“Find a purpose to serve, not a lifestyle to live.”
— Criss Jami“I guess that’s just part of loving people: You have to give things up. Sometimes you even have to give them up.”
— Lauren Oliver“There are memories that time does not erase... Forever does not make loss forgettable, only bearable.”
— Cassandra Clare“The desire to die was my one and only concern; to it I have sacrificed everything, even death.”
— Emil Cioran“Could a being create the fifty billion galaxieseach with two hundred billion starsthen rejoice in the smell of burning goat flesh?”
— Ron Patterson“Truth often sacrificed for the sake of stability and peace.”
— Toba Beta“Some men can love forever, some for six years, some for six months, and others for six hours.”
— Michael Bassey JohnsonWhat is love, in this world? It is a feeling that makes one vow to live and die for it.
— Jin YongLet us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow.
— A. P. J. Abdul KalamTrue love is when you’re willing to sacrifice everything for that one person.
— Abbi GlinesWhat is to give light must endure burning.
— AeschylusWhen I think about it, I don’t care if I hurt as long as I’m with you.
— Ai YazawaTrue love is sacrificial, it gives without asking for anything in return.
— Aimee Semple McPhersonThe highest road is to be found in love, and it can be reached only by those who would sacrifice everything for the beloved.
— Alan PatonWhen we give someone our time, we actually give a portion of our life that we will never take back.
— Alexander the GreatAcéphale is both a symbol of death and renewal—a sacrifice of form for transcendence.
— Georges BatailleOccasionally, I could see agony in her eyes, the shadows that flickered in the background. If I could, I’d take her pain and make it my own.
— T.J. ForresterToo many people struggled, suffered, and died to make it possible for every American to exercise their right to vote.
— John LewisSome of us gave a little blood for the right to participate in the democratic process.
— John LewisSelfishness is like a disease that suffocates our capacity to love. While love asks us to deny ourselves for the sake of another, selfishness demands we put ourselves first at their expense.
— Stephen KendrickLove asks us to deny ourselves for the sake of another.
— Stephen KendrickNobody knows you as well as your spouse. And that means no one will be quicker to recognize a change when you deliberately start sacrificing your wants to meet your spouse’s needs.
— Stephen KendrickI made sacrifices so that I’m around and not traveling for that [to be with my daughter].
— Teri HatcherYes, it's funny, isn't it? You try to do what's best for the people you love, and you just end up in trouble for your efforts.
— Kirsten MillerTrue love is not just a feeling; it is a choice to serve and sacrifice for another.
— Julie Klassen