I am a traditional man. I’m a product of a traditional man. He sacrificed everything for his family.
She sacrificed a lot for us. She was a wonderful role model for us. She’s probably the most intelligent person I know. And what’s really cool for me is I have a lot of friends who will tell me, ‘I was in your Mom’s math class. I loved having her as a teacher.’ That’s really special for me.
Knowing how much was sacrificed to give me the opportunity to find the thing that lights me up isn’t lost on me, and it’s something I know a lot of people can relate to, whether their parents arrived here in Australia recently or not.
My dad made sure he gave me everything, he sacrificed what he had to, to make sure I had what I needed to perform at the best level.
We live in a technological universe in which we are always communicating. And yet we have sacrificed conversation for mere connection.
What I sacrificed as I pursued my dreams was my comfort, not the lives of other people who looked to me to stay afloat. That alone freed me to take more risks, which did pay off in dividends. Having a safety net is an asset that most people do not have.
My style became very technical. I sacrificed a lot of things. I was always hunting for the king, for the mate. I’d forget about my other pieces. Until a point it worked, and I won games that way.
When I was a child, I was raised Catholic. Somewhere, I didn’t fit with the saints and holy men. I discovered the monsters – in Boris Karloff, I saw a beautiful, innocent creature in a state of grace, sacrificed by sins he did not commit.
I have so many people that I should be thanking, obviously starting with my parents. They did such a great job of raising me and so much was sacrificed for me to play hockey.
Some day the workers will take possession of your city hall, and when we do, no child will be sacrificed on the altar of profit!
I started playing chess when I was five years old. I learned the moves from my mother, then worked with my father – and later trainers. My style became very technical. I sacrificed a lot of things. I was always hunting for the king, for the mate. I’d forget about my other pieces.
Our private property must be sacrificed.
I have suffered my self to be politically sacrificed to save my country from ruin and disgrace and if I am never a gain elected I will have the gratification to know that I have done my duty.
My parents sacrificed everything for me. My father worked on a building site and as a driver – so many jobs. My mum was at home full-time to take care of me, my sister, and two brothers.
The most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency.
Generations of American men and women have served our country in the Armed Forces and sacrificed to protect our freedoms.
I sacrificed a lot of things growing up.
It all happened so fast. The ghetto. The deportation. The sealed cattle car. The fiery altar upon which the history of our people and the future of mankind were meant to be sacrificed.
I never sacrificed myself. I did what I did out of love.
I’ve accepted loads of criticism and sacrificed so much money to do what I wanted to do – which, in a very small way, contributed to making things easy for my kind of actors.
While America’s infrastructure needs are substantial, there is no reason to delay completion of the highway bill. Every day of delay means jobs lost, investment opportunities missed and growth sacrificed.
My mom sacrificed everything for my brother and me. She taught me so many things – about life, love, faith, ambition, and family – and she instilled in me the desire to have my own kids one day.
Our veterans have sacrificed so much for our country, and we must always ensure at home we are committed to honoring that sacrifice and service by ensuring we’re providing them the utmost care and support.
I’ve sacrificed a lot to get to the top, to the world title. I really sacrificed, and I took a lot of chances. I did a lot of favors, I felt like, for the UFC and I don’t think it got returned.
When guys were going out to parties, I was going to the gym. I figured, for all my mom sacrificed for me, it was the least I could do.
Economic freedom cannot be sacrificed if political freedom is to be preserved.
One has to be a lowbrow, a bit of a murderer, to be a politician, ready and willing to see people sacrificed, slaughtered, for the sake of an idea, whether a good one or a bad one.
The sudden ending of a White House career all seems so unceremonious for aides who have personally sacrificed a lot – and sometimes even bent their conscience – to do the president’s bidding.
There were many things in my childhood I sacrificed: I started travelling quite young, compromising school in terms of learning and time with friends doing normal stuff as a kid you want to do. But obviously I wouldn’t change a day.
We just had a bunch of guys who liked each other, and we worked well together and sacrificed to win ball games. It was a real team effort.
An anxious unrest, a fierce craving desire for gain has taken possession of the commercial world, and in instances no longer rare the most precious and permanent goods of human life have been madly sacrificed in the interests of momentary enrichment.
My dad sacrificed many things in life for me. He abandoned a very promising and lucrative career of an army officer just so that he could continue helping me with my chess and accompanying me to tournaments.
My parents have sacrificed so much, more than any parents really should.
I have sacrificed not only my favorite scheme of life, but the softer affections of the heart, and my prospects of domestic happiness, and I am ready to sacrifice my life also, with cheerfulness, if that forfeiture could restore peace and good will among mankind.
I sacrificed for the Dallas Cowboys when most quit. I put in overtime to try to help young players.
A university’s essential character is that of being a center of free inquiry and criticism – a thing not to be sacrificed for anything else.
Nina Simone sacrificed so much to be as bold as she was about being black and about being female in an era where that could have cost her life.
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