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  • Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.

    Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.2581, Delphi Classics
  • One can never tell what will be the result of faithful service rendered, nor do we know when it will come back to us or to those with whom we are associated. The reward may not come at the time, but in dividends later. I believe we will never lose anything in life by giving service, by making sacrifices, and doing the right thing.

  • Life must be lived as play, playing certain games, making sacrifices, singing and dancing, and then a man will be able to propitiate the gods.

    Life   Sacrifice   Men  
  • Man surprised me most about humanity.Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health.And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived.

  • 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.

  • Man sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health.

    Sacrifice   Men   Order  
  • When I took over, the economy had almost collapsed. I told Malawians we needed to pass through difficult times. Two days ago I even cut my own salary by 30% to show we are making sacrifices.

    Cutting   Sacrifice   Two  
  • In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.

    Henry Ward Beecher, Edna Dean Proctor (1858). “Life Thoughts: Gathered from the Extemporaneous Discourses of Henry Ward Beecher”, p.19
  • Lend sat up,craning his neck to see down my shirt,which I hurriedly pushed back into place. Last time I checked, you couldn't see souls.He shrugged,an exaggerated look of innocence on his face. Still,it wouldn't hurt for me to try,would it?You have got to be the most sefless boyfriend alive.Like I said,anything worthwhile is worth making sacrifices for.Speaking of which,weren't you going to give me a tongue demonstration?

    Hurt   Sacrifice   Giving  
  • In olden times sacrifices were made at the altar - a practice which is still continued.

  • I learned that a real friendship is not about what you can get, but what you can give. Real friendship is about making sacrifices and investing in people to help them improve their lives.

    Real   Sacrifice   People  
  • Too long a sacrifice can make a stone of the heart. O when may it suffice?

    "Easter 1916" l. 57 (1921)
  • Nothing so much enhances a good as to make sacrifices for it.

    George Santayana (2012). “The Sense of Beauty”, p.70, Courier Corporation
  • Faith is about what you do. It's about aspiring to be better and nobler and kinder than you are. It's about making sacrifices for the good of others-- even when there's not going to be anyone telling you what a hero you are.

    Jim Butcher (2010). “Changes: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.167, Penguin
  • But there were some things I believed in. Some things I had faith in. And faith isn't about perfect attendance to services, or how much money you put on the little plate. It isn't about going skyclad to the Holy Rites, or meditating each day upon the divine. Faith is about what you do. It's about aspiring to be better and nobler and kinder than you are. It's about making sacrifices for the good of others - even when there's not going to be anyone telling you what a hero you are.

    Jim Butcher (2010). “Changes: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.167, Penguin
  • Instead of this fruitless debate about having it all, men and women should focus on what make us happy. Instead of comparing our lives with people we don't know who are making sacrifices we don't see, we should try to find the right balance between home and work life.

    Home   Sacrifice   Men  
    "Men don't have it all either" by LZ Granderson, www.cnn.com. March 13, 2013.
  • By dint of making sacrifices, a man grows interested in the person who exacts them. Great ladies, like courtesans, know this truth by instinct.

  • If you really love one another, you will not be able to avoid making sacrifices.

    Mother Teresa (1996). “In My Own Words”
  • Win or lose you will never regret working hard, making sacrifices, being disciplined or focusing too much. Success is measured by what we have done to prepare for competition.

    Success   Sports   Regret  
  • My diet is much better. I eat what I have to. The older you get, the better you get at making sacrifices.

    "Usain Bolt talks secret post-season parties, fame and the fear of losing". Interview with Alastair Campbell, www.gq-magazine.co.uk. August 15, 2016.
  • When you make the sacrifice in marriage, you're sacrificing not to each other but to unity in a relationship.

    Joseph Campbell, Bill Moyers (2011). “The Power of Myth”, p.7, Anchor
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