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“Even more real than the disaster that has befallen our brothers and sisters must be our own willingness to sacrifice and help with the healing.”

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Author:Debra L. Lee

“The essence of patriotism lies in a willingness to sacrifice for one's country, just as true greatness finds expression, not in blessings enjoyed, but in good bestowed.”

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Book:The Life and Speeches of Hon. Wm. Jennings Bryan

Source: The Life and Speeches of Hon. Wm. Jennings Bryan

“Of all ennobling sentiments, patriotism may be the most easily manipulated. On the one hand, it gives powerful expression to what is best in a nation's character: a commitment to principle, a willingness to sacrifice, a devotion to the community by the choice of the individual. But among its toxic fruits are intolerance, belligerence and blind obedience, perhaps because it blooms most luxuriantly during times of war.”

“The blind willingness to sacrifice people to truth, however, has always been the danger of an ethics abstracted from life.”

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Author:Carol Gilligan

“Apology calls for a willingness to sacrifice on behalf of the wronged party and the inherent value of the relationship, not for what it brings to you but for what you can bring to it.”

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Author:John Kador

“Sacrifice really means giving up something good for something better.”

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Book:The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness

Source: The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness

“The willingness of America's veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude.”

“Love is not a feeling of happiness. Love is a willingness to sacrifice.”

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Author:Michael Novak

“Sometimes when you sacrifice something precious, you're not really losing it. You're just passing it on to someone else.”

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Author:Mitch Albom

“I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.”

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Author:Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

“These observations tie in directly with the whole question of organizing. Why do we have leaders? We put some people out in the fields and all of a sudden they hit, they click. Everyone's happy with them and they begin to move mountains. With other people there are problems and heartaches. They just don't go. When we look and see what's happening, almost invariably the differences are along the lines of willingness to sacrifice and work long hours.”

“Farm workers everywhere are angry and worried that we cannot win without violence. We have proved it before through persistence, hard work, faith and willingness to sacrifice. We can win and keep our own self-respect and build a great union that will secure the spirit of all people if we do it through a re-dedication and re-commitment to the struggle for justice through non-violence.”

“The ultimate test of a man's conscience may be his willingness to sacrifice something today for future generations whose words of thanks will not be heard.”