“One does not structure the church to meet the felt needs and desires of the tares. The purpose of corporate assembly, which has its roots in the Old Testament, is for the people of God to come together corporately to offer their sacrifices of praise and worship to God. So the first rule of worship is that it be designed for believers to worship God in a way that pleases God.” PeopleWayNeedsFirstsDoeTogetherDesirePurposeFeltChurchSacrificePleaseOffersWorshipRootsPraiseStructureBelieverCorporateTestamentAssemblyOld TestamentWorship GodPraise And Worship Author:R. C. Sproul
“We can smile, breathe, walk, and eat our meals in a way that allows us to be in touch with the abundance of happiness that is available. We are very good at preparing to live, but not very good at living. We know how to sacrifice ten years for a diploma, and we are willing to work very hard to get a job, a car, a house, and so on. But we have difficulty remembering that we are alive in the present moment, the only moment there is for us to be alive. Every breath we take, every step we make, can be filled with peace, joy, and serenity. We need only to be awake, alive in the present moment.” KnowsWayNeedsYearsHardMomentsJobsRememberHappinessJoyHouseWalksStepsKnow HowAliveSacrificeCarWillingTenYogaDifficultyBreathsFilledVery GoodAvailableBreatheAwakeningAwakeMealsAbundancePresent MomentSerenityPreparingLive In The PresentEvery StepDiplomaPeace Is Every Step Author:Nhat Hanh
“Nothing is gained except by sacrifice.... Do not degrade it to the level of the brutes.... Make yourselves decent men! ... Be chaste and pure! ... There is no other way. Did Christ find any other way?” MenWayJesusChristLevelsSacrificePureDecentBrutesDegradeChasteDecent Man Book:The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
“God dwells in you, as you, and you don't have to 'do' anything to be God-realized or Self-realized, it is already your true and natural state. Just drop all seeking, turn your attention inward, and sacrifice your ego mind to the One Self radiating in the Heart of your very being. For this to be your own presently lived experience, Self-Inquiry Meditation is a direct and immediate way.” WayMindHeartSelfStatesTurnsNaturalAttentionMeditationSacrificeEgoDirectSeekingInwardInquiry Author:Ramana Maharshi
“It is in a way a mystery that, instead of demanding that their governments give primary attention to their own needs and aspirations, most of the citizens of big counties-those, that is, that have the status of being "powers" in the world-far from being self-centered or materialistic as they are commonly credited with being, the ordinary citizen and his elected representative all too often turn out to be romantics, ready and eager to sacrifice programs of health, education and welfare for the power and pride of the nation.” WorldWayNeedsGivingSelfBigsGovernmentTurnsNationsAttentionSacrificeMysteryReadyPrideCitizensOrdinaryProgramEducationalPrimariesWelfareAspirationRepresentativesSelf CenteredCountyMaterialisticOrdinary CitizensHealth EducationBeing Self Centered Author:J. William Fulbright
“This operation is not being planned with any alternatives. This operation is planned as a victory, and that's the way it's going to be. We're going down there, and we're throwing everything we have into it, and we're going to make it a success.” WaySacrificeVictoryAlternativesOperationsThrowingInvasionGhettoD Day Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower
“Jesus' life and words are a challenge at the same time that they are Good News. They are a challenge to those of us who are poor and oppressed. By His life He is calling us to give ourselves to others, to sacrifice for those who suffer, to share our lives with our brothers and sisters who are also oppressed. He is calling us to "hunger and thirst after justice" in the same way that we hunger and thirst after food and water: that is, by putting our yearning into practice.” WayGivingActionSufferingJesusWaterChallengesJusticePoorPracticeOur LivesSacrificeShareBrotherCallingNewsHungerYearningOppressedThirstBrothers And SistersGood NewsHunger And Thirst Author:Cesar Chavez
“it is clearly evident that our path travels through a valley of teas well known to all farm workers, because in all valleys the way of the farm worker has bene one of sacrifice for generations. Our sweat and our blood have fallen on this land to make other men rich. This Pilgrimage is a witness to the suffering we have seen for generations.” MenWayWellsSufferingKnownPathRichGenerationsSacrificeBloodLandWorkersWitnessTeaFallenFarmsValleysSweatEvidentWell KnownPilgrimage Author:Cesar Chavez
“The poor, you know, have a way of solving problems...they have a tremendous capacity for suffering. And so when you build a vehicle to get something done, as we've done here in the strike and the boycott, then they continue to suffer - and maybe a little bit more - but the suffering becomes less important because they see a chance of progress; sometimes progress itself. They've been suffering all their live.s It's a question of suffering with some kind of hope now. That's better than suffering with no hope at all.” KnowsWayKindLittlesImportantSometimesDoneProblemSufferingBitsChancePoorProgressSacrificeLittle BitCapacityStrikesVehicleProblem SolvingNo HopeBoycott Author:Cesar Chavez
“Recognize in this bread what hung on the cross, and in this chalice what flowed from His side... whatever was in many and varied ways announced beforehand in the sacrifices of the Old Testament pertains to this one sacrifice which is revealed in the New Testament.” WaySidesSacrificeCrossesBreadHungCommunionTestamentSacramentsNew TestamentOld TestamentEucharistBlessed SacramentHoly CommunionHoly EucharistChaliceHoly Mass Author:Saint Augustine
“The Christian, the Mohammedan, the Jew - their emphasis is on the second: to die as soon as possible, to surrender to God. Prayer is their way. Prayer means dying, dying and disappearing as a person, becoming part of the universal, a surrender, a trust in God. The whole emphasis is on how to surrender your ego, sacrifice your ego, at the altar of the divine.” WayMeanPersonsWholeChristianDiesPrayerSacrificeDyingDivineBecomingEgoUniversalJewDisappearSurrenderTrust In GodEmphasisAltarsPraying To GodGod PrayerSurrender To God Author:Rajneesh
“The United States and the freedom for which it stands, the freedom for which they died, must endure and prosper. Their lives remind us that freedom is not bought cheaply. It has a cost; it imposes a burden. And just as they whom we commemorate were willing to sacrifice, so too must we - in a less final, less heroic way - be willing to give of ourselves.” WayGivingStatesUnitedUnited StatesSacrificeWillingCostDiedEndureFinalsBurdenPresidentialHeroicMemorialMemorial Day Book:Ronald Reagan Source: Ronald Reagan
“Collectivism holds that the individual has no rights, that his life and work belong to the group (to "society," to the tribe, the state, the nation) and that the group may sacrifice him at its own whim to its own interests. The only way to implement a doctrine of that kind is by means of brute force - and statism has always been the poltical corollary of collectivism.” WayKindMayMeanStatesIndividualForceNationsInterestLibertyRightsSacrificeGroupsSocietyEconomicEconomicsDoctrineTribesBrutesWhimCollectivismBrute Force Book:The Virtue of Selfishness Source: The Virtue of Selfishness
“I would step in the way of a bullet if it were aimed at my husband. It is not self-sacrifice to die protecting that which you value: If the value is great enough, you do not care to exist without it.” IfsWayLoveSelfEnoughCareValuesDiesStepsSacrificeHusbandMy HusbandBulletsSelf Sacrifice Author:Ayn Rand
“I think enormous harm is done by religion - not just in the name of religion, but actually by religion. ... Many people do simply awful things out of sincere religious belief, not using religion as a cover the way that Saddam Hussein may have done, but really because they believe that this is what God wants them to do, going all the way back to Abraham being willing to sacrifice Isaac because God told him to do that. Putting God ahead of humanity is a terrible thing.” PeopleThinkingWayWantBelieveMayDoneReligionHumanityNamesBeliefReligiousSacrificeAtheismWillingTerribleHarmEnormousAwfulSincereSaddamHusseinTerrible ThingsAbrahamReligious BeliefIsaac Author:Steven Weinberg