#sacr

The sin of quick anger is an idol of the heart that is not dying to our own rights. ↗

— Ron Pearce

#rights #self-sacrifice #temper #anger

When analytic thought, the knife, is applied to experience, something is always killed in the process. ↗

— Robert M. Pirsig

#sacrifice #though #art

The best use of life is love. The best expression of love is time. The best time to love is now. ↗

— Rick Warren

#love #sacrifice #the-purpose-driven-life #time #life

The word that best sums up this team is sacrifice. ↗

— Hugh Douglas

#sacrifice #sums #team #up #word

What?" I asked uneasily. "Why are you looking at me like that?" He shook his head, the smile rueful now. "Because sometimes, a person can get so caught up in the details that they miss the whole. It's not just the dress or the hair. It's YOU. You're beautiful. So beautiful, it hurts me. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#beauty

Artemis looked at Holly and felt a tremendous affection for her... he could properly appreciate how fierce and beautiful his best friend was... She is truly magical, thought Artemis. Perhaps her qualities are more obvious to me now that I have decided to sacrifice myself. ↗

— Eoin Colfer

#holly #sacrifice #beauty

Above all we must not wish to cling to our suffering. Suffering surely deepens us and enhances our person, but we must not desire to become a deeper self than God wills. To suffer no longer can be a beautiful, perhaps the ultimate sacrifice. ↗

— Hans Urs von Balthasar

#beauty

Beauty, then, is not mere decoration, but rather an essential element of the liturgical action, since it is an attribute of God himself and his revelation. These considerations should make us realize the care which is needed, if the liturgical action is to reflect its innate splendour. ↗

— Pope Benedict XVI

#eucharist #god #liturgy #mass #sacrament

The only reason to be in politics is public service. There's no other reason. Frankly, if that's the best job you can get in terms of money, that's too bad, you know. Because frankly, it's not well paid, everyone knows that. So for most people it's a big sacrifice. ↗

— Malcolm Turnbull

#because #best #big #everyone #frankly

Life is funny. Things change, people change, but you will always be you, so stay true to yourself and never sacrifice who you are for anyone. ↗

— Zayn Malik

#inspirational #life #love #one-direction #quote