Lionel Messi

I always thought I wanted to play professionally, and I always knew that to do that I'd have to make a lot of sacrifices. I made sacrifices by leaving Argentina, leaving my family to start a new life. I changed my friends, my people. Everything. But everything I did, I did for football, to achieve my dream.

Argentinian Footballer

Gisele Bundchen

There is good in everything; it's just how you choose to look at it. Everything that's worth it has a price. For me to be a model - I had to leave my family. Do you think I liked that? No! There are sacrifices. Life is meant to be a challenge, because challenges are what make you grow.

Brazilian Model

Thich Nhat Hanh

People sacrifice the present for the future. But life is available only in the present. That is why we should walk in such a way that every step can bring us to the here and the now.

Vietnamese Clergyman

William Tecumseh Sherman

I know I had no hand in making this war, and I know I will make more sacrifices today than any of you to secure peace.

American Soldier

Benjamin Watson

So much of football relates to Christian life - sacrifice, commitment, discipline.

American Athlete

Shakira

You can't achieve anything in life without a small amount of sacrifice.

Musician

Vitor Belfort

I have a life of sacrifice. I don't have a normal social life.

Brazilian Athlete

Dan Barber

It's a fallen world. We eat and sacrifice in the process.

American Chef

Brian Bosworth

I had sacrificed my entire life to play football.

Zubin Mehta

Indian Musician

Used when something precious is given up, showing that something else is considered more vital

Value Judgment

Often conveys a sense of struggle or regret alongside the decision to give something up.

Emotionally Charged

Understand that this use is mostly historical or used in specific religious contexts today.

Historical Context

Sometimes used metaphorically to describe a huge effort or giving up something big.

Metaphorical Use

Implies prioritizing one value or need over another, often with a sense of reluctance.

Prioritization

Commonly used in military contexts to denote loss of lives, often seen as noble or honorable.

War Connotations

In business, it indicates a strategic move to sell below value, not necessarily a loss.

Business Strategy

Usually a short-term action designed to achieve a long-term gain in business.

Temporary Measure

 arrangement and the agreement they have is that they get this income and they get this collaboration with the snyder trust because they're protecting this environment which to me is amazing because in all conservation agreements and most conservation um initiatives there's always some kind of sacrifice but here there's no sacrifice whatsoever because these women who wouldn't typically be

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 Instead he taught me what he that being a man was about sacrifice and doing whatever you can to take care of and provide for your family. But there was another role I learned how to play from my dad, who, I discovered, learned it from his dad, a state senator who later in life

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 And in the end, the hero triumphs over evil in an idyllic way, but at great personal, emotional sacrifice. King Arthur is a good example of a romantic hero. Sure, he became king and married the love of his life, but he was also killed by his son,

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 minimize danger to others by not swerving, even if it means hitting the large object and sacrificing your life, or take the middle ground by hitting the SUV, which has a high passenger safety rating? So what should the self-driving car do?

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 robust material but give you a battery that charges faster all while not sacrificing energy density or battery life so better batteries as someone who quite literally spends her time looking into batteries I'm excited by what I see

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 She's worried that someday the state will claim her life for its own purposes to protect itself from danger. Licinia could be accused of incestum, meaning unchastity, at any time and be sacrificed whether she's innocent or guilty.

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 from her hair the team discovered a countdown to sacrifice that began months before her death and the first event was one year before the death of the maiden a shift from a diet of vegetables and potatoes was

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 The same is true for Crispy. This is the standard conclusion of the Prisoner's the two characters will betray one another. Their strategy to unconditionally sacrifice their companion

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 United by fate, the survivors and the hundreds who sacrificed their lives challenged conventional wisdom and completed a historic journey once thought impossible.

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 A colony may lose many workers in defence of its home. But their sacrifice helps safeguard the next generation.

Sacrifice