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- 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
- Climate Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
Public discourse about climate change has resulted in the erroneous idea that it's all about cost, burden and sacrifice. If the math was correct, everyone would see it's about profit, jobs and competitive advantage.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
In marriage, you sacrifice the adrenaline rush of seeing someone new for the comfort of being with someone who knows everything about you and loves you anyway.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is important for me that a certain depth and variety of both exist next to each other. I am very careful not to sacrifice the one for the other.
- Ascetic
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- Nov 07, 2020
The student who deceives himself into thinking that he is giving his life like an ascetic in the spirit of sacrifice for art, is the victim of a deplorable species of egotism.
- Gratitude
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- Nov 07, 2020
America's fighting men and women sacrifice much to ensure that our great nation stays free. We owe a debt of gratitude to the soldiers that have paid the ultimate price for this cause, as well as for those who are blessed enough to return from the battlefield unscathed.
- Peace
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would sacrifice peace in order to win sovereignty for Bosnia, but for that peace in Bosnia, I would not sacrifice sovereignty.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the end, will truth matter? Of course truth will matter. Truth isn't relative. But there's going to be a great sacrifice on the way to getting truth to matter to us again, to finding out why it does, and God knows what shape that sacrifice will take.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am not going to disconnect from Bollywood or sacrifice my career in the industry for international projects. Everything began here, and I respect that.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
How happy had it been for me had I been slain in the battle. It had been far more noble to have died the victim of the enemy than fall a sacrifice to the rage of my friends.
- Knowledge
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's only one effectively redemptive sacrifice, the sacrifice of self-will to make room for the knowledge of God.
- Effort
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- Nov 07, 2020
It does take a lot of effort to perform, playing for England. It's a huge amount of sacrifice to do and one day I might just wake up and say 'you know what, I'm done with it.'
- Giving
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- Nov 07, 2020
I see the Jedi mission as giving up a normal life in exchange for protecting the innocent. It's a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a certain degree of sterility.
- Democracy
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- Nov 07, 2020