“To act well in this world, one must sacrifice all personal desires. The people who become missionaries of religious thought have no other Fatherland than this thought. Man is not on Earth merely to be happy, nor even simply to be honest. He is here to realize great things for humanity, to attain nobility, and to surmount the vulgarity of nearly every individual.” PeopleMenWorldWellsEarthDesireHumanityIndividualRealizingReligiousSacrificeHonestThis WorldGreat ThingsBeing HonestNobilityVulgarityFatherlandPersonal Desire Author:Ernest Renan
“I regard the state of which I am a citizen as a public utility, like the organization that supplies me with water, gas, and electricity. I feel that it is my civic duty to pay my taxes as well as my other bills, and that it is my moral duty to make an honest declaration of my income to the income tax authorities. But I do not feel that I and my fellow citizens have a religious duty to sacrifice our lives in war on behalf of our own state, and, a fortiori, I do not feel that we have an obligation or a right to kill and maim citizens of other states or to devastate their land.” FeelsWellsWarStatesWaterReligiousPayMoralOur LivesSacrificeLandHonestDutyCitizensTaxesAuthorityOrganizationRegardFellowsBillsIncomeObligationGasElectricityDeclarationBehalfUtilityCivicsSuppliesIncome TaxCivic DutyMoral Duty Author:Arnold J. Toynbee
“I think it's a sacrifice that you have to make, because you lay yourself open for people to accuse and disrespect you. But it's worth it. It's worth it because not too many people are too honest anymore.” PeopleThinkingSacrificeHonestLaysWorth ItDisrespect Author:Ronnie Radke
“Reality has taught us that no woman can build an honest life without sacrificing something along the way. Deciding what will be sacrificed is not easy.” WayRealityEasySacrificeHonestTaughtTaught Us Author:Elizabeth Gilbert
“Be honest about what you can get. To make a sacrifice and to get what you want you need to be very certain. In other words: always think about your objective, have a clear goal and commit to it from the heart.” ThinkingWantNeedsHeartCertainGoalClearSacrificeHonestWhat You WantCommitObjectivesBeing HonestClear Goals Author:Sophia Loren
“I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you're trying to accomplish and what you're willing to sacrifice to accomplish it.” PeopleTryingBelieveI CanUseMotivationalFoundSacrificeHonestFrontsHonestyWillingAccomplishTechniqueBeing HonestTeamworkHonest TruthHonesty And IntegrityHonest PeopleHonesty Inspirational Author:Lee Iacocca
“To me love is passionate, it is honest, and it is selfless. Love is willing to completely give up your life for someone, to make sacrifices and put them first.” GivingFirstsLove IsSacrificeHonestWillingGiving UpPassionateSelflessSelfless Love Author:Benjamin Stone
“Meaning can be usually be approximated, but often by sacrificing style. When I review my translations into Spanish, that's what I'm most concerned with, reading the sentences aloud in Spanish to make sure they sound the way I want them to. To be honest, I much prefer being translated into Greek or Japanese; in those cases, you have no way of being involved, and no pressure.” WayWantReadingSoundCasesSacrificeHonestStyleInvolvedConcernedPressureSentencesBeing HonestGreekReviewsTranslationsNo Pressure Author:Daniel Alarcon
“One of the things I love most about Martin Luther King is that he was willing to sacrifice his popularity in favor of his integrity. He was an honest man, and he would tell the truth.” MenSacrificeHonestWillingKingsIntegrityFavorsTelling The TruthPopularityLutherHonest ManThings I Love Author:Cornel West
“Kids tell me all the time, "I don't know how you do it, but that's us in the book." That's the kind of response you want, and I can't sacrifice it for the sake of somebody worried about censorship. You have to find a way to be truthful and honest.” KnowsWayWantKindI CanBookKidsKnow HowSacrificeHonestResponseSakeWorriedCensorshipTruthfulBeing Truthful Author:Robert Cormier
“Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take with you nothing that you have received - only what you have given: a full heart, enriched by honest service, love, sacrifice and courage.” HeartEarthRememberGivenCourageSacrificeHonestHelping OthersVolunteerInsperationalVolunteerismInspirational VolunteerLove SacrificeFull Hearts Author:Francis of Assisi
“When we are really honest with ourselves we must admit that our lives are all that really belong to us, so it is how we use our lives that determines what kind of men we are. It is my deepest belief that only by giving life do we find life, that the truest act courage, the strongest act of manliness is to sacrifice ourselves for others in a totally non-violent struggle for justice. To be a man is to suffer for others, God help us to be men.” MenGivingKindHelpingUseSufferingBeliefJusticeStruggleOur LivesSacrificeHonestDetermineViolentStrongestBe A ManTruestGod HelpManlinessNon ViolentGod Help Us Book:The Words of César Chávez Source: The Words of César Chávez