Quotes about Sacrifice

Carton left him there; but lingered after a little distance, and turned back to the gate again when it was shut, and touched it. He had heard of her going to the prison every day. 'She came out here,' he said, looking about him, 'turned this way, must have trod on these stones often. Let me follow in her footsteps.

When he grew tall enough to peep through the keyhole of the great lock of the main door, he had divers times set down his father's dinner, or supper, to get on as it might on the outer side thereof, while he stood taking cold in one eye by dint of peeping at her through that airy perspective.

Little Dorrit was late on the Monday morning, for her father slept late, and afterwards there was his breakfast to prepare and his room to arrange. She had no engagement to go out to work, however, and therefore stayed with him until, with Maggy's help, she had put everything right about him, and had seen him off upon his morning walk (of twenty yards or so) to the coffee-house to read the paper.

Went down into a modest life of usefulness and happiness. Went down to give a mother's care, in the fulness of time, to Fanny's neglected children no less than to their own, and to leave that lady going into Society for ever and a day.

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.

Gerçek sevginin ne oldu?unu anlatay?m sana," dedi. "Körü körüne ba?lanmak, kendini hiç sorgusuz a?a??latmakt?r. Kar??ndakine yüzde yüz boyun e?mek; kendi akl?na, tüm dünyan?n uyar?lar?na kar?? ona güvenmek, benli?ini cellat?n?n eline hiç esirgemeden vermektir. Benim yapt???m gibi!

although Sydney Carton would never be a lion, he was an amazingly good jackal,

If God has fit you to be a missionary, I would not have you shrivel down to be a king.

You think it more difficult to turn air into wine than to turn wine into blood?

Redemption does not come so easily, for no one can ever pay enough to live forever and never see the grave.

What if we individually and collectively committed ourselves to the one thing that is needful—to replicating the loving sacrifice of Calvary to all people, at all times, in all places, regardless of their circumstances or merit? What if we just did the kingdom?

God took on our humanity, our sin, and the just punishment that sin deserves, dying a God-forsaken, hellish death on the cross, because only this could rescue us from our self-chosen destruction. God expresses unsurpassable love for us and ascribes unsurpassable worth to us by sacrificing the One who has unsurpassable value on our behalf!