Quotes on “sacrifice”

As my sufferings mounted I soon realized that there were two ways in which I could respond to my situation -- either to react with bitterness or seek to transform the suffering into a creative force. I decided to follow the latter course.

Find a purpose to serve, not a lifestyle to live.

Life is funny. Things change, people change, but you will always be you, so stay true to yourself and never sacrifice who you are for anyone.

It's not hard to decide what you want your life to be about. What's hard, she said, is figuring out what you're willing to give up in order to do the things you really care about.

The best use of life is love. The best expression of love is time. The best time to love is now.

Real magic can never be made by offering someone else's liver. You must tear out your own, and not expect to get it back.

Love without sacrifice is like theft

Sacrifice is a part of life. It's supposed to be. It's not something to regret. It's something to aspire to.

The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: 'If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?' But...the good Samaritan reversed the question: 'If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?

I guess that’s just part of loving people: You have to give things up. Sometimes you even have to give them up.

The really important kind of freedom involves attention, and awareness, and discipline, and effort, and being able truly to care about other people and to sacrifice for them, over and over, in myriad petty little unsexy ways, every day.