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I think one of the dangers of humor is becoming seduced by it and sacrificing the story for a few laughs.
Those who sacrifice essential liberty for temporary safety are not deserving of either liberty or safety.
It is a coal from God's altar must kindle our fire; and without fire, true fire, no acceptable sacrifice.
We can offer up much in the large, but to make sacrifices in little things is what we are seldom equal to.
I am not going to apologize for speaking the name of Jesus... If I have to sacrifice everything... I will.
No world is without sacrifices. But if we produce casualties, we would also sustain casualties of our own.
Revolutions demand enormous sacrifices and, at the same time, create a new need to change the world again.
Well, you have the right to make a sacrifice of yourself, but I'll be damned if I'll let you sacrifice me!
So often public service comes with sacrifice. A sacrifice that our men and women in uniform make each day.
I find that a small sacrifice such as switching off my phone and blocking out work helps me stay balanced.
The military is a place of discipline, technical proficiency, and personal sacrifice for the greater good.
I prefer the monotony of obscure sacrifice to all ecstasies. To pick up a pin for love can convert a soul.
If I were over full of pity for the cow, I should sacrifice my life to save her but not take my brother's.
My philosophy is, don't take no for an answer and be willing to sacrifice your entire project for freedom.
Love was worth sacrificing for, he thought as he left his room. Even if it wasn't yours. -Phury's thoughts
The important thing is this: to be able, at any moment, to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.
The Eucharist is a never-ending sacrifice. It is the Sacrament of love, the supreme love, the act of love.
I was determined to play my horn against all odds, and I had to sacrifice a whole lot of pleasure to do so.
This is wonderful, wonderful! Be the bird. You are the bird. Sacrifice yourself to abandoned family values.
If an animal has to be sacrificed when a new bridge is built, what will it take to build a whole new world?
People ask me about what sacrifices I've made. I always answer: I've made no sacrifices, I've made choices.
Maybe you actually do need to face obstacles with someone to know that they're the one you'd sacrifice for.
If you choose to do something, then you shouldn't say it's a sacrifice, because nobody forced you to do it.
Ethics is in origin the art of recommending to others the sacrifices required for cooperation with oneself.
Our sacrifice is greater than his," cried Rilla passionately. "Our boys give only themselves. We give them.
Let others laugh when you sacrifice desire to duty, if they will. You have time and eternity to rejoice in.
At the end of the day, anything I think I'm sacrificing I'm just giving up because it makes me feel better.
We're still benefiting from the sacrifices of people long dead, but we're also suffering from their errors.
The accounting of the sacrifice is, more than anything else, the attitude toward war memorials in our time.
All vital praying makes a drain on a man's vitality. True intercession is a sacrifice, a bleeding sacrifice.
Our nation owes a debt to its fallen heroes that we can never fully repay, but we can honor their sacrifice.
A lesson without pain is meaningless. For you cannot gain something without sacrificing something in return.
For human nature is strange: the less we are inclined to self-sacrifice, the more we insist on it in others.
There is no feeling in this world to be compared with self-reliance--do not sacrifice that to anything else.
The price paid for intellectual pacification is the sacrifice of the entire moral courage of the human mind.
While it is desirable to build up the colored race, we must not sacrifice our best and purest white friends.
Jesus did not ask us to believe that his death was a blood sacrifice, that he was going to die for our sins.
Sacrifice is a part of life. It's supposed to be. It's not something to regret. It's something to aspire to.
I see the necessity of sacrificing our opinions sometimes to the opinions of others for the sake of harmony.
I don't want to sacrifice my life, as I feel that I'm still very selfish and still want to pursue my dreams.
Brilliant results don't just show up by chance. The finest things in life take patience, focus and sacrifice.
As a Korean War veteran, I know firsthand and understand the sacrifices made by our men and women in uniform.
Come on soldiers! Guardians and agents of the supreme law! Here is a sacrifice of dogs ready for your swords!
You have to be willing to sacrifice as much to prevent war, as soldiers are willing to sacrifice to wage war.
Brotherhood means laying down your life for somebody, really willing to sacrifice yourself for somebody else.
The soldier, above all other men, is required to practice the greatest act of religious training - sacrifice.
Love is more than a noun-it is a verb; it is more than a feeling-it is caring, sharing, helping, sacrificing.
Sacrifice is the first element of religion, and resolves itself in theological language into the love of God.
When you make the sacrifice in marriage, you're sacrificing not to each other but to unity in a relationship.
The willingness of God to sacrifice his Son to reconcile us to himself is a demonstration of his love for us.