Sacrifice Quotes

"The quietly pacifist peaceful always die to make room for men who shout." "There is no glory in battle worth the blood it costs" "In the final choice, a soldier's pack is not so heavy as a prisoner's chains" "If ever my life can be of any use to you, come and claim it." "There is no victory at bargain basement prices" "If you're going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don't even start. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives, jobs and maybe your mind. It could mean not eating for three or four days. It could mean freezing on a park bench. It could mean jail, it could mean derision, mockery, isolation. Isolation is the gift. All the others are a test of your endurance, of how much you really want to do it. And you'll do it, despite rejection and the worst odds. And it will be better than anything else you can imagine. If you're going to try, go all the way. There is no other feeling like that. You will be alone with the gods, and the nights will flame with fire. You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. It's the only good fight there is." "To understand, I destroyed myself. The curious will come after me to know why I disappeared." "Mothers are freedom fighters for their kids. They wake up, swaddle, change, entertain, love, feed, and do it all over again" "Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance of peace I would gladly yield every honor which has been accorded me in war" "Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace" "I see my crucifixion and my death in every great defensive war fought by my people" "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" "A father is someone who carries pictures where his money used to be" "People who are obsessed with Jesus aren't consumed with their personal safety and comfort above all else." "The poor go to war, to fight and die for the delights, riches, and superfluities of others." "It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything." "Posterity, you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it" "If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace" "I will die for the art for what I believe in" "I sacrifice myself for the position that I'm in to be able to be a voice for people who wouldn't dare do what I did"