Quotes about Sacrifice

We are not our own, therefore let us forget ourselves and our own interests as far as possible.

For even if the Word in his immeasurable essence united with the nature with the nature of man into one person, we do not imagine that he was confined therein. Here is something marvelous: the Son of God descended from heaven in such a way that, without leaving heaven, he willed to be borne in the virgin's womb, to go about earth, and to hang upon the cross; yet he continuously filled the world even as he had done from the beginning.

God for our sake is willing to stoop down and, by such a wonderfully gentle and intimate invitation, entice us to him, so that we may rest safely and quietly under his protection.

First, I give my gracious God an entire sacrifice of body and soul, with my most humble thanks for that assurance which His Blessed Spirit imprints in me now of the Salvation of the one, and the Resurrection of the other;

Christianity is neither a system of ideas nor of morality but a way, a way of life.

The true neighbor will risk his position, his prestige, and even his life for the welfare of others.

The world says you gain your life by getting more and more and more and more, but Jesus says, 'No, that leads to death. You get it back by giving it away and when you give it away you get it back.'

We give our dead To the orchards And the groves. We give our dead To life.

It is easy to turn our religious life into a cathedral for beautiful memories, but there are feet to be washed . . .

Surrender . . .sacrificing my life or suffering in order to change what needs to be changed

To be able to proclaim the Good News to the poor we must know what is poverty.

Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion.