Quotes about Sacrifice
I never thought it would be easy to serve God," she said. "I just didn't think it would be this hard.
— Frank Herbert
Sacrifice is the very essence of religion; ... Without sacrifice there is no true worship of God.
— Gordon Hinckley
All things that God would have us do are hard for us to do--remember that--and hence, he oftener commands us than endeavours to persuade.
— Herman Melville
Struck dead by an angel of God! Yet the angel must hang!
— Herman Melville
Do you feel more loved when God makes much of you or do you feel more loved when God at the cost of His Son allows you to make much of Him?
— John Piper
Faith is not the price that buys God's blessing, it is the hand that receives His blessing. The price was paid for us by Jesus Christ on the cross
— Joyce Meyer
When we're not following God's will, our sacrifices aren't acceptable to Him. What God wants most is for us to be broken before Him, walk with Him, know Him, and obey Him.
— Sarah Sundin
The perfect surrender and humiliation were undergone by Christ: perfect because He was God, surrender and humiliation because He was man.
— CS Lewis
Why do bad things happen to good people? That only happened once and He volunteered.
— RC Sproul
When people were hungry, Jesus didn't say, "Now is that political or social?" He said, "I feed you." Because the good news to a hungry person is bread.
— Desmond Tutu
Capitalism is based on individual rights - not on the sacrifice of the individual to the 'public good' of the collective.
— Ayn Rand
No one whose first concern is feeling good can be a disciple. We are called to carry a cross and to glorify God.
— Elisabeth Elliot