#sacrifice

Reason, I sacrifice you to the evening breeze. ↗

— Aime Cesaire

#evening #i #reason #sacrifice #you

Perhaps there is nothing greater on earth than the sacrifice of youth and beauty, often of high birth, made by the gentle sex in order to work in hospitals for the relief of human misery, the sight of which is so revolting to our delicacy. Peoples separated from the Roman religion have imitated but imperfectly so generous a charity. ↗

— Voltaire

#charity #sacrifice #beauty

That freedom can never be attained by a nation without suffering and sacrifice has been amply borne out by the recent tragic happenings in this subcontinent. ↗

— Muhammad Ali Jinnah

#attained #been #borne #freedom #happenings

The sacrifices made by veterans and their willingness to fight in defense of our nation merit our deep respect and praise - and to the best in benefits and medical care. ↗

— Sue Kelly

#best #care #deep #defense #fight

A lot of late nights in the gym, a lot of early mornings, especially when your friends are going out, you're going to the gym, those are the sacrifices that you have to make if you want to be an NBA basketball player. ↗

— Jason Kidd

#basketball #basketball player #early #early mornings #especially

Everything that I will ever accomplish, I owe to God, to my parent's sacrifices, and to the United States of America. ↗

— Marco Rubio

#america #ever #everything #god #i

I think there is choice possible to us at any moment, as long as we live. But there is no sacrifice. There is a choice, and the rest falls away. Second choice does not exist. Beware of those who talk about sacrifice. ↗

— Muriel Rukeyser

#any #away #beware #choice #does

If we don't bear witness as citizens, as people, as individuals, the right that we have had to life is sacrificed. There is a silence, instead of a speaking presence. ↗

— Jane Rule

#citizens #had #individuals #instead #life

It is far more difficult to be simple than to be complicated; far more difficult to sacrifice skill and easy execution in the proper place, than to expand both indiscriminately. ↗

— John Ruskin

#complicated #difficult #easy #execution #expand

Seven hundred and sixteen billion dollars, funneled out of Medicare by President Obama. An obligation we have to our parents and grandparents is being sacrificed, all to pay for a new entitlement we didn't even ask for. The greatest threat to Medicare is Obamacare, and we're going to stop it. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#being #billion #dollars #entitlement #even