Simon Bolivar Quotes

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

People know Modi did not do anything for himself. Whatever he has done is for people and the country.

Nothing so much enhances a good as to make sacrifices for it.

I am only a simple woman who lives to serve Peron and my people.

There is no moral authority like that of sacrifice.

I wanted to contribute my time, myself, my knowledge, my love, because Haiti is my everything.

Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies.

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

I have lived a long life, and I am proud that I spend the whole of my life in the service of my people. I am only proud of this and nothing else. I shall continue to serve until my last breath, and when I die, I can say, that every drop of my blood will invigorate India and strengthen it.

Loyalty means nothing unless it has at its heart the absolute principle of self-sacrifice.

Love is sacrifice.

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

I just want to serve Colombia.

I will lay my bones by the Ganges that India might know there is one who cares.

My whole life was service to people and the Fatherland.

Get this, kids - how a man proposes isn't what makes him romantic. It's how a man purposes to lay down his life that makes him romantic.

Both of them were the children of the United States. They sacrificed their children for the benefit of the others. But they were not very devoted children of the United States.

I can't pretend to be objective when it comes to service or sacrifice.

I have long believed that sacrifice is the pinnacle of patriotism.

Everything I have done or attempted to do for Scotland has always been for her benefit, never my own and I defy anyone to prove otherwise.

Sacrifice to me is something you do without expecting something in return.

It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses.

Fearing that I am regarded as an obstacle to establishing the Republic on a firm base of happiness, I remove myself from the high office to which you were good enough to elevate me... My one desire has been to contribute to your liberty... The Republic will be happy if, accepting my resignation, you name a president beloved of all the nation... Hear my prayers. Save the Republic. Save my glory, which is Columbia’s.

I will flight for the people until my last breath.

There is a basic idea to this fighting spirit: that there are standards worth devoting yourself to that are more important than your self-interest.