We humans do, when the cause is sufficient, spend our lives. We throw ourselves onto the grenade to save our buddies in the foxhole. We rise out of the trenches and charge the entreched enemy and die like maggots under a blowtorch. We strap bombs on our bodies and blow ourselves up in the midst of our enemies. We are, when the cause is sufficient, insane.
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The key to faith is what we are willing to sacrifice to obtain it.
The key to faith is what we are willing to sacrifice to obtain it.
Too long a sacrifice can make a stone of the heart.
Too long a sacrifice can make a stone of the heart.
Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies.
Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies.
No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt.
No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt.
To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else.
To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else.
Sacrifices are concerned with the feelings of devotion and longing.
Sacrifices are concerned with the feelings of devotion and longing.
Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater read more
Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and a much more perfect purity of conscience.
Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.
Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.
There are plenty of teams in every sport that have great players andnever win titles. Most of the time, those read more
There are plenty of teams in every sport that have great players andnever win titles. Most of the time, those players aren't willing tosacrifice for the greater good of the team. The funny thing is, inthe end, their unwillingness to sacrifice only makes individualgoals more difficult to achieve. One thing I believe to the fullestis that if you think and achieve as a team, the individual accoladeswill take care of themselves. Talent wins games, but teamwork andintelligence win championships.
