Emma Goldman Quotes

Until the day I die, I am going to make my body a bridge so that somebody can run across it.

The law of sacrifice is uniform throughout the world. To be effective it demands the sacrifice of the bravest and the most spotless.

A noble purpose inspires sacrifice, stimulates innovation and encourages perseverance.

I never mind contorting myself for a good cause.

I always knew my death would be a possible consequence of the work I do. But for me it was a price I was willing to pay because this is what I believed in.

True idealists are rare; they are the dedicated workers, who would, if need be, die at the stake.

We believe in our destiny. We do not shrink from any sacrifice.

Nothing in life is more exhilarating than fighting for something larger than you.

I am certainly not a martyr kind of a person. I love my life. But if one has to, then there is nothing more nobler a cause that I can think of.

Some missionaries bound for Africa were laughed at by the boat captain. 'You'll only die over there,' he said. But a missionary replied, 'Captain, we died before we started.'

At least I died trying. And I won.I never gave them away. I never hurt them. I did my best to find them. I tried to keep my promise... I die for them.

Once you become dedicated to a cause, personal security is not the goal. What will happen to you personally does not matter. My cause, my race, is worth dying for.

Our lives are not fully lived if we're not willing to die for those we love, for what we believe.

Give people a convincing reason and they will lay down their very lives.

What is enthusiasm but a passionate belief in what seems to be a high and holy aim - an unselfish devotion to some noble cause - a consecration of heart and mind and soul to the attainment of a great object?

I made sacrifices willingly; it was what I did best.

It does not take great men to do great things; it only takes consecrated men.

Love is sacrifice.

If I have to lay an egg for my country, I'll do it.

No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause.

You've got to be dedicated and throw yourself into parts and auditions in a way that is completely selfless.

Sacrifice still exists everywhere, and everywhere the elect of each generation suffers for the salvation of the rest.

I just want to serve Colombia.

Look, I would say that anyone who does this work and doesn't have a strain of idealism is an adrenaline junkie or completely narcissistic. There is no other justification. You're risking your life, and if anything happens, it's our families who suffer tremendously.

The dedicated life is worth living. You must give with your whole heart.