Quotes about Sacrifice
To do the work of others is slavery. To do the work of God is true liberation.
— Anonymous
Paying the price for your dreams proves you can afford them.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Leadership is an act of submission to God. To be a leader means listening to all kinds of people and situations. Out of that listening, we are hoping to discern the mind of God as best we can. This is the price of leadership - it's an act of sacrifice. So leadership is part and parcel of the work of submission to God.
— Richard Foster
Where are the marks of the cross in your life? Are there any points of identification with your Lord? Alas, too many Christians wear medals but carry no scars
— Vance Havner
When people get caught up with that which is right and they are willing to sacrifice for it, there is no stopping point short of victory.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
God really performs the miracle of multiplying our time, but only if we give it to him first.
— Peter Kreeft
The rich fop Francis of Assisi was bored all his life?until he fell in love with Christ and gave all his stuff away and became the troubadour of Lady Poverty.
— Peter Kreeft
But if he had come down from the Cross, he would have made it impossible for them to believe in him, for he would have substituted sight for faith. That is why he does not take us down from our crosses: so that we do not substitute feelings and experiences for faith. He wants the very best for us, the strongest and most precious gift, and that is faith.
— Peter Kreeft
Marriage is earth's closest image for Heaven because it is all or nothing, forever - a leap of faith.
— Peter Kreeft
So nothing can be ours by right, by nature, or by necessity. But one thing is mine by my free choice: the self I give away in love. This is the thing even God cannot do for me. It really is my choice. God can love, but He cannot compel my free love. If it is compelled, it is not free. If it is free, it is not compelled.
— Peter Kreeft
Dostoyevsky says, "love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared to love in dreams" (The Brothers Karamazov).
— Peter Kreeft
That's why contraception is wrong by nature: it's a limit, a "Wait! Hold! No! Not quite! We won't give each other Everything")
— Peter Kreeft