- Nov 07, 2020
Sacrifice Quotes
On what people give up, and why they say it was worth it.
These quotes treat sacrifice as an actual cost rather than a slogan — a senator weighing public office against motherhood, a conductor who traded certain career opportunities for time, and a musician calling his commitment to a cause a small sacrifice by comparison. Related reading: Anmol Vachan.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every day, hundreds of millions of people stab themselves, bleed, and then offer, like a sacrifice, to the glucose monitor they're carrying with them. It's such a bad user interface that even though in the medium-term it's life or death for these people, hundreds of millions of people don't engage in this user interface.
- Effort
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- Nov 07, 2020
If we cannot by reason, by influence, by example, by strenuous effort, and by personal sacrifice, mend the bad places of civilization, we certainly cannot do it by force.
- Nov 07, 2020
Look at the world, all the suffering... Being under house arrest is the least I can sacrifice.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
Thank God there has been no recurrence of 9/11. It is not because of luck - it is because of mass sacrifice and effort.
- Greatest
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- Nov 07, 2020
The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness.
- Lose
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- Nov 07, 2020
Without an understanding of history, we are politically, culturally and socially impoverished. If we sacrifice history to economic pressures or to budget cuts, we will lose a part of who we are.
- Amazing Things
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you're challenged to the extreme, you learn so much about yourself. And when you're willing to give that ultimate sacrifice, when you're willing to tackle a job or a task or a mission head-on and give 100%, you can achieve amazing things because you're almost fearless.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
The hardest part about this business is being away from the kids. But what I hope to teach him - and what I hope to teach all kids that are kind of looking at this - is that to achieve anything, it takes a lot of sacrifice.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
The great question, is there anything at all which is worth fighting such a war about, with the devastating loss it will bring? I believe yes, there are some freedoms which to sacrifice would be EVEN worse.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think there's no sacrifice too great for family, whether it's career, singing, whatever.
- Personality
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- Nov 07, 2020
It sounds maybe a little old fashioned, but the parts I want to play and I do play, you don't want to inject too much of your own personality. What you sacrifice then is a slight mystery.
- Nov 07, 2020
If you win without sacrifice you enjoy it but it's more satisfying when you have struggled.
- Patience
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- Nov 07, 2020
Opera is complex for those who perform it, but also for those who listen to it. It takes more time, more patience and more spirit of sacrifice. All this is well worth it because opera offers such deep sensations that they will remain in a heart for a lifetime.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020