Quotes about Sacrifice
If you have not discovered something you are willing to die for, then you are not fit to live.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Nothing worthwhile is gained without sacrifice.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Every time I look at the cross I am reminded of the greatness of God and the redemptive power of Jesus Christ. I am reminded of the beauty of sacrificial love and the majesty of unswerving devotion to truth.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. The true neighbor will risk his position, his prestige, and even his life for the welfare of others. In dangerous valleys and hazardous pathways, he will lift some bruised and beaten brother to a higher and more noble life.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
It is not enough to say, 'We must not wage war.' It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it. We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war, but on the positive affirmation of peace.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
But the judgement of God is upon the church as never before. If today's church does not recapture the sacrificial spirit of the early church, it will lose its authenticity, forfeit the loyalty of millions, and be dismissed as an irrelevant social club with no meaning for the twentieth century. Every day I meet young people whose disappointment with the church has turned into outright disgust.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
If a man has not discovered something that he could die for, he's not fit to live.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Use me God. Show me how to take who I am, who I want to be, and what I can do, and use it for a purpose greater than myself.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Let us develop a kind of dangerous unselfishness.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
The end of life is not to be happy nor to achieve pleasure and avoid pain, but to do the will of God, come what may.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
John Bunyan: "I will stay in jail to the end of my days before I make a butchery of my conscience.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
If a man has not discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.