Arthur Penrhyn Stanley (1815–1881) English churchman, Dean of Westminster
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 133.
“God descends with a purpose. From the earliest times sacrifice (yajña) had been accounted the most important work, and in the Gītā so imperative a work is sacrifice considered that we are told that 'ever on sacrifice firm-founded is Brahman all pervading.”
Source: The Bhagavadgītā (1973), p. 34. (19.(c) Kṛiṣṇa as avatāra has a definite work to do)
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Kent Hovind (1953) American young Earth creationist
Dissertation for doctor of philosophy in christian education (May 25, 1991)
Cyrus H. Gordon (1908–2001) American linguist
Source: The Common Background of Greek and Hebrew Civilizations (1965 [1962]), Ch.VIII Further Observations on the Bible
Context: Scripture makes it clear that unlike the conceptions of Abraham and of Jacob, Isaac was conceived through divine agency. Like the Mycenaean Greek heroes, Isaac could claim paternity at two levels; the human and the divine.... Normative Judaism has divested itself of this approach to the paternity of heroes, in spite of the tell-tale text in Genesis. Midrash does not hesitate to call Moses half-god and half-man.... The Church tradition that connects the sacrifice of Isaac with the sacrifice of Christ apparently rests on a sound exegesis, for the sacrifice of Isaac would have meant not only the sacrifice of Abraham's son but of God's.
“Hard work, sacrifice and focus will never show up in tests.”
Lance Armstrong (1971) professional cyclist from the USA
Claude Rains (1889–1967) English-born actor
Of Hollywood; Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies (2001 ed): Art. Claude Rains p. 362
“Our rule is the works of mercy… It is the way of sacrifice, worship, a sense of reverence.”
Dorothy Day (1897–1980) Social activist
As quoted in The Encyclopedia of American Catholic History (1997)
As quoted in The Catholic Worker after Dorothy : Practicing the Works of Mercy in a New Generation (2008) by Dan McKanan
Variant: [Practicing] the works of mercy … is our program, our rule of life.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton book The Woman's Bible
The Woman's Bible (1898)
Source: The Woman's Bible: A Classic Feminist Perspective
“Never, ever, sacrifice what you want the most, for what you want the.”
James A. Owen (1969) Illustrator
Source: Drawing Out The Dragons: A Meditation on Art, Destiny, and the Power of Choice