Best sacrifice & noble Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“Unity and self-sacrifice, of themselves, even when fostered by the most noble means, produce a facility for hating. Even when men league themselves mightily together to promote tolerance and peace on earth, they are likely to be violently intolerant toward those not of a like mind.”

Men Mind Mean Self Earth Together Hate Sacrifice Produce Unity Noble Tolerance League Facility Peace On Earth Self Sacrifice

Book:THE TRUE BELIEVER

Source: THE TRUE BELIEVER

“The weak are not a noble breed. Their sublime deeds of faith, daring, and self-sacrifice usually spring from questionable motives. The weak hate not wickedness but weakness; and one instance of their hatred of weakness is hatred of self. All the passionate pursuits of the weak are in some degree a striving to escape, blur, or disguise an unwanted self. It is a striving shot through with malice, envy, self-deception, and a host of petty impulses; yet it often culminates in superb achievements.”

Source: The Ordeal of Change

“In short, the Gaon was a one-sided, severe ascetic, and would never have deserved the title of a good father, a good husband, an amiable man ... [T]here is no occasion at all for pitying Mrs. Gaon. ... Saints are happy in their suffering, and noble souls find their happiness in sacrificing themselves for these sufferers.”

Men Soul Suffering Father Sacrifice Husband Saint Noble Occasions Titles Annoying Severe Sufferers Amiable One Sided Good Father Good Husband

Author:Solomon Schechter

“It is for us to discharge the high duties that devolve on us, and carry our race onward. To be no better, no wiser, no greater than the past is to be little and foolish and bad; it is to misapply noble means, to sacrifice glorious opportunities for the performance of sublime deeds, to become cumberers of the ground.”

Mean Littles Past Opportunity Race Greater Progress Sacrifice Duty Performances Deeds Noble Foolish Glorious Wiser Sublime Discharge

Book:Selections from the writings and speeches of William Lloyd Garrison: With an appendix ...

Source: Selections from the writings and speeches of William Lloyd Garrison: With an appendix ...

“I never know why self-sacrifice is noble. Why is it better to sacrifice oneself than someone else?”

Knows Self Sacrifice Oneself Noble Self Sacrifice

Book:Mother and Son

Source: Mother and Son

“Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.”

Consciousness Sacrifice Deeds Noble Sentimental Good Deeds Compensation Alliances

Author:Otto von Bismarck

“You are so to put forth the power that God has given you; you are so to give, and sacrifice to give, as to earn the eulogium pronounced on the woman, "She hath done what she could." Do it now. It is not a safe thing to leave a generous feeling to the cooling influences of a cold world. If you intend to do a mean thing, wait till tomorrow; if you are to do a noble thing, do it now,--now!”

Ifs World Giving Mean Done Feelings Given Waiting Sacrifice Influence Cold Tomorrow Safe Noble Generous Benevolence Cooling Cold World

Author:Thomas Guthrie

“A noble purpose inspires sacrifice, stimulates innovation and encourages perseverance.”

Purpose Sacrifice Inspire Innovation Perseverance Noble

Book:What Matters Now: How to Win in a World of Relentless Change, Ferocious Competition, and Unstoppable Innovation

Source: What Matters Now: How to Win in a World of Relentless Change, Ferocious Competition, and Unstoppable Innovation

“'I believe, Mr. Snitchey,' said Alfred, 'there are quiet victories and struggles, great sacrifices of self, and noble acts of heroism, in it - even in many of its apparent lightnesses and contradictions - not the less difficult to achieve, because they have no earthly chronicle or audience - done every day in nooks and corners, and in little households, and in men's and women's hearts - any one of which might reconcile the sternest man to such a world, and fill him with belief and hope in it.”

Source: The Complete Works of Charles Dickens: A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Books

“Many of us, whether in the jungles of Asia or on the streets of Chicago, had discovered that noble causes can lead to ignoble actions and that we were capable of sacrificing honor to a sense of efficacy.”

War Action Causes Sacrifice Streets Honor Capable Noble Chicago Asia Jungle Vietnam War Efficacy Ignoble Noble Causes

Book:Blind Trust

Source: Blind Trust

“An ideal sanctified by the sacrifices of such master spirits as Lenin cannot go in vain, the noble example of their renunciation will be emblazoned for ever and quicken and purify the ideal as time passes.”

Spirit Sacrifice Example Masters Ideals Noble Vain Renunciation Time Passes

Book:The Essential Writings

Source: The Essential Writings

“How difficult the task to quench the fire and the pride of private ambition, and to sacrifice ourselves and all our hopes and expectations to the public weal! How few have souls capable of so noble an undertaking!”

Soul Difficult Fire Sacrifice Pride Ambition Capable Expectations Tasks Noble Undertakings Quench Hopes And Expectations

Book:Letters of Mrs. Adams: the wife of John Adams

Source: Letters of Mrs. Adams: the wife of John Adams

“I want our enemies to understand that don't think that their violent acts are going to cause this president to leave before the job is done. And I want our troops to understand we respect them and that the sacrifices they make are noble and necessary for peace.”

Thinking Want Done Jobs Causes President Enemy Sacrifice Noble Violent Troops Our Troops Violent Acts

Author:George W. Bush

“Sometimes the enormity of war overwhelms the truth that all great struggles are just the sum of individual stories. Each is more than just the story of one soldier's service and sacrifice. Their service ripples across their families, friends and their communities. Memorial Day reminds us it is the noble sacrifice of many that makes us who we are.”

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Author:James Carafano

“Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action. . . . . . . Prayer is the first and the last lesson in learning the noble and brave art of sacrificing self in the various walks of life culminating in the defence of one's nation's liberty and honour.”

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Author:Mahatma Gandhi

“Everyone knows the beautiful story of Abraham and the sacrifice of Isaac. How this noble father led his child to the slaughter; how Isaac meekly submitted; how the farce went on till the lad was bound and laid on the altar, and how God then stopped the murder, and blessed the intending murderer for his willingness to commit the crime.”

Knows Children Stories Beautiful Father Sacrifice Crime Murder Blessed Bounds Noble Commit Willingness Murderer Altars Abraham Slaughter Lad Isaac Farce

Book:The Theosophical Writings of Annie Besant

Source: The Theosophical Writings of Annie Besant

“The noble title of "dissident" must be earned rather than claimed; it connotes sacrifice and risk rather than mere disagreement.”

Risk Sacrifice Mere Noble Titles Disagreement Dissidents

Book:Letters to a Young Contrarian

Source: Letters to a Young Contrarian

“In a culture where profit has become the true God, self-sacrifice can seem incomprehensible rather than noble.”

Self Seems Culture Sacrifice Profit Noble Self Sacrifice True God

Author:Starhawk

“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.”

Littles Seems Might Beautiful Fall Wish Growth Poor Sacrifice Tree Century Crime Murder Noble Owners Unnecessary Despots Beautiful Trees

Author:Thomas Jefferson

“There's no guarantee that justice will win out or that a noble sacrifice will make any difference. But when it does, there's something that still swells my chest. There's magic in that.... It tells me that's the way things are supposed to be.”

Way Doe Stills Winning Differences Justice Magic Sacrifice Noble Supposed To Be Guarantees Chests Guarantees That

Book:Beyond The Shadows: Book 3 of the Night Angel

Source: Beyond The Shadows: Book 3 of the Night Angel

“She pictured herself running from a hoard of ravenous zombies on a hot day eventually collapsing from heatstroke and getting devoured. Then she imagined Hal giving a rousing eulogy at her funeral explaining how Kendra's death was a beautiful sacrifice allowing the noble zombies to live on delighting future generations by mindlessly trying to eat them. With her luck it could totally happen.”

Giving Trying Happens Running Beautiful Generations Sacrifice Hot Luck Noble Allowing Funeral Zombie Explaining Future Generation Eulogy Hot Days

Author:Brandon Mull

“Han?” “Yeah, sweetie.” “How do you teach a man not to be a noble, long-suffering, self-sacrificing idiot?” “I don’t know, sweetie. Mostly I shoot them.” “I’ll consider that.”

Knows Men Long Self Suffering Teach Sacrifice Yeah Noble Idiot Long Suffering

Author:Troy Denning

“It is these undeniable qualities of human love and compassion and self-sacrifice that give me hope for the future. We are, indeed, often cruel and evil. Nobody can deny this. We gang up on each one another, we torture each other, with words as well as deeds, we fight, we kill. But we are also capable of the most noble, generous, and heroic behavior.”

“I have full confidence in your courage and devotion to duty and skill in battle. We will accept nothing less than full Victory! Good luck! And let us beseech the blessing of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking.”

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