“If the title of a great man ought to be reserved for him who cannot be charged with an indiscretion or a vice, who spent his life in establishing the independence, the glory and durable prosperity of his country; who succeeded in all that he undertook, and whose successes were never won at the expense of justice, integrity, or by the sacrifice of a single principle--this title will not be denied to Washington.” IfsMenCountryJusticePrinciplesSacrificeGreatnessOughtIntegrityGloryIndependenceProsperityVicesTitlesGreat MenExpensesDeniedReserved Book:The Life of George Washington by Jared Sparks Source: The Life of George Washington by Jared Sparks
“In the first centuries of Christianity the hungry were fed at a personal sacrifice, the naked were clothed at a personal sacrifice, the homeless were sheltered at a personal sacrifice... And the pagans used to say about the Christians, "See how they love each other." In our own day the poor are no longer fed, clothed, and sheltered at a personal sacrifice, but at the expense of the taxpayers. And because of this the pagans say about the Christians, "See how they pass the buck."” FirstsChristianUsedPoorChristianitySacrificeCenturyHungryNakedFedsExpensesHomelessTaxpayersBucksPaganLove Each OtherPersonal Sacrifice Author:Peter Maurin
“War-making is one of the few activities that people are not supposed to view 'realistically'; that is, with an eye to expense and practical outcome. In all-out war, expenditure is all-out, unprudent – war being defined as an emergency in which no sacrifice is excessive.” PeopleWarEyePeaceViewsSacrificeActivityPracticalsDefinedOutcomesExpensesAntiwarEmergenciesUbuntuExpendituresPeace Not War Author:Susan Sontag
“Grudge no expense - yield to no opposition - forget fatigue - till, by the strength of prayer and sacrifice, the spirit of love shall have overcome .” SpiritPrayerForgetSacrificeOvercomingOppositionExpensesYieldFatigueGrudgeCritical Spirit Author:Maria Weston Chapman
“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