Famous Quotes & Sayings

Becca Fitzpatrick

I didn’t accept your sacrifice. I turned it down.” I felt a small Oh form at my mouth, but it never quite made it past my lips. “Are you saying you gave up getting a human body for me?

Becca Fitzpatrick

Religion?” I asked more firmly. Patch dragged a hand thoughtfully along the line of his jaw. “Not religion … cult.” “You belong to a cult?” I realized too late that while I sounded surprised, I shouldn’t have. “As it turns out, I’m in need of a healthy female sacrifice. I’d planned on luring her into trusting me first, but if you’re ready now …

C. S. Lewis

When God becomes a Man and lives as a creature among His own creatures in Palestine, then indeed His life is one of supreme self-sacrifice and leads to Calvary.

Ashton Kutcher

If you really want to make a relationship work, at some point in time, you're going to have to make some sacrifices and do some things that are a little bit uncomfortable.

Granth Sahib

I am devoted, dedicated, a sacrifice to Your Name.

Anton LaVey

Those that would say Satanist would like to kill animal's, sacrifice animals I would say they would make ideal animal sacrifices, I love animals and animals have always been part of me.

Max Cleland

He has not suffered. He has not sacrificed for his country, and he doesn't understand those who have.

Al Gore

The dominance of short-term perspectives has led to routine decisions in the markets that sacrifice the long-term buildup of genuine value in pursuit of artificial, short-term gains.

Charles Darwin

Of all the differences between man and the lower animals, the moral sense or conscience is by far the most important . . . [I]t is summed up in that short but imperious word ought, so full of high significance. It is the most noble of all the attributes of man, leading him without a moment's hesitation to risk his life for that of a fellow-creature; or after due deliberation, impelled simply by the deep feeling of right or duty, to sacrifice it in some great cause.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

The tree is a slow, enduring force straining to win the sky.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

The tree is more than first a seed, then a stem, then a living trunk, and then dead timber. The tree is a slow, enduring force straining to win the sky.

Beck

I never had any expectations of winning a Grammy. It wasn't something I was set on, that I was hoping and praying and starving for.

Bill Shoemaker

If Jack Nicklaus can win the Masters at 46, I can win the Kentucky Derby at 54.

Bill Shoemaker

There are one hundred and ninety nine ways to get beat, but only one way to win; get there first.

Bill Shankly

If you can't support us when we lose or draw, don't support us when we win

Bill Cosby

You go and you buy a lottery ticket. You've got just as much chance of getting struck by lightning as you do of winning the lottery.

Bhagat Singh

Non-violence is backed by the theory of soul-force in which suffering is courted in the hope of ultimately winning over the opponent. But what happens when such an attempt fail to achieve the object? It is here that soul-force has to be combined with physical force so as not to remain at the mercy of tyrannical and ruthless enemy.

Big Sean

I want to win some awards, sell more records - just do whatever I want.

Terrell Suggs

Right now, rushing the passer is what I do best.

Bill Crawford

When 'Being Rushed' is the problem . . . Rushing is never the solution.

Sheray Thomas

I think we're just rushing sometimes and we're not executing. We're just being careless.

LaSheena Brown

I was just a little nervous. I was rushing my shots, I wasn't taking my time.

Howard Schnellenberger

His stock went up with the rushing yardage he gained.

Adrian Peterson

I would sacrifice 1,000 yards rushing to win a Super Bowl. But I want to be the first back to have back-to-back 2,000-yard seasons.

Joel Zumaya

I got the jitters. I was rushing myself. This one's gone. I feel a lot better now.

Demosthenes

Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance.

John Abraham

When I saw they had 28 yards rushing in the first half, I said, 'We're back,'