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“I never saw love as luck, as that gift from the gods which put everything else in place, and allowed you to succeed. No, I saw love as reward. One could find it only after one's virtue, or one's courage, or self-sacrifice, or generosity, or loss, has succeeded in stirring the power of creation.” —Norman Mailer (b. 1923),novelist, journalist “Life at its noblest leaves mere happiness far behind; and indeed cannnot endure it.... Happiness is not the object of life: life has no object: it is an end in itself; and courage consists in the readiness to sacrifice happiness for an intenser quality of life.” —George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), playwright, critic “I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance.” —William Faulkner (1897-1962), novelist, Nobel Prize winner “One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying.” —Joan of Arc (1412-1431), heroine of France “The tendency in modern civilization is to make the world uniform... Let the mind be universal. The individual should not be sacrificed.” —Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), poet, playwright, essayist “Pure love is a willingness to give without a thought of receiving anything in return.” —Peace Pilgrim (1908–1981), pacifist, peace-activist “The love in your heart wasn't put there to stay. Love isn't love 'til you give it away.” —Oscar Hammerstein (1895-1960), song writer “True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to something beyond himself.” —Henry Miller (1891-1980), author, writer “Loyalty and devotion lead to bravery. Bravery leads to the spirit of self-sacrifice. The spirit of self-sacrifice creates trust in the power of love.” —Morihei Ueshiba (1883-1969), founder of the Japanese martial art Akido “There is no sense to a sacrifice after you come to feel that it is a sacrifice.” —Stefan Zweig (1881-1942), writer “In democratic ages men rarely sacrifice themselves for another, but they show a general compassion for all the human race. One never sees them inflict pointless suffering, and they are glad to relieve the sorrows of others when they can do so without much trouble to themselves. They are not disinterested, but they are gentle.” —Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859), social philosopher “I think there is choice possible at any moment to us, 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 (1913-1980), poet “When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.” —Edmund Burke (1729-1797), political theorist, famous quotes “Give unto me, made lowly wise, The spirit of self-sacrifice; The confidence of reason give, And in the light of truth thy bondman let me live!” —William Wordsworth (1770-1850), poet “The soldier, above all other men, is required to perform the highest act of religious teaching — sacrifice.” —Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), U.S. Army general, famous quotes “..to sacrifice a hair of the head of your vision, a shade of its colour...is the most abject treachery, and the sacrifice of wealth and chastity, which used to be said to be the greatest of human disasters, a mere flea-bite in comparison.” —Virginia Woolf (1882-1941), novelist, essayist “A good cause can become bad if we fight for it with means that are indiscriminatingly murderous. A bad cause can become good if enough people fight for it in a spirit of comradeship and self-sacrifice. In the end it is how you fight, as much as why you fight, that makes your cause good or bad.” —Freeman Dyson (b. 1923), physicist, author “When a family is free of abuse and oppression, it can be the place where we share our deepest secrets and stand the most exposed, a place where we learn to feel distinct without being “better,” and sacrifice for others without losing ourselves.” —Letty Cottin Pogrebin, editor, writer “The remarkable thing is that we really love our neighbor as ourselves: we do unto others as we do unto ourselves. We hate others when we hate ourselves. We are tolerant toward others when we tolerate ourselves. We forgive others when we forgive ourselves. We are prone to sacrifice others when we are ready to sacrifice ourselves.” —Eric Hoffer (1902-1983), philosopher
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