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.

Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.

Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.

Too long a sacrifice can make a stone of the heart.

Too long a sacrifice can make a stone of the heart.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

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.