Sacrifice Quotes
On what people give up, and why they say it was worth it.
These quotes treat sacrifice as an actual cost rather than a slogan — a senator weighing public office against motherhood, a conductor who traded certain career opportunities for time, and a musician calling his commitment to a cause a small sacrifice by comparison. Related reading: Anmol Vachan.
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.
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I don't want to abandon one work for the other, and I don't think I need to sacrifice anything to put my all into either one of them.
Some things are very low profile, but if they excite me creatively, I accept them. Sometimes there are high-profile projects, and you have to do it. We all have human limitations. It is a painful decision to turn things down....
Compromise Quotes
6I sometimes feel it is to my disadvantage that I have not conducted the Cleveland Orchestra or the Boston or Chicago symphonies, but then I have had to sacrifice something in order to have enough time with my orchestras.
I'm in this band to give volume to various struggles throughout the world. To me, the tension in this band is a minimal sacrifice.
Only by acknowledging the success and sacrifice made by those who came before us can we fully understand what we must do to ensure the liberty of those who will succeed us.
When you are 25, everything comes easy to you. When you get past 35, every training session is a sacrifice. I can't see myself doing that.
Too long a sacrifice can make a stone of the heart. O when may it suffice?
Devotion Quotes
1It is difficult to be a law enforcement family. You shoulder the stresses and challenges involved in your loved one's profession. You make a sacrifice, too.
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Another entry describes sacrifice as something demanded of a person's independence of mind, not just their time or money — a theme that connects to Compromise and Devotion quotes.
