Virginia Woolf Quotes, Writing Quotes, Sacrifice Quotes

So long as you write what you wish to write, that is all that matters; and whether it matters for ages or only for hours, nobody can say. But to sacrifice a hair of the head of your vision, a shade of its colour, in deference to some Headmaster with a silver pot in his hand or to some professor with a measuring-rod up his sleeve, is the most abject treachery, and the sacrifice of wealth and chastity which used to be said to be the greatest of human disasters, a mere flea-bite in comparison.

4 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Virginia Woolf Quotes , Writing Quotes , Sacrifice Quotes

Words, vows, gifts, tears, and love's full sacrifice, He offers in another's enterprise; But more in Troilus thousand-fold I see Than in the glass of Pandar's praise may be, Yet hold I off.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : William Shakespeare Quotes , Sacrifice Quotes , Glasses Quotes

You must be prepared for further efforts of mind and body and further sacrifices to great causes, if you are not to fall back into the rut if inertia, the confusion of aim and the craven fear of being great.

4 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Winston Churchill Quotes , Fall Quotes , Sacrifice Quotes

I forget what killed it. I think it was her proposing to sacrifice the whole world for me. That is always a dreadful moment. It fills one with the terror of eternity.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Oscar Wilde Quotes , Sacrifice Quotes , Thinking Quotes

Sometimes I feel that by not marrying, I made too great a sacrifice to my work.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Nikola Tesla Quotes , Work Quotes , Sacrifice Quotes

OUR leaders have asked for “shared sacrifice.” But when they did the asking, they spared me. I checked with my mega-rich friends to learn what pain they were expecting. They, too, were left untouched.

4 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Warren Buffett Quotes , Pain Quotes , Sacrifice Quotes

The essence of positioning is sacrifice. You must be willing to give up something in order to establish that unique position.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Al Ries Quotes , Giving Up Quotes , Sacrifice Quotes

I believe the moment of birth Is when we have knowledge of death I believe the season of birth Is the season of sacrifice.

4 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : T. S. Eliot Quotes , Believe Quotes , Sacrifice Quotes

As Americans, we want peace - we work and sacrifice for peace. But there can be no peace if our security depends on the will and whims of a ruthless and aggressive dictator. I'm not willing to stake one American life on trusting Saddam Hussein.

4 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : George W. Bush Quotes , Leadership Quotes , Sacrifice Quotes

As Americans, we want peace - we work and sacrifice for peace. But there can be no peace if our security depends on the will and whims of a ruthless and aggressive dictator. I'm not willing to stake one American life on trusting Saddam Hussein.

4 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : George W. Bush Quotes , Leadership Quotes , Sacrifice Quotes

The merit of those who fill a space in the world's history, who are borne forward, as it were, by the weight of thousands whom they lead, shed a perfume less sweet than do the sacrifices of private virtue.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes , Sweet Quotes , Sacrifice Quotes

I want our enemies to understand that don't think that their violent acts are going to cause this president to leave before the job is done. And I want our troops to understand we respect them and that the sacrifices they make are noble and necessary for peace.

4 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : George W. Bush Quotes , Jobs Quotes , Sacrifice Quotes

Life at its noblest leaves mere happiness far behind; and indeed cannot 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.

4 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : George Bernard Shaw Quotes , Happiness Quotes , Sacrifice Quotes

I worship God as Truth only. I have not yet found Him, but I am seeking after Him. I am prepared to sacrifice the things dearest to me in pursuit of this quest. Even if the sacrifice demanded my very life, I hope I may be prepared to give it.

4 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Mahatma Gandhi Quotes , Truth Quotes , Sacrifice Quotes

If we face recession, we should not lay off employees; the company should sacrifice a profit. It's management's risk and management's responsibility. Employees are not guilty; why should they suffer?

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Akio Morita Quotes , Responsibility Quotes , Sacrifice Quotes

Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing.

4 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : George Bernard Shaw Quotes , Integrity Quotes , Sacrifice Quotes

Think now and then that there is a man who would give his life, to keep a life you love beside you.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Charles Dickens Quotes , Love Quotes , Sacrifice Quotes

Everything eaten is killed. Every meal is a sacrifice.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Adi Da Quotes , Sacrifice Quotes

You can only become great at something you are willing to sacrifice for

4 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Maya Angelou Quotes , Life Quotes , Sacrifice Quotes

Whether we call it sacrifice, or poetry, or adventure, it is always the same voice that calls.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Aristotle Quotes , Adventure Quotes , Sacrifice Quotes