“I'm sure everyone feels sorry for the individual who has fallen by the wayside or who can't keep up in our competitive society, but my own compassion goes beyond that to those millions of unsung men and women, who get up every morning, send the kids to school, go to work, try to keep up the payments on their house, pay exorbitant taxes to make possible compassion for the less fortunate, and as a result have to sacrifice many of their own desires and dreams and hopes. Government owes them something better than always finding a new way to make them share the fruit of their toils with others.” MenWayFeelsTryingDreamGovernmentKidsSchoolDesireHouseIndividualMy OwnResultsPayCompassionMorningMillionsSacrificeShareTaxesFindingsMen And WomenFruitSorryGet UpFortunateFallenEvery MorningNew WaysToilPaymentSomething BetterLess Fortunate Author:Ronald Reagan
“We should also give students more flexibility in the courses they take in high school to prepare them for whatever their goals may be, without sacrificing our rigorous academic standards.” GivingShouldMaySchoolCoursesGoalEducationSacrificeStudentsStandardsHigh SchoolAcademicFlexibilityAcademic Standards Author:Rick Perry
“Many schools today are sacrificing social studies, the arts and physical education so children can cover basic subjects like math, English and science.” ChildrenArtTodaySchoolSocialStudySacrificeSubjectsMathSocial StudiesPhysical Education Author:Geoffrey Canada
“... the school should be an appendage of the family state, and modeled on its primary principle, which is, to train the ignorant and weak by self-sacrificing labor and love; and to bestow the most on the weakest, the most undeveloped, and the most sinful.” ShouldSelfStatesSchoolPrinciplesSacrificeLaborWeakAnd LoveTrainIgnorantPrimaries Author:Catharine Beecher
“One of the things I know about my family, my generation, and my ethic background is that we put in work and I'm not just talking about just to eat. You have to think about the civil rights movement, they were putting in work; marching, walking miles and miles, sacrificing, getting on the bus, feeding one another, they had schools, voter registration, they were working! They were hard workers so my advice is to work.” ThinkingKnowsHardSchoolTalkingRightsGenerationsSacrificeAdviceMovementHard WorkWalkingEthicsMy FamilyWorkersMilesBackgroundsCivil RightsVotersBusFeedingCivil Rights MovementMy GenerationHard WorkerRegistrationVoter Registration Author:Eric Thomas
“Doctors and lawyers must go to school for years and years, often with little sleep and with great sacrifice to their first wives.” YearsFirstsLittlesSchoolSleepWifeSacrificeDoctorsLawyerGreat Sacrifice Author:Roy Blount, Jr.
“Persistence is important in every endeavor. Whether it's finishing your homework, completing school, working late to finish a project, or "finishing the drill" in sports, winners persist to the point of sacrifice in order to achieve their goals.” ImportantSchoolOrderSportsGoalSacrificeAchieveProjectsLateWinnerPersistenceEndeavorPersistFinishingHomeworkDrillsCompletingWorking Late Author:Leon F. "Lee" Ellis
“My life and the life of my family has been completely disrupted in absolutely every way by starting the school-prayer case. But it's been worth it. It's uncovered a vast cesspool of illegitimate economic and political power in which the Church is immersed right up to its ears, and I intend to dive in headfirst and pull it out of there dripping wet for all the world to see -no matter how long it takes, no matter whose feet get stepped on in the process, no matter how much it costs, no matter how great the personal sacrifice.” WorldWayLongHas BeensMatterSchoolPoliticalProcessChurchPrayerCasesSacrificeFeetEconomicCostMy FamilyEarsStartingWetWorth ItPolitical PowerDrippingPersonal Sacrifice Author:Madalyn Murray O'Hair
“I was raised by a single mom who had to put herself through school while looking after two kids. And she worked hard every day and made a lot of sacrifices to make sure we got everything we needed. My grandmother, she started off as a secretary in a bank. She never got a college education, even though she was smart as a whip. And she worked her way up to become a vice president of a local bank, but she hit the glass ceiling. She trained people who would end up becoming her bosses during the course of her career.” PeopleWayMadeTwoEndsHardKidsSchoolCoursesPresidentCareersSacrificeCollegeMomBecomingNeededSmartRaisedGlassesVicesLocalsGrandmotherBossSecretaryMy GrandmotherCeilingsWhipsVice PresidentSingle MomCollege EducationGlass Ceiling Author:Barack Obama
“Work hard and follow your dreams. I work nine and a half hours a day, five days a week; it's a lot of hard work and sacrifices, but in the end, it all comes out to be worth it. If you want to get a head-start into the entertainment business, get into a performing arts school or start performing in a theater because that's one of the main places that agents and managers look for talent.” ArtDreamSchoolHoursSacrificeWeekTalentHard WorkPerformingWorth ItFollow Your DreamsPerforming Arts Author:Lizzy Greene
“I am the first one in my family to go to college and I felt a great responsibility when I was at school, because my family was making so many sacrifices for me to be there. I was raised by a single mother, my grandmother got on the plane and helped me move to New York and moved me into the dorm. It was just a big moment, and, yes, it was my dream to be an actress, but also I didn't want to let them down.” MomentsDreamSchoolMovingMotherResponsibilitySacrificeCollegeMy FamilyMovedGrandmotherMy GrandmotherSingle MotherGreat Responsibility Author:Jessica Chastain
“Sacrifice is a part of life. It’s supposed to be. It’s not something to regret. It’s something to aspire to. Little sacrifices. Big sacrifices. A mother works so her son can go to school. A daughter moves home to take care of her sick father.” LittlesHomeBigsCareSchoolMovingMotherFatherSacrificeSonRegretDaughterSickTake CareSupposed To BeAspireParts Of Life Author:Mitch Albom
“...fairness," he said, "does not govern life and death. if it did, no good person would ever die." "Strangers," the Blue Man said, "are just family you have yet to come to know." "sacrifice is a part of life. it is supposed to be. it's not something to regret. it's something to aspire to. little sacrifices. big sacrifices. a mother works so her son can go to school. a daughter moves home to take care of her sick father. Sometimes when you sacrifice something precious, you're not really losing it. you're just passing it on to someone else.” IfsKnowsMenLittlesPersonsDoeSaidSometimesHomeBigsCareSchoolMovingMotherDiesFatherSacrificeSonRegretLosingDaughterSickBlueStrangerTake CarePassingPassingsSupposed To BeLife And DeathFairnessAspireGood PersonParts Of LifePassing It Author:Mitch Albom
“Today at school I will learn to read at once; then tomorrow I will begin to write, and the day after tomorrow to cipher. Then with my acquirements I will earn a great deal of money, and with the first money I have in my pocket I will immediately buy for my papa a beautiful new cloth coat. But what am I saying? Cloth, indeed! It shall be all made of gold and silver, and it shall have diamond buttons. That poor man really deserves it; for to buy me books and to have me taught he has remained in his shirt sleeves... And in this cold! It is only fathers who are capable of such sacrifices!” MenWritingFirstsMadeBookTodaySchoolBeautifulFatherPoorDealsSacrificeTaughtColdTomorrowCapableDeserveGoldShirtsPocketsSilverDiamondButtonsCoatsSleevesPoor ManFather And SonPapaGold And SilverCiphers Author:Carlo Collodi
“When test scores go up, we should worry, because of how poor a measure they are of what matters, and what you typically sacrifice in a desperate effort to raise scores.” ShouldMatterSchoolPoorEffortWorrySacrificeTestsRaisesDesperateScoreWhat MattersTest Scores Author:Alfie Kohn