#sacrifice

Now I ask you to make your sacrifice. Take a gamble. I took the plunge and I'm glad of it. ↗

— Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

#gamble #glad #i #make #now

My undergraduate education, at the City College in New York, was made possible only by the existence of that excellent free institution and the financial sacrifices of my parents. ↗

— Kenneth Joseph Arrow

#college #education #excellent #existence #financial

Dreams do come true, if we only wish hard enough, You can have anything in life if you will sacrifice everything else for it. ↗

— James M. Barrie

#come #dreams #else #enough #everything

The brave men who died in Vietnam, more than 100% of which were black, were the ultimate sacrifice. ↗

— Marion Berry

#brave #brave men #died #men #more

Tereza's mother never stopped reminding her that being a mother meant sacrificing everything. Her words had the ring of truth, backed as they were by the experience of a woman who had lost everything because of her child. Tereza would listen and believe that being a mother was the highest value in life and that being a mother was a great sacrifice. If a mother was Sacrifice personified, then a daughter was Guilt, with no possibility of redress. ↗

— Milan Kundera

#guilt #mothers #sacrifice #experience

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. ↗

— Jerry Brown

#budget #california #contributions #crisis #cuts

Repaying the debt of these ultimate sacrifices seems nearly impossible but we must try. ↗

— Michael N. Castle

#impossible #must #nearly #sacrifices #seems

I had to face a lot coming through this journey, a lot of sacrifices, difficulties, challenges, and injuries. ↗

— Gabby Douglas

#coming #difficulties #face #had #i

In everyday things the law of sacrifice takes the form of positive duty. ↗

— James Anthony Froude

#everyday #form #law #positive #sacrifice

A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#became #completely #good #himself #his