“Being an entrepreneur does require a lot of sacrifice of your personal time and personal hobbies and things that you enjoy. At least for the period of high growth that you experience at the beginning of a company's life cycle, you have to be ready to make a lot of time sacrifices and personal sacrifice.” DoeEnjoyGrowthCompanySacrificeReadyPeriodsEntrepreneurCyclesHobbiesPersonal SacrificePersonal Time Author:Anousheh Ansari
“The work that leads to a doctor's degree is a constant temptation to sacrifice one's growth as a man to one's growth as a specialist.” MenGrowthSacrificeDegreesDoctorsConstantTemptationSpecialists Author:William James
“The romance of circumvention is one of the most destructive forces at work in our society. The American Idol freeway to greatness, Instagramming one's way into popular consciousness with selfies of our ass folds beneath short shorts, human growth hormone and performance-enhancing drugs for athletes, Adderall for the idle mind, reality television that sacrifices our dignity for fifteen lousy minutes.” WayMindHumansRealityRomanceForceGrowthConsciousnessSacrificeMinutesGreatnessTelevisionDrugDignityPerformancesAthleteAssDestructiveOur SocietyIdolsFifteenIdleFoldsHormonesShortsAmerican IdolFreewaysReality TelevisionPerformance Enhancing DrugsGrowth HormonesShort ShortsAdderall Author:Daniel Gillies
“I wish I was a despot that I might save the noble, the beautiful trees that are daily falling sacrifice to the cupidity of their owners, or the necessity of the poor. The unnecessary felling of a tree, perhaps the growth of centuries, seems to me a crime little short of murder.” LittlesSeemsMightBeautifulFallWishGrowthPoorSacrificeTreeCenturyCrimeMurderNobleOwnersUnnecessaryDespotsBeautiful Trees Author:Thomas Jefferson
“Hard work, sacrifice and focus will never show up in tests.” HardShowsGrowthChangeFocusSacrificeHard WorkTestsStarting Anew Author:Lance Armstrong
“Leaders establish the vision for the future and set the strategy for getting there; they cause change. They motivate and inspire others to go in the right direction and they, along with everyone else, sacrifice to get there.” MotivationCausesGrowthChangeLeaderVisionSacrificeInspireStrategyRight DirectionInspire OthersStarting Anew Author:John P. Kotter