#sacrifices

It is unacceptable that people often have to make huge sacrifices just to find a place to live, a roof over their heads. ↗

— Eric Cantona

#heads #huge #just #live #make

Today at school I will learn to read at once; then tomorrow I will begin to write, and the day after tomorrow to cipher. Then with my acquirements I will earn a great deal of money, and with the first money I have in my pocket I will immediately buy for my papa a beautiful new cloth coat. But what am I saying? Cloth, indeed! It shall be all made of gold and silver, and it shall have diamond buttons. That poor man really deserves it; for to buy me books and to have me taught he has remained in his shirt sleeves... And in this cold! It is only fathers who are capable of such sacrifices!... ↗

— Carlo Collodi

#father-and-son #fidelity #learning #love #pinocchio

My father never talked about the sacrifices that the family made for me. ↗

— Novak Djokovic

#family #father #made #me #never

Before I begin talking about the threats we face, the vulnerabilities that we have, and frankly the courage of the men and women in uniform that stand in harm's way on behalf of a very grateful Nation, let me first honor the sacrifices of September 11. ↗

— Zach Wamp

#before #begin #behalf #courage #face

You make sacrifices to become a mother, but you really find yourself and your soul. ↗

— Mariska Hargitay

#find #make #mother #really #sacrifices

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

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

And it is essential that in fighting terrorism, sacrifices should not be made on democracy. ↗

— Bulent Ecevit

#essential #fighting #made #sacrifices #should

Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in the blood of his followers and the sacrifices of his friends. ↗

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

#always #any #blood #earned #followers