“Growing up on a farm taught me a reverence for all forms of life. We were a large and poor farm family, so that meant that we had to kill and eat our animal friends. When you do that you are aware of the sacrifice that someone is making so that you may live. My mother always made sure we were thankful for those precious gifts.” MayMadeFormMotherAnimalPoorGrowing UpGrowingSacrificeAtheismTaughtPositive AtheismFarmsReverencePrecious GiftsAnimal Friends Author:Roger Fouts
“'Sacrifice' seems like such a strong word to me because I wouldn't say I've sacrificed anything. If I didn't enjoy what I do, I wouldn't do it. I might have missed out on a few things when I was younger and growing up.” IfsSeemsMightStrongEnjoyGrowing UpGrowingSacrificeStrong Words Author:Liam Tancock
“Our parents deserve our honor and respect for giving us life itself. Beyond this they almost always made countless sacrifices as they cared for and nurtured us through our infancy and childhood, provided us with the necessities of life, and nursed us through physical illnesses and the emotional stresses of growing up.” GivingMadeParentGrowing UpGrowingSacrificeChildhoodEmotionalHonorDeserveStressIllnessInfancyHonor And RespectEmotional Stress Book:Come, Listen to a Prophet's Voice Source: Come, Listen to a Prophet's Voice
“You have to make a lot of sacrifices, and the main thing you have to sacrifice is your privacy. It's funny because when I was growing up, my daddy was and still is an insurance agent in our home town. He couldn't go anywhere without somebody recognizing him or needing something from him.” StillsHomeGrowing UpGrowingSacrificeTownsAgentsPrivacyDaddyRecognizingHome TownInsurance Agent Author:Josh Turner
“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
“Life is full of toil, sacrifice, and pain, and from the time we stop growing, we know that we've begun dying. We watch helplessly as year by year, our bodies age and fail, while our survival instincts compel us to keep on going-which means living with the terrifying knowledge that ultimately death is inescapable.” KnowsYearsMeanBodyAgePainLife IsWatchesGrowingFailingSacrificeDyingSurvivalInstinctToilSurvival Instinct Book:Ghost Story: A Novel of the Dresden Files Source: Ghost Story: A Novel of the Dresden Files
“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