Sacrifice Quotes — Page 31

LM

Author

“The city has to do what any citizen or family does, when you have a dream. You tighten your belt. You sacrifice some luxuries. Above all, you don't waste a dime.”

Dream Cities Sacrifice

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Marcel Proust

Novelist

“The artist who gives up an hour of work for an hour of conversation with a friend knows that he is sacrificing a reality for something that does not exist.”

Reality Giving Up Sacrifice

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Isaac Watts

Hymn Writer, Poet

“Not all the blood of beasts On Jewish altars slain, Could give the guilty conscience peace, Or wash away the stain: But Christ, the heav'nly Lamb, Takes all our sins away, A sacrifice of nobler nam' And richer blood than they.”

Blood Sacrifice Friday

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Harrison Salisbury

Journalist

“The clash between the aspirations of the people for a better life and the insistence of their rulers on building a powerful state, regardless of human sacrifice, runs through the whole of Russian history”

Running Powerful Sacrifice

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Nikos Kazantzakis

Novelist, Playwright

“Free yourself from one passion to be dominated by another and nobler one. But is not that, too, a form of slavery? To sacrifice oneself to an idea, to a race, to God? Or does it mean that the higher the model the longer the longer the tether of our slavery?”

Mean Passion Sacrifice

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Leo Tolstoy

Novelist, Philosopher

“I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. I wanted excitement and danger and the chance to sacrifice myself for my love.”

Sacrifice Chance Movement

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George Orwell

Writer, Journalist

“[T]he more one is conscious of one's political bias, the more chance one has of acting politically without sacrificing one's aesthetic and intellectual integrity.”

Political Sacrifice Integrity

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George Washington

Military Leader, Politician

“A small knowledge of human nature will convince us, that, with far the greatest part of mankind, interest is the governing principle... Few men are capable of making a continual sacrifice of all views of private interest, or advantage, to the common good. It is vain to exclaim against the depravity of human nature on this account; the fact is so, the experience of every age and nation has proved it and we must in a great measure, change the constitution of man, before we can make it otherwise. No institution, not built on the presumptive truth of these maxims can succeed.”

Men Views Sacrifice

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Frederick Douglass

Social Reformer, Writer

“If we ever get free from all the oppressions and wrongs heaped upon us, we must pay for their removal. We must do this by labor, by suffering, by sacrifice, and, if needs be, by our lives, and the lives of others.”

Needs Suffering Sacrifice

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Jerry Brown

Politician

“Several unions have agreed to larger employee contributions for their members. Taxpayers are living with cuts and making sacrifices to deal with the reality of California's budget crisis, state workers are going to have to do the same.”

Reality Cutting Sacrifice

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Joe Barton

Politician

“Our flag honors those who have fought to protect it, and is a reminder of the sacrifice of our nation's founders and heroes. As the ultimate icon of America's storied history, the Stars and Stripes represents the very best of this nation.”

Stars Hero Sacrifice

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Mark Lawrence

Author

“Anything that you cannot sacrifice pins you. Makes you predictable, makes you weak.”

Sacrifice Weak Pins

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