Quotes about Sacrifice
Being a mother is the hardest job on earth.
— Oprah Winfrey
To die in the act of killing is, in essence, to die defeated.
— Mahatma Gandhi
Death is the operative device that sets us free in Christ - when we die, we truly live.
— Tullian Tchividjian
To die with glory, if one has to die at all, is still, I think, pain for the dier.
— Euripides
If Thy dear home be fuller, Lord, For that a little emptierMy house on earth, what rich rewardsThat guerdon were.
— Amy Carmichael
Intend to live in continual mortification, and never to expect or desire any worldly ease or pleasure.
— Jonathan Edwards
A soul who loves Jesus Christ desires to be treated the way Christ was treated-desires to be poor, despised, and humiliated.
— Alphonsus Liguori
Happiness can be defined, in part at least, as the fruit of the desire and ability to sacrifice what we want now for what we want eventually.
— Stephen Covey
Every act of will is an act of self-limitation. To desire action is to desire limitation. In that sense, every act is an act of self-sacrifice. When you choose anything, you reject everything else.
— GK Chesterton
It is only by frequent deaths of ourselves and our self-centered desires that we can come to live more fully.
— Mother Teresa
Discipleship is crucial to our ultimate destiny, but its cost is total commitment.
— David Jeremiah
For many, living a Christlike life every day may be even more difficult than laying down one's life.
— James Faust