#sacrifice

He who gives what he would as readily throw away, gives without generosity; for the essence of generosity is in self sacrifice. ↗

— Henry Taylor

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A coldly rationalist individualist can deny that he has any obligation to make sacrifices for the future. ↗

— Garrett Hardin

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Sweat plus sacrifice equals success. ↗

— Charles O. Finley

#plus #sacrifice #success #sweat

Across the country, people are willing to tighten their belts and sacrifice. The president should ask the oil industry to do the same. ↗

— John Salazar

#ask #belts #country #industry #oil

No, I do not want to sacrifice four days for two games. My time is too valuable to do that. ↗

— Anatoly Karpov

#four #games #i #i do #my time

The simplest schoolboy is now familiar with truths for which Archimedes would have sacrificed his life. ↗

— Ernest Renan

#archimedes #familiar #his #life #now

Prosperity or egalitarianism - you have to choose. I favor freedom - you never achieve real equality anyway: you simply sacrifice prosperity for an illusion. ↗

— Mario Vargas Llosa

#anyway #choose #equality #favor #freedom

Perseverance is a virtue that cannot be understated. ↗

— Bob Riley

#away #budding #democracies #due #half

It’s not easy to be God. ↗

— Péter Zilahy

#coming-of-age #dark-humour #sacrifice #age

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