Sacrifice: Giving up something good for something better. As I have studied great men and women from the beginning of time the common denominator of greatness has been the ability and willingness to sacrifice for whatever they were trying to achieve. When sacrifice has been there great humans have emerged. Note: For Hyrum Smith?s other ideas which he regards as pertinent to Success see Topics: Character Charity Goals Humility Peace of Mind Sacrifice SuccessChangePersonal Growth SuccessChangeConstructive Imagination Wisdom
People generally do not appreciate what they do not suffer for. A thing is held to be cheap if it did not cost dearly. Honor is lightly worn if it was easily attained. Inherited liberty is too often carelessly used until it is repossessed through sacrifices.
The important thing is this: to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.
The mice which helplessly find themselves between the cats teeth acquire no merit from their enforced sacrifice.
We can offer up much in the large but to make sacrifices in little things is what we are seldom equal to.
How much easier is self-sacrifice than self-realization!
No sacrifice short of individual liberty individual self-respect and individual enterprise is too great a price to pay for permanent peace.
Sacrifice: Giving up something good for something better. As I have studied great men and women from the beginning of time the common denominator of greatness has been the ability and willingness to sacrifice for whatever they were trying to achieve. When sacrifice has been there great humans have emerged. Note: For Hyrum Smith?s other ideas which he regards as pertinent to Success see Topics: Character Charity Goals Humility Peace of Mind Sacrifice SuccessChangePersonal Growth SuccessChangeConstructive Imagination Wisdom
People generally do not appreciate what they do not suffer for. A thing is held to be cheap if it did not cost dearly. Honor is lightly worn if it was easily attained. Inherited liberty is too often carelessly used until it is repossessed through sacrifices.