120 Sacrifice Quotes About Love, Life And Success

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To sacrifice means to give up something for something else considered more important. It’s a selfless act where you compromise for the greater good.

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We see various forms of sacrifices around us be it sacrificing animals to Gods, or you may sacrifice in friendship or love. It takes a lot of willpower and faith to sacrifice for others.

Success and true love are only possible with compromise, adjustments, trust, and sacrifice.

These encouraging quotes about sacrificing will give you a deeper perspective on how making compromises is important to reach your goals.

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Best Sacrifice Quotes For Success

1. “True success requires sacrifice.” – Rick Riordan
2. “Sweat plus sacrifice equals success.” – Charlie Finley
3. “There is no success without sacrifice.” – Tonic Motihala                                                                     

   
4. “Great success requires greater sacrifice.” – Unknown
5. “Nothing great was ever accomplished without making sacrifices.” – Unknown                                                   

   

6. “To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.” – Steve Prefontaine
7. “You can’t achieve anything in life without a small amount of sacrifice.” – Shakira
8. “I’m willing to walk in darkness if it keeps humans in the light.” – Victoria Schwab
9. “Your success is determined by what you are willing to sacrifice for it.” – Unknown
10. “Power means happiness; power means hard work and sacrifice.” – Beyonce Knowles
11. “You have to fight to reach your dream. You have to sacrifice and work hard for it.” – Lionel Messi
12. “Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow.” – A. P. J. Abdul Kalam                                                                                                                                                                     

    

13. “Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.” – Napoleon Hill                                                                                                                                       

    

14. “Every wish, every dream, every idea comes to existence only through blood, sweat and sacrifice.” – Ivan Moody
15. “The speed of your success is limited only by your dedication and what you’re willing to sacrifice.” ― Nathan W. Morris
16. “Sacrifice: If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done.” ― Unknown
17. “Success is a simple measurement of the commitment. sacrifice and pain one endures to achieve a dream.” ― The GymFather
18. “The important thing is this: to be able, at any moment, to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.” – Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
19. “Follow your passion, be prepared to work hard and sacrifice, and, above all, don’t let anyone limit your dreams.” ― Donovan Bailey
20. Entrepreneurship is living a few years of your life like most people won’t, so that you can spend the rest of your life like most people can’t.” – Unknown
21. “Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.” – Pele
22. “Dreams do come true, if we only wish hard enough, You can have anything in life if you will sacrifice everything else for it.” – James M. Barrie
23. “There can be no progress, no achievement, without sacrifice, and a man’s worldly success will be in the measure that he sacrifices.” ― James Allen
24. “You can’t sleep. Broke people sleep. You got to be willing to sacrifice sleep, if you sleep you may miss the opportunity to be successful.” ― Eric Thomas
25. “You will come to know that what appears today to be a sacrifice will prove instead to be the greatest investment that you will ever make.” — Gordon B. Hinckley

Famous Quotes About Making Sacrifices

A doctor, nurse, healthcare officials, firefighters, great freedom leaders, and more, all have given their life for the good of humankind.

They rise above their personal interest to make a positive difference in others life. These inspirational self sacrifice quotes will encourage you to always sacrifice for the betterment of the world around you.

1. “No Sacrifice. No Victory.” – Unknown                                                                                               

   

2. “There is no change without sacrifice.” – Gloria Alfred
3. “Sacrifice comes before success. Even in the dictionary.” – Unknown
4. “There is no moral authority like that of sacrifice.” – Nadine Gordimer
5. “The good life is to be earned with hard work and sacrifice.” – Unknown
6. “Let the rest do whatever, while you do whatever it takes.” – Grant Cardone
7. “There can be no progress, no achievement without sacrifice.” — James Allen                                                     

   

8. “There is no progress or accomplishment without sacrifice.” – Idowu Koyenikan                                             

   

9. “Are you ready to sacrifice who you are, for what you will become.” – Eric Thomas                                             

   

10. “If we succeed without sacrifice, it’s because someone sacrificed for us.” — Denis Waitley
11. “Be resolute, fear no sacrifice, and surmount every difficulty to win victory.” — Mao Zedong
12. “There are still many causes worth sacrificing for, so much history yet to be made.” – Unknown
13. “If you don’t sacrifice for what you want, what you want will become your sacrifice.” – Unknown
14. “A noble purpose inspires sacrifice, stimulates innovation and encourages perseverance.” – Gary Hamel
15. “The greatest sacrifice is when you sacrifice your own happiness for the sake of someone else.” – Unknown
16. “One-half of knowing what you want is knowing what you must give up before you get it.” ― Sidney Howard
17. “The idea of redemption is always good news, even if it means sacrifice or some difficult times.” – Patti Smith
18. “I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.” – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
19. “The only question to ask yourself is, how much are you willing to sacrifice to achieve this success?” – Larry Flynt
20. “Sacrifice is a part of life. It’s supposed to be. It’s not something to regret. It’s something to aspire to.” ― Mitch Albom
21. “A team will always appreciate a great individual if he’s willing to sacrifice for the group.” – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
22. “Gentleness, self-sacrifice, and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion.” ― Mahatma Gandhi
23. “Courage, sacrifice, determination, commitment, toughness, heart, talent, guts. That’s what little girls are made of.” – Bethany Hamilton
24. “In some way, suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds meaning, such as the meaning of sacrifice.” ― Victor Frankl
25. “You aren’t going to find anybody that’s going to be successful without making a sacrifice and without perseverance.” – Lou Holtz
26. “Follow your passion, be prepared to work hard and sacrifice, and, above all, don’t let anyone limit your dreams.” – Donovan Bailey
27. “Sometimes when you sacrifice something precious, you’re not really losing it. You’re just passing it on to someone else.” – Mitch Albom
28. “Sometimes you just have to die a little inside in order to be reborn and rise again as a stronger and wiser version of yourself.” – Aagam Shah
29. “At the end of the day, we all want to win, so everybody has to sacrifice when you want to be a part of something special.” – Jayson Tatum
30. “If you put your mind to something, if you give 100 percent, if you sacrifice, and if you dedicate yourself, anything is truly possible.” – Apolo Ohno
31. “I am a member of a team, and I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion.” – Mia Hamm
32. “He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much; he who would attain highly must sacrifice greatly.” ―  James Allen
33. “The ultimate test of man’s conscience may be his willingness to sacrifice something today for future generations whose words of thanks will not be heard.” – Gaylord Nelson
34. “Things aren’t gifted to you. Things don’t just come from an idea, from nothing. You have to work for them. You have to pursue them. You have to take time. You have to sacrifice.” – Ozuna
35. “We all naturally want to become successful… we also want to take shortcuts. And it’s easy to do so, but you can never take away the effort of hard work and discipline and sacrifice.” – Apolo Ohno

Quotes About Sacrifice For Love

People often say that true love requires sacrifice, which literally means giving up something that’s important or precious to you for the sake of something or someone else.

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We all have seen our mother or father make small or big sacrifices to make their children happy. You have to make sacrifices in family too so that their is unity and bond amongst everyone.

1. “Every true and deep love is a sacrifice.” – Carl Jung
2. “Love without sacrifice is like theft.” – Nassim Nicholas Taleb
3. “True love is selfless. It is prepared to sacrifice.” – Sadhu Vaswani                                                       

   

4. “Love sacrifices all things to bless the thing it loves.” ― Edward Bulwer-Lytton
5. “Love is not a feeling of happiness. Love is a willingness to sacrifice.” – Michael Novak
6. “Sacrifices we make for others and that others make for us, result in blessings for all.” ― Taylor G. Godoy
7. “Love doesn’t please itself by seeking revenge. Love sacrifices itself for the good of others.” ― Kerrelyn Sparks
8. “Sacrificing your happiness for the happiness of the one you love, is by far, the truest type of love.” ― Unknown
9. “There is no decision that we can make that doesn’t come with some sort of balance or sacrifice.” – Simon Sinek
10. “Think now and then that there is a man who would give his life, to keep a life you love beside you.” ― Charles Dickens
11. “True love is built on sacrifice and that sacrifice often means putting others’ needs above your own.” ― Unknown
12. “You don’t have to do everything for someone; just do enough to make them feel you are their everything.” ― Ridge Kimani
13. “I guess that’s just part of loving people: You have to give things up. Sometimes you even have to give them up.” – Lauren Oliver
14. “Life is a song – sing it. Life is a game – play it. Life is a challenge – meet it. Life is a dream – realize it. Life is a sacrifice – offer it. Life is love – enjoy it.” – Sai Baba
15. “Love proves itself by deeds, so how am I to show my love? Great deeds are forbidden me. The only way I can prove my love is by scattering flowers, and these flowers are every little sacrifice, every glance and word, and the doing of the least actions for love.” – Thérèse of Lisieux

Inspirational Sacrifice Quotes For Family & Friends

1. “Where there is family, there is sacrifices, happiness and love for others.” ― Unknown
2. “You should never sacrifice three things: your family, your heart, and your dignity.” ― Unknown
3. “Sacrifice is the ecstasy of giving the best we have to the one we love the most.” ― J. Oswald Sanders
4. “Love is not possible without sacrifice, and sacrifice is not possible without love.” ― Karen Kingsbury
5. “Friendship is based on the spirit of sacrifice; as an expression of love for the welfare of others.” ― Radhanath Swami
6. “When your parents are not rich but still afford to give you a beautiful life, appreciate their sacrifices.” ― Unknown
7. “Every child is born with two parents but what’s sad is often times, only one of them all the sacrifices.” ― Unknown
8. “Sacrifices means spending less time on entertainment and more time on improving your life and family.” ― Unknown
9. “A healthy relationship will never require you to sacrifice your friends, your dreams, or your dignity.” ― Mandy Hale
10. “When you make the sacrifice in marriage, you’re sacrificing not to each other but to unity in a relationship.” ― Joseph Campbell
11. “Brotherhood means laying down your life for somebody, really willing to sacrifice yourself for somebody else.” – Tim Hetherington
12. “Parenting is the biggest sacrifice one can make, it’s putting your life on hold to fulfill the promise of your children’s tomorrow.” – Frederica Ehimen
13. “Being genetically related doesn’t make you family. Love, support, trust, sacrifice, honesty, protection, and loyalty is what makes you family.” – Unknown
14. “True love is not just sacrifice, it’s about always finding the perfect reason to sacrifice anything for another person’s happiness, it’s consistent selflessness.” – Unknown
15. “No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice, and family. In forming a marital union, two people become something greater than they once were.” – Anthony Kennedy

Quotes About Sacrificing And Pain

Soldiers, the men and women who serve their country, whether in peace time or war, make the ultimate sacrifices for the greater good of their country.

Army men and military soldiers are separated from their family separations, long and difficult hours with no extra pay, and more just for the freedom that everyone else enjoys.

Though sacrificing brings pain but it also brings with it a a bigger cause that will have a better tommorow for others.

1. “Find a purpose to serve, not a lifestyle to live.” ― Criss Jami
2. “Patriotism demands of us sustained sacrifice.” – Chiang Kai-shek
3. “Never sacrifice who you are because someone has a problem with it.” ― Unknown
4. “Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice.” ― Thomas Merton
5. “Sacrifice is a part of every journey to become great, sacrifice now for a better future.” – Unknown                                                                                                                                                                       

   

6. “Too long a sacrifice can make a stone of the heart. O when may it suffice?” – William Butler Yeats
7. “A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.” – Joseph Campbell
8. “Life is only a long and bitter suicide, and faith alone can transform this suicide into a sacrifice.” – Franz Liszt
9. “The willingness of America’s veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude.” – Jeff Miller
10. “For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it.” ― Luke 9:24 (Bible Verse)
11. “Real magic can never be made by offering someone else’s liver. You must tear out your own, and not expect to get it back.” – Peter S. Beagle
12. “Great leaders are willing to sacrifice the numbers to save the people. Poor leaders sacrifice the people to save the numbers.” – Simon Sinek
13. “Value and appreciate the people who sacrifice their “something” for you. Because maybe that “something” was their everything.” – Unknown
14. “Sometimes the prize is not worth the costs. The means by which we achieve victory are as important as the victory itself.” – Brandon Sanderson
15. “Sustainability can’t be like some sort of a moral sacrifice or political dilemma or a philanthropical cause. It has to be a design challenge.” – Bjarke Ingels
16. “When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.” – Edmund Burke
17. “Sometimes you need to sacrifice your own happiness and choose to do what is right because not everything, that makes you happy is right.” – Unknown
18. “Democracy, like liberty, justice and other social and political rights, is not “given”, it is earned through courage, resolution and sacrifice.” – Aung San Suu Kyi
19. “Some people will never understand the sacrifices you’re making for them until you stop making them. Don’t continue to be where you’re not appreciated.” – Unknown
20. “One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying.” – Joan of Arc
21. “For me, no ideological or political conviction would justify the sacrifice of a human life. For me, the value of life is absolute, with no concessions. It’s not negotiable.” – Edgar Ramirez
22. “In the military, they give medals for people who are willing to sacrifice themselves so that others may survive. In business, we give bonuses to people who sacrifice others.” – Simon Sinek
23. “Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
24. “Freedom does not come without a price. We may sometimes take for granted the many liberties we enjoy in America, but they have all been earned through the ultimate sacrifice paid by so many of the members of our armed forces.” – Charlie Dent
25. “She taught me all about real sacrifice. That it should be done from love… That it should be done from necessity, not without exhausting all other options. That it should be done for people who need your strength because they don’t have enough of their own.” ― Veronica Roth

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