Quotes about Sacrifice
A coat that is not used, the moths eat; and a Christian who is hung up so that he shall not be tempted-the moths eat him; and they have poor food at that.
- Henry Ward Beecher
Being born he have himself as our Companion, Eating with us he gave himself as Food, Dying He became our Ransom, Reigning he gives himself as our Reward
- St. Thomas Aquinas
When you forgive, that means you absorb the loss and the debt. You bear it yourself. All forgiveness, then, is costly.
- Timothy Keller
The sufferings of Christ are the means of forgiveness of sin and eternal glory
- John Calvin
Here is the amazing thing about Easter; the resurrection Sunday for Christians is this, that Christ in the dying moments on the cross gives us the greatest illustration of forgiveness possible.
- Bishop TD Jakes
Forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness. To not retaliate is to absorb the cost.
- Timothy Keller
The essence of forgiveness is absorbing pain instead of giving it.
- Timothy Keller
Forgiveness is the reason for the crucifixion, and the crucifixion is the reason for the Incarnation.
- Peter Kreeft
In common honesty, we must not conceal the fact that free forgiveness in one sense will cost everything.
- JI Packer
One cannot desire freedom from the Cross when one is especially chosen for the Cross.
- Edith Stein
I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees.
- Euripides
God led Jesus to a cross, not a crown, and yet that cross ultimately proved to be the gateway to freedom and forgiveness for every sinner in the world.
- Bill Hybels