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“I am very proud of my mom and consider her the most courageous woman I know. With perseverance, sacrifice and hard work, she raised a family of Olympic athletes and gave us the tools and the spirit to succeed. That is something that my brothers and I will always be thankful for.”

“I never saw love as luck, as that gift from the gods which put everything else in place, and allowed you to succeed. No, I saw love as reward. One could find it only after one's virtue, or one's courage, or self-sacrifice, or generosity, or loss, has succeeded in stirring the power of creation.”

Love Self Loss Virtue Saws Sacrifice Creation Succeed Luck Rewards Generosity Stirring Self Sacrifice

Book:Harlot's Ghost: A Novel

Source: Harlot's Ghost: A Novel

“Only by acknowledging the success and sacrifice made by those who came before us, can we fully understand what we must do to ensure the liberty of those who will succeed us.”

Made Liberty Sacrifice Succeed Those Who Came Before Us

Author:Yvette Clarke

“A small knowledge of human nature will convince us, that, with far the greatest part of mankind, interest is the governing principle... Few men are capable of making a continual sacrifice of all views of private interest, or advantage, to the common good. It is vain to exclaim against the depravity of human nature on this account; the fact is so, the experience of every age and nation has proved it and we must in a great measure, change the constitution of man, before we can make it otherwise. No institution, not built on the presumptive truth of these maxims can succeed.”

“If after all your efforts you cannot succeed, you could not please our Lord more than by sacrificing to Him your will, and remaining in tranquility, humility, and devotion, entirely conformed and submissive to His divine will and good pleasure.”

Source: Letters to Persons in the World

“People ask why there are so few female artists who succeed. It's because women are not ready to sacrifice as much as men. Women want a man, they want a family, they want to have children, they want to be loved, and to be an artist. And they can't; it's impossible.”

People Men Want Children Artist Asks Impossible Sacrifice Ready Succeed Female Men Women Not Ready Women Want Female Artists

Author:Marina Abramovic

“Admittedly, we must move ahead with the development of our land resources. Likewise, our technology must be refined. But in the long run life will succeed only in a life-giving environment, and we can no longer afford unnecessary sacrifices of living space and natural landscape to 'progress.'”

Giving Long Running Moving Natural Space Technology Environment Progress Sacrifice Land Development Succeed Resources Landscape Long Runs Unnecessary Refined Moving Ahead

Author:Stewart Udall

“Everyone wants to win. But to truly succeed - whether it is at a sport or at your job or in life - you have to be willing to do the hard work, overcome the challenges, and make the sacrifices it takes to be the best at what you do.”

Want Hard Jobs Winning Sports Challenges Sacrifice Willing Hard Work Succeed Overcoming Being The Best

Book:My Fight / Your Fight

Source: My Fight / Your Fight

“Most of the time you will fail, but you will also occasionally succeed. Those occasional successes make all the hard work and sacrifice worthwhile.”

Hard Failing Sacrifice Hard Work Succeed Worthwhile Occasional

Author:Dean Kamen

“How do we in the African American community build a culture in which we are saying to our kids, "Here's what it takes to succeed. Here's the sacrifices you need to make to be able to get ahead. Here's how we support each other. Here's how we look out for each other."”

Needs Looks Kids Able Culture Community Support Sacrifice Succeed African American Get Ahead

Author:Barack Obama

“I first became interested in Ho Chi Minh in 1964-1965 while I was stationed at the U.S. Embassy in South Vietnam as a foreign service officer with the Department of State. The government in Saigon was at the point of collapse and the [Lyndon] Johnson administration was preparing to send U.S. combat troops to prevent a communist victory there. I became convinced that the U.S. effort would not succeed because of the lack of conviction in the Saigon government compared to the discipline and sense of self-sacrifice among the Viet Cong.”

“It is only by enlarging the scope of one’s tastes and one’s fantasies, by sacrificing everything to pleasure, that the unfortunate individual called Man, thrown despite himself into this sad world, can succeed in gathering a few roses among life’s thorns”

Men World Individual Pleasure Fantasy Sacrifice Taste Succeed Rose Despite Thrown Unfortunate Gathering Scope Thorns Sad World Sacrificing Everything

Author:Marquis de Sade

“No revolution succeeds without sacrifice.”

Sacrifice Revolution Succeed Without Sacrifice

Book:September Morning

Source: September Morning

“No idea can succeed except at the expense of sacrifice; no one ever escapes without enduring strain from the struggle of life.”

Ideas Struggle Sacrifice Succeed Endure No Idea Expenses Strain Life Struggle Without Sacrifice

Author:Ernest Renan