Quotes about Sacrifice

How sad it is! murmured Dorian Gray with his eyes still fixed upon his own portrait. How sad it is! I shall grow old, and horrible, and dreadful. But this picture will remain always young. It will never be older than this particular day of June.... If it were only the other way! If it were I who was to be always young, and the picture that was to grow old! For that--for that--I would give everything! Yes, there is nothing in the whole world I would not give! I would give my soul for that!

People are fond of giving away what they need most themselves.

Christian spiritual formation rests on this indispensable foundation of death to self and cannot proceed except insofar as that foundation is being firmly laid and sustained.

Christ was not crucified so that we wouldn't have to be. He was crucified so we could be crucified with him.

They spend their whole earthly existence trying to save, enhance, and enrich their lives. And what happens? They lose the most important things in their life: an intimate relationship with God and with others.

Humility leads to perfect death. Humility means the giving up of self and the taking of the place of perfect nothingness before.

Jesus understood the great significance of images. He intentionally selected an image that would brilliantly convey himself and his message: the cross. The cross represents the lostness of man, as well as the sacrifice of God and the abandonment to God that brings redemption.

Love is something that has three essential characteristics: 1.) Love arises in people whose lives are already marked by certain qualities of the whole self, chief of which are faith in our all-sufficient God and joyful embracing of death to self. 2.) Love involves an orientation of the whole self toward what is good and right. 3.) Love has amazing, supernatural power for good as it indwells the individual.

From Jesus' perspective, there is no greater calling than to be a servant.

We must put all our desires on the cross.

Crucifixion is an interesting thing. It is hard to do by yourself. In fact, it is impossible.

This is the essence of the death-to-self life: that we should no longer live for ourselves, but for him who died for us and rose again.