Sacrifice

The important thing is this: To be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.
- Charles du Bois

The world will never have lasting peace so long as men reserve for war the finest human qualities. Peace, no less than war, requires idealism and self-sacrifice and a righteous and dynamic faith.
- John Foster Dulles, 1888 - 1959

The sacrifice which causes sorrow to the doer of the sacrifice is no sacrifice. Real sacrifice lightens the mind of the doer and gives him a sense of peace and joy. The Buddha gave up the pleasures of life because they had become painful to him.
- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, 1869 - 1948

Virtue does not always demand a heavy sacrifice, only the willingness to make it when necessary.
- Frederick Sherwood Dunn, 1893 - 1962

Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.
- Otto von Bismarck, 1815 - 1898

For you to be successful, sacrifices must be made. It's better that they are made by others but failing that, you'll have to make them yourself.
- Rita Mae Brown