“As a husband and as a father of girls, I cannot imagine any woman in my family making the sacrifice of sanity required to run for office. The limited reward for public service cannot blunt the cost.” RunningGirlFatherImagineSacrificeCostHusbandOfficeMy FamilyRewardsSanityPublic ServiceBlunt Author:Mark McKinnon
“Anybody who severs their own Achilles tendon, takes blood thinners to induce a hospital stay , or beats themselves with their fists hurts themselves as much, if not more, than they benefit from the attention they derive from their actions. Con artists usually benefit from misleading others without sacrificing anything themselves. All my girls have sacrificed plenty.” IfsActionArtistGirlHurtAttentionSacrificeBloodBenefitsBeatsPlentyHospitalsFistsMisleadAchillesMy GirlCon Artist Author:Janice Erlbaum
“It may be annoying, but the rash of hijackings by Connecticut WASP girls surely explains the time-consuming - but still somehow completely useless - examination of my personal effects. We all have to make sacrifices for airline safety.” MayStillsGirlSacrificeEffectsSafetyUselessAnnoyingExaminationConsumingAirlineTime ConsumingConnecticutWaspsHijacking Author:Ann Coulter
“I sacrifice in my love life and my social life, but those things will be there in three or four years. This is a really important time in my life. I can't just be the girl who sang 'I Kissed a Girl.' I have to leave a legacy.” YearsI CanImportantGirlThreeSocialFourSacrificeLegacyLove LifeFour YearsSocial Life Author:Katy Perry
“Don't laugh at the spinsters, dear girls, for often very tender, tragic romances are hidden away in the hearts that beat so quietly under the sober gowns, and many silent sacrifices of youth, health, ambition, love itself, make the faded faces beautiful in God's sight. Even the sad, sour sisters should be kindly dealt with, because they have missed the sweetest part of life, if for no other reason.” IfsShouldHeartReasonBeautifulFacesRomanceGirlWomenLaughingSacrificeYouthAmbitionBeatsSightSilentDearTragicSoberSweetestParts Of LifeFadedSourGownsLittle WomenSpinsters Book:Little Women Source: Little Women
“Courage, sacrifice, determination, commitment, toughness, heart, talent, guts. That's what little girls are made of; the heck with sugar and spice.” InspirationalHeartChildrenLittlesMadeGirlCourageSacrificeTalentCommitmentDeterminationAthleteGutsDisabilitySugarSpicesToughnessCourage And DeterminationScrapbookingSugar And Spice Author:Bethany Hamilton
“I think writing about the time in Hermione’s life that I write about – growing from childhood into womanhood, literally, I think it brought back to me how very difficult it is.So much is expected of you as you become a woman, and often you are asked to sacrifice parts of you in becoming a girl, I would say. Hermione doesn’t.” ThinkingWritingGirlDifficultGrowingSacrificeChildhoodBecomingExpectedWomanhoodHermione Author:J. K. Rowling