Let this nation, under your influence, be a finer nation. Resolve that the sacrifices by which your great opportunities have been purchased will be matched by a sacrifice, on your part, that will give your children even a better chance. Calvin Coolidge Tweet

• sacrifice

This is the context.

The important thing is this: To be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become. Charles du Bois Tweet

• self improvement
• sacrifice

The ultimate test of man's conscience may be his willingness to sacrifice something today for future generations whose words of thanks will not be heard. Gaylord Nelson Tweet

• conscience
• legacy
• sacrifice

Doing less meaningless work, so that you can focus on things of greater personal importance, is NOT laziness. This is hard for most people to accept, because our [America] culture tends to reward personal sacrifice instead of personal productivity. Timothy Ferriss Tweet

• priorities
• laziness
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This is the source.

Today I will do what others won't so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can't. Jerry Rice Tweet

• discipline
• sacrifice

What is to give light must endure burning. Viktor Frankl Tweet

• pain
• sacrifice

The whole story of human and personal progress is an unmitigated tale of denials today-denials of rest, denials or repose and comfort and ease and pleasure-that tomorrow may be richer. James Carroll Tweet

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