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I wish I can enjoy no food but food for thought.
The stem of greatness sprouts from the seed of sacrifice.
If I am convinced that I will procure the profoundest idea only by undergoing the profoundest pain, I shall beg for strength to endure that pain.
The bushes of love are blossomed through the manure of hardship.
Spiritual destiny is manifested in the lives of those who stand out from the masses and actually do something, who live a creative life for the benefit of others.
If we aren't willing to pay a price for our values, then we should ask ourselves whether we truly believe in them at all.
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The Audacity of Hope
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Contribution #2539
We are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty in a featherbed.
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And so my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country.
My fellow citizens fof the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.
Finally, whether you are citizens of America or citizens of the world, ask of us the same high standards of strength and sacrifice that we ask of you. With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth God's work must truly be our own.
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Inaugural Address; January 20, 1961
Contribution #1672
Honest people know that the road to success and virtue always involves shared sacrifice, hard work, and gratification postponed. Telling people otherwise isn't leadership, it is pandering.
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The True Patriot
Page 111
Published by True Patriot Publications
, Seattle, USA
, 2007
http://www.truepat.org
Contribution #1671
Love of country cannot be a supersized version of individual narcissism. True love of country--of this country--is love of our children, of a creed that promises them a better life before it promises us anything, and embraces the sacrifices needed to make that better life. True love of country is giving ourselves to a cause and a purpose larger than ourselves. And that cause is to make liberty worth having, to make the pursuit of happiness deeper than the quest for personal pleasure, and to leave a legacy of progress and possibility.
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The True Patriot
Page 39-40
Published by True Patriot Network
, Seattle, USA
, 2007
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Contribution #1660
True patriots believe that freedom from responsibility is selfishness, freedom from sacrifice is cowardice, freedom from tolerance is prejudice, freedom from stewardship is exploitation, and freedom from compassion is cruelty.
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The True Patriot
Page 18
Published by True Patriot Network
, Seattle, USA
, 2007
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Contribution #1655
Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possesions of no one race or religion.
True love grows by sacrifice and the more thoroughly the soul rejects natural satisfaction the stronger and more detached its tenderness becomes.
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St. Theresa of Lisieux
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Contribution #475
He who gives what he would as readily throw away gives without generosity; for the essence of generosity is in self-sacrifice.
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What does sacrifice look like in a person?
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