Sacrifice Quotes

• Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.

  Napoleon Hill

  Love, Inspirational, Family

  Napoleon Hill (2008). “The Law of Success: The Master Wealth-Builder's Complete and Original Lesson Plan forAchieving Your Dreams”, p.273, Penguin

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• If you really love one another, you will not be able to avoid making sacrifices.

  Mother Teresa

  Relationship, Able, Love One Another

  Mother Teresa (1996). “In My Own Words”

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• Everything eaten is killed. Every meal is a sacrifice.

  Adi Da

  Meals

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• Sacrifice is a demonstration of pure love.

  M. Russell Ballard

  Demonstration, Pure Love, Pure

  M. Russell Ballard (2001). “When Thou Art Converted: Continuing Our Search for Happiness”, Deseret Book Company

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• The greatest sacrifice is the sacrifice of time.

  Antiphon

  Time

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• Our god is the thing, or person, which we think most precious, for whom we would make the greatest sacrifice, and who moves our heart with the warmest love. He is the person or thing that if lost would leave us desolate.

  Alan Redpath

  Moving, Heart, Thinking

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• The pain of sacrificing our old selves is nothing compared to the joy of Christ living in us in our transformed lives.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Life, Pain, Self

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• I do not believe that I'm sacrificing, in fact I feel very uneasy when others used the word sacrifice to describe my life. It sounds like I'm demanding returns for my investments. I chose to walk on this journey, because I solely believed in it and wholeheartedly decided to do so, and I'm willing and able to pay for the consequences.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Believe, Journey, Sound

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• No man achieves great success who is unwilling to make personal sacrifices.

  Napoleon Hill

  Men, Achieve, Great Success

  Napoleon Hill (2008). “The Law of Success: The Master Wealth-Builder's Complete and Original Lesson Plan forAchieving Your Dreams”, p.313, Penguin

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• Love is not a feeling of happiness. Love is a willingness to sacrifice.

  Michael Novak

  Love, Happiness, Feelings

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  What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.

  Albert Pike

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Albert Pike (1899). “Ex Corde Locutiones...: Words from the Heart Spoken of His Dead Brethren...”

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• I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.

  Winston Churchill

  Determination, Military, War

  Speech in House of Commons, 13 May 1940

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• 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.

  Gaylord Nelson

  Grandchildren, Men, Afterlife

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• In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Motivational, Success, Giving Up

  Henry Ward Beecher, Edna Dean Proctor (1858). “Life Thoughts: Gathered from the Extemporaneous Discourses of Henry Ward Beecher”, p.19

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• Effective leaders sacrifice much that is good in order to dedicate themselves to what is best

  John C. Maxwell

  Order, Leader

  John C. Maxwell (2007). “The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership Workbook: Revised and Updated”, p.193, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• It is impossible to love deeply without sacrifice.

  Elisabeth Elliot

  Deep Love, Impossible, Without Sacrifice

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• Love between man and woman cannot be built without sacrifices and self-denial.

  Pope John Paul II

  Men, Self, Denial

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• Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness - great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.

  Jim Rohn

  Responsibility, Greatness, Joy

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Jun 06, 2015

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• To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.

  Steve Prefontaine

  Inspirational, Motivational, Leadership

  "Pre: Americas Greatest Running Legend, Steve Prefontaine". Book by Tom Jordan, 1977.

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• The Christian faith is meant to be lived moment by moment. It isn't some broad, general outline--it's a long walk with a real Person. Details count: passing thoughts, small sacrifices, a few encouraging words, little acts of kindness, brief victories over nagging sins.

  Joni Eareckson Tada

  Christian, Kindness, Real

  Joni Eareckson Tada (2011). “Glorious Intruder: God's Presence in Life's Chaos”, p.217, Multnomah

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• For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice - no paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service.

  John Burroughs

  Love, Life, Motivational

  John Burroughs, Charlotte Zoë Walker (2001). “The Art of Seeing Things: Essays”, p.239, Syracuse University Press

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• Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Change, Work, Struggle

  Martin Luther King (Jr.), Alex Ayres (1993). “The Wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr”, Plume

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• A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Friday, Jesus, Easter

  Mahatma Gandhi (2007). “Gandhi on Non-Violence”, p.47, New Directions Publishing

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• Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Happiness, Good Man, Civility

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.2581, Delphi Classics

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• When I hear from people that religion doesn't hurt anything, I say really? Well besides wars, the crusades, the inquisitions, 9-11, ethnic cleansing, the suppression of women, the suppression of homosexuals, fatwas, honor killings, suicide bombings, arranged marriages to minors, human sacrifice, burning witches, and systematic sex with children, I have a few little quibbles. And I forgot blowing up girl schools in Afghanistan.

  Bill Maher

  Girl, Suicide, Hurt

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