Quotes about Sake
The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of good life.
— Aristotle
To enjoy worship for its own sake, or simply out of a cultural appreciation of the 'performance' (whether of Byrd or heavy rock), would be like Moses coming upon the burning bush and deciding to cook his lunch on it.
— NT Wright
For My own sake, My very own sake, I will act; for how can I let Myself be defamed? I will not yield My glory to another.
— Isaiah 48:11
So now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of Your servant. For Your sake, O Lord, cause Your face to shine upon Your desolate sanctuary.
— Daniel 9:17
For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles...
— Ephesians 3:1
When he [Christ] says 'Forgive your enemies', it is not for the sake of the enemy but for one's own sake that he says so, and because Love is more beautiful than Hate.
— Oscar Wilde
O Lord, listen! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, hear and act! For Your sake, O my God, do not delay, because Your city and Your people bear Your name.”
— Daniel 9:19
Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?
— Matthew 15:3
Only God is to be loved for His own sake. Everything else is to be loved for God's sake.
— Peter Kreeft
The world looks for happiness through self-assertion. The Christian knows that joy is found in self-abandonment. 'If a man will let himself be lost for My sake,' Jesus said, 'he will find his true self.
— Elisabeth Elliot
Let all things be loved for the sake of Jesus, but Jesus for His own sake.
— Thomas a Kempis
It [covetousness] is a sin against God, just as all mortal sins, in as much as man condemns things eternal for the sake of temporal things.
— St. Thomas Aquinas