SACRIFICE

Related Subjects: Asceticism, Devotion, Hero, Martyrdom, Self-Denial, Worship

1. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friend.—Bible, John 14:13
   

2. It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known.—DICKENS, A Tale of Two Cities
   

3. The value of a sentiment is the amount of sacrifice you are prepared to make for it.—GALSWORTHY, Windows
   

4. We can offer up much in the large, but to make sacrifices in little things is what we are seldom equal to.—GOETHE
   

5. I am completely opposed to the idea of one generation sacrificing itself to those following it. History has always shown that to be a fool's bargain.—JULES ROMAINS, I Believe
   

6. Our virtues are dearer to us the more we have had to suffer for them. It is the same with our children. All profound affection admits a sacrifice.—VAUVENARGUES
   

7. Too long a sacrifice
   Can make a stone of the heart.—W. B. YEATS, Easter, 1916