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Whatever you do, make it an offering to me -- the food you eat, the sacrifices you make, the help read more
Whatever you do, make it an offering to me -- the food you eat, the sacrifices you make, the help you give, even your suffering.
Sweat plus sacrifice equals success.
Sweat plus sacrifice equals success.
We humans do, when the cause is sufficient, spend our lives. We throw ourselves onto the grenade to save our read more
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.
Too long a sacrifice can make a stone of the heart.
Too long a sacrifice can make a stone of the heart.
The mice which helplessly find themselves between the cats' teeth acquire no merit from their enforced sacrifice.
The mice which helplessly find themselves between the cats' teeth acquire no merit from their enforced sacrifice.
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.
As soon as sacrifice becomes a duty and necessity to mankind. I see no limit to the horizon which opens read more
As soon as sacrifice becomes a duty and necessity to mankind. I see no limit to the horizon which opens before him.
One-half of knowing what you want is knowing what you must give up before you get it.
One-half of knowing what you want is knowing what you must give up before you get it.
No sacrifice short of individual liberty, individual self-respect, and individual enterprise is too great a price to pay for permanent read more
No sacrifice short of individual liberty, individual self-respect, and individual enterprise is too great a price to pay for permanent peace.