Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Stephens

Time, Kate was learning, was like a river. You might put up obstacles, even divert it briefly, but the river had a will of it's own. It wanted to flow a certain way. You had to force it to change. You had to be willing to sacrifice.

John Stott

God sacrifices himself for man and puts himself where only man deserves to be.

Mark Driscoll

Worship is living our life individually and corporately as continuous living sacrifices to the glory of a person or thing.

Theodore Parker

Let others laugh when you sacrifice desire to duty, if they will. You have time and eternity to rejoice in.

Theodore Roosevelt

If there is one tendency of the day which more than any other is unhealthy and undesirable, it is the tendency to deify mere "smartness," unaccompanied by a sense of moral accountability. We shall never make our republic what it should be until as a people we thoroughly understand and put in practice the doctrine that success is abhorrent if attained by the sacrifice of the fundamental principles of morality.

Theodore Roosevelt

With great victory comes great sacrifice.

Theodor Adorno

All testify to the coercion and sacrifice which culture imposes on man. To rely on them and deny the decline is to become even more firmly caught in its fatal coils.

Michael Lewis

Everywhere you turn you see Americans sacrifice their long-term interests for a short-term reward.

Maureen Dowd

The Obamas, especially Michelle, have radiated the sense that Americans do not appreciate what they sacrifice by living in a gilded cage. They've forgotten Rule No. 1 of politics: No one sheds tears for anyone lucky enough to live at the White House.

Tom Lehrer

And we will all go together when we go. What a comforting fact that is to know. Universal bereavement, An inspiring achievement, Yes, we will all go together when we go.

Smiley Blanton

Life is all one piece. Men err when they think they can be inhuman exploiters in their business life, and loving husbands and fathers at home. For achievement without love is a cold and tight-lipped murderer of human happiness everywhere.