Famous Quotes & Sayings

Aime Cesaire

Reason, I sacrifice you to the evening breeze.

William Shakespeare

Words, vows, gifts, tears, and love's full sacrifice, He offers in another's enterprise; But more in Troilus thousand-fold I see Than in the glass of Pandar's praise may be, Yet hold I off.

Bill Moyers

I report the assault on nature evidenced in coal mining that tears the tops off mountains and dumps them into rivers, sacrificing the health and lives of those in the river valleys to short-term profit, and I see a link between that process and the stock-market frenzy which scorns long-term investments-genuine savings-in favor of quick turnovers and speculative bubbles whose inevitable bursting leaves insiders with stuffed pockets and millions of small stockholders, pensioners, and employees out of work, out of luck, and out of hope.

Benjamin Robbins Curtis

He who is unconscious of the ties which connect him with every individual of his species feels no obligation to make sacrifices for their welfare or happiness.

Aaliyah

I don't feel I made any sacrifices at all. I'm doing my best to juggle.

Aaliyah

I don't want to abandon one work for the other, and I don't think I need to sacrifice anything to put my all into either one of them.

Joseph Campbell

When you make a sacrifice in marriage, you're sacrificing not to each other but to unity in a relationship.

Dorothy Canfield Fisher

Taking somebody's sacrifices is like taking counterfeit money. You're only the poorer.

Dorothy Day

Our rule is the works of mercy... It is the way of sacrifice, worship, a sense of reverence.

Donald Miller

It wasn't necessary to win for the story to be great, it was only necessary to sacrifice everything.

Dalai Lama

Many Tibetans sacrifice their lives.

Dalai Lama

In order to become prosperous, a person must initially work very hard, so he or she has to sacrifice a lot of leisure time.

Dalai Lama

Man sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health.

Joan Chen

I'm being more selective. I don't think I've made any sacrifices or anything.

Ivy Compton-Burnett

I never know why self-sacrifice is noble. Why is it better to sacrifice oneself than someone else?

Ingvar Kamprad

Ten minutes are not just one-sixth of your hourly pay; ten minutes is a piece of yourself. Divide yourself into ten units and sacrifice as few of them as possible in meaningless activities. Most things still remain to be done.

J. C. Ryle

There is a common, worldly kind of Christianity in this day, which many have, and think they have enough-a cheap Christianity which offends nobody, and requires no sacrifice-which costs nothing, and is worth nothing.

J. C. Ryle

Never let us be guilty of sacrificing any portion of truth on the altar of peace.

Isaac Watts

Forbid it Lord that I should boast, save in the death of Christ, my God: All the vain things that charm me most, I sacrifice them to his blood.

Hannah More

we live in an age which must be amused, though genius, feeling, trust, and principle be the sacrifice.

Harold MacMillan

History is apt to judge harshly those who sacrifice tomorrow for today.

Gwen Stefani

Sometimes you have to sacrifice your performance for high heels.

They sacrificed a lot for us down the stretch. There was a lot of selflessness on this team.

Orson Scott Card

Nature can't evolve a species that hasn't the will to survive. Individuals might be bred to sacrifice themselves, but the race as a whole can never cease to exist.

Robert Kiyosaki

You get rich because you do things most people will not do. Success requires sacrifice. You must be willing to make those sacrifices.

Robert Kiyosaki

Success takes an investment in time, dedication, and sacrifice. This is true education. It is a process.

Robert Kiyosaki

What are you doing this weekend to improve your financial situation? Sacrifice made today goes a long way for a better tomorrow.

Robert Kiyosaki

Don't sacrifice your spirit for wealth. Grow your wealth by first growing your spirit.

Everything eaten is killed. Every meal is a sacrifice.

the sacrifice of not only the servicemen but also the whole country.

Gerald R. Ford

The old question still remains: Can a free people restrain crime without sacrificing fundamental liberties and a heritage of compassion?

Glenn Close

I've been sacrificing my life for my work for 30 years, and now I want it the other way around. I want to find work that fits into my life and that would be based here.

Sacrifice? ... At this time, there is none.