Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the

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

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

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

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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

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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

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