Smaller Is Smarter: Hint, Bigger Is Not
Miles Anthony SmithStichwörter: leadership sacrifice inspirational-quote quotes-to-live-by servant-leader
Oh I know it's cliché but yeah they say that great men make it in-
To places few others who even do take the risk've ever been
Stichwörter: greatness poetry adventure self-sacrifice dreams courage bravery accomplishment risk achievement sacrifice relationship cliche rhyme
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And here she was. Lying on the floor of a dusty, empty, locked room thinking how grateful she felt.
She smiled, though it hurt tremendously to do so, thinking how blessed she had been to have spent twelve years with the most precious gifts from God. She felt honored that they called her mother. She knew she had done the best she could teaching them about life and love, faith and family.
Margo lay slowly dying from the wounds inflicted by a monster, but she was at peace. Because though the devil meant it for evil, God turned it to good.
Stichwörter: family faith sacrifice mother-s-love
...often, stepping outside your comfort zone is not careless irresponsibility, but a necessary act of obedience.
Andy StanleyStichwörter: faith stewardship sacrifice giving promise financial-freedom comfort-zone
That night my mother had what she considered a wonderful dream. She dreamed of the country of India, where she had never been. There were orange traffic cones and beautiful lapis lazuli insects with mandibles of gold. A young girl was being led through the streets. She was taken to a pyre where she was wound in a sheet and placed up on a platform built from sticks. The bright fire that consumed her brought my mother into that deep, light, dreamlike bliss. The girl was being burned alive, but, first, there had been her body, clean and whole.
Alice SeboldStichwörter: dreams dream sacrifice fire india pyre burn burnedalive funeralpyre
People love superheroes. It's true we're impressed by their bravery and fortitude, their supernatural gifts and physical brawn. But the fact is, villains possess these same qualities. So why our admiration for the hero and not the nemesis? Because of virtue. A superhero gives everything to defend what's good and right without seeking praise or reward. Think about it. All the great heroes give without taking, help without grumbling, sacrifice without asking recompense. A superhero's real strength, what we absolutely fall in love with, is his finer virtue.
Richelle E. GoodrichStichwörter: virtue sacrifice hero helping-others richelle villain super-hero richelle-goodrich
This was our rhythm, our worship: give and take, gift and receive, honor and entrust. Making love to this man wasn’t just an expression of my feelings for him or a carnal, physical need—it was an offering.
Rachael WadeStichwörter: love sex worship sacrifice intimacy
The happiness of love is in action; its test is what one is willing to do for others.
Stichwörter: happiness love happy action sacrifice others
mostly we've had to found ways to amuse ourselves."
"Really?" Valkyrie asked. "Like what?"
Plight's smile faded. "Like human sacrifice."
He grabbed one arm and Lenka grabbed the other and Valkyrie cried out.
Then they both let go. laughing.
"Naw," Plight said, we just play board games."
..."she fell for it!" gasped Lenka. "She fell for the human sacrifice bit!
Stichwörter: tricks humour sacrifice prank
Blessed with the love of a good man, I felt equal to anything - even the prospect of living out my days in the Antipodes.
Jennifer PaynterStichwörter: love jane-austen sacrifice pride-and-prejudice support lucky blessed peter-bushell mary-bennet jennifer-paynter
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