially become citizens of the United States, a country to which each of you has already borne true faith and allegiance in your hearts and your deeds.” HeartCountryStatesMightForceNationsUnitedPayUnited StatesSupportSacrificeLandArmsCitizensUltimateConstitutionFellowsEndureDeedsAcceptedImmigrationPreservesBehalfAllegianceComradeArmed ForcesTrue FaithEnlisted Author:David Petraeus
“No idea can succeed except at the expense of sacrifice; no one ever escapes without enduring strain from the struggle of life.” IdeasStruggleSacrificeSucceedEndureNo IdeaExpensesStrainLife StruggleWithout Sacrifice Author:Ernest Renan
“The United States and the freedom for which it stands, the freedom for which they died, must endure and prosper. Their lives remind us that freedom is not bought cheaply. It has a cost; it imposes a burden. And just as they whom we commemorate were willing to sacrifice, so too must we - in a less final, less heroic way - be willing to give of ourselves.” WayGivingStatesUnitedUnited StatesSacrificeWillingCostDiedEndureFinalsBurdenPresidentialHeroicMemorialMemorial Day Book:Ronald Reagan Source: Ronald Reagan
“In the yogic tradition, this principle of using intense effort to burn through life's distractions is called Tapas. It's another Sanskrit word, roughly defined as "heat" or "essential energy." The concept is that through a disciplined approach to work and self-sacrifice, Tapas will burn away the negativity that separates us from God. By working our hardest and happily enduring the hardships of life we are able to create a sense of peace and clarity in ourselves.” SelfAbleActionEnergyEffortPrinciplesSacrificeEssentialsApproachConceptsTraditionEndureIntenseHardestClarityDefinedHeatHardshipDistractionNegativitySelf SacrificeSanskritTapasHardships Of Life Author:Russell Simmons