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Inspirational Quotes About Sacrifice

Whether they were heroes, poets, scholars, or leaders, the brightest minds in human history have thought and written about values and their meanings. Use the search field on the left to search our quotation database by author, value, or specific word contained in the quote.

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“Nothing so much enhances a good as to make sacrifices for it.”
George Santayana
(1863-1952); Philosopher, Poet
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“True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the courage to surpass others at whatever cost, but the courage to serve others at whatever the cost.”
Arthur  Ashe
(1943-1993); Professional Tennis Player, Civil Rights Supporter
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“The soldier, above all other men, is required to perform the highest act of religious teaching — sacrifice.”
Douglas MacArthur
(1880-1964); American General And Field Marshal
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“We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. ”
Joseph Campbell
(1904-1987); Lecturer, Writer
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“Sacrifices are concerned with the feelings of devotion and longing. ”
Xun Zi
(died 230); Chinese Confucian Philosopher
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“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
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“Only he can understand what a farm is, what a country is, who shall have sacrificed part of himself to his farm or country, fought to save it, struggled to make it beautiful. Only then will the love of farm or country fill his heart.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
(1900-1944); Aviator, Writer
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“Ethics is in origin the art of recommending to others the sacrifices required for cooperation with oneself.”
Bertrand Russell
(1872-1970); Philosopher, Mathematician
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“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, Nobel Prize Winner
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“There is a wonderful mythical law of nature that the three things we crave most in life—happiness, freedom, and peace of mind—are always attained by giving them to someone else.”
Peyton C. March
(1864-1955); General, Us Army
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