#sacr

God is stronger than their strength, more loving than their uttermost love, and in so far as they have loved and sacrificed themselves for others, they have obtained the infallible proof, that God too lives and loves and gives Himself away. ↗

— George A. Smith

#far #gives #god #himself #infallible

It's often been observed that the first casualty of war is the truth. But that's a lie, too, in its way. The reality is that, for most wars to begin, the truth has to have been sacrificed a long time in advance. ↗

— L. Neil Smith

#been #begin #casualty #first #lie

The biblical texts that we Christians have used for centuries to justify our hostility toward the Jews need to be banished forever from the sacred writings of the Christian church. ↗

— John Shelby Spong

#centuries #christian #christian church #christians #church

The moment someone chooses to trust in Jesus Christ, his sins are wiped away, and he is adopted into God's family. That individual is set apart as a child of God, with a sacred purpose. ↗

— Charles Stanley

#apart #away #child #chooses #christ

Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice. ↗

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

#higher #self-development #self-sacrifice #than

The woman is uniformly sacrificed to the wife and mother. ↗

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

#mother #sacrificed #uniformly #wife #woman

Sometimes you have to sacrifice your performance for high heels. ↗

— Gwen Stefani

#high #high heels #performance #sacrifice #sometimes

Well, one of the problems of working on a story with a character that sacred in the religions of the world or in a picture about that person, is that you have to forget about that and play it as real as you can because you can't look at yourself and judge yourself. ↗

— Rod Steiger

#because #character #forget #judge #look

I thought that all of the sacrifices and blessings of the whole history of mankind have devolved upon me. Thank you, God. ↗

— Ben Stein

#devolved #god #history #i #mankind

A sacrifice is best refuted by accepting it. ↗

— Wilhelm Steinitz

#best #refuted #sacrifice