Quotes about Sacrifice
You often say, "I would give, but only to the deserving." The trees in your orchard say not so, nor the flocks in your pasture. They give that they may live, for to withhold is to perish.
- Khalil Gibran
Adam tried to hide behind the trees in the garden. There is only one tree that can hide us from Him and that is the tree of the cross.
- Vance Havner
But Palm Sunday tells us that ... it is the cross that is the true tree of life.
- Pope Benedict XVI
The man who can look upon a crisis without being willing to offer himself upon the altar of his country is not for public trust.
- Millard Fillmore
Oh that God would humble me deeply in the dust before Him! i deserve Hell every day for not lovingmy Lord more, who has, i trust, loved me and given Himself for me.
- David Brainerd
If we can trust the sufferings of Christ for our sake then we can trust Christ when we suffer for His sake.
- AW Tozer
God's heart calls to our hearts, inviting us to come out of ourselves, to forsake our human certainties, to trust in him and, by following his example, to make ourselves a gift of unbounded love.
- Pope Benedict XVI
We live in an age which must be amused, though genius, feeling, trust, and principle be the sacrifice.
- Hannah More
Peace is not to be purchased by the sacrifice of truth.
- John Calvin
The true follower of Christ will not ask, "If I embrace this truth, what will it cost me?" Rather he will say, "This is truth. God help me to walk in it, let come what may!"
- AW Tozer
There is little place in the political scheme of things for an independent, creative personality, for a fighter. Anyone who takes that role must pay a price.
- Shirley Chisholm
Love your country, not for her power or wealth, but for her selflessness and her idealism.
- Ronald Reagan