“Difficult and great sacrifices always lead to something better.”

“You can only become great at something you are willing to sacrifice for”

Maya Angelou (1928–2014) American author and poet

“There is no fight without losing something important. All that is great requires sacrifice.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

“One question always leads to another question. Some things are better to wonder about.”

Christopher Pike (1954) American author Kevin Christopher McFadden

“When I hear people talk about juggling, or the sacrifices they make for their children, I look at them like they're crazy, because 'sacrifice' infers that there was something better to do than being with your children.”

Chris Rock (1965) American comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer, film producer, and director

“Going through something difficult in your life, music for me is always a friend and something that helps you to figure things out.”

Chris Martin (1977) musician, co-founder of Coldplay

“Something is always born of excess: great art was born of great terror, great loneliness, great inhibitions, instabilities, and it always balances them.”

Anaïs Nin (1903–1977) writer of novels, short stories, and erotica

“The sweetest life is to be ever making sacrifices for Christ; the hardest life a man can lead on earth, the most full of misery, is to be always doing his own will and seeking to please himself.”

Edward Bickersteth (bishop of Exeter) (1825–1906) English Anglican bishop, died 1906

“It was difficult to be an actress and have a home and children. My family always came first, and that is something I don’t regret.”

Noreen Nash (1924–2023) American film and television actress

“There is no freedom without sacrifice. Same as there is no peace without someone taking the lead.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author