Sacrifice

He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much; he who would attain highly must sacrifice greatly. – James Allen

Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies. – Henri Frederic Amiel

Sacrifice still exists everywhere, and everywhere the elect of each generation suffers for the salvation of the rest. – Henri Frederic Amiel

Sacrifice is nothing other than the production of sacred things. – Georges Bataille

No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt. – Max Beerbohm

The key to faith is what we are willing to sacrifice to obtain it. – Elder Cloward

Self-sacrifice which denies common sense is not a virtue. Its a spiritual dissipation. – Margaret Deland

To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else. – Bernadette Devlin

Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

The mice which helplessly find themselves between the cats teeth acquire no merit from their enforced sacrifice. – Mahatma Gandhi

The stern hand of fate has scourged us to an elevation where we can see the great everlasting things which matter for a nation — the great peaks we had forgotten, of Honor, Duty, Patriotism, and clad in glittering white, the great pinnacle of Sacrifice pointing like a rugged finger to Heaven. – David Lloyd George

We can offer up much in the large, but to make sacrifices in little things is what we are seldom equal to. – Johann von Goethe

There is no moral authority like that of sacrifice. – Nadine Gordimer

When looking at any significant work of art, remember that a more significant one probably has had to be sacrificed. – Paul Klee

The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow