Sacrifice quotes

“- Xerxes: There will be no glory in your sacrifice. The world will never know you existed at all!
- King Leonidas: The world will know that free men stood against a tyrant, that few stood against many, and before this battle was over, even a god-king can bleed.”
Rodrigo Santoro - Xerxes
Gerard Butler - King Leonidas

“- Gandalf: Faramir! Your father's will has turned to madness. Do not throw away your life so rashly.
- Faramir: Where does my allegiance lie if not here? This is the city of the men of Numenor. I would gladly give my life to defend her beauty, her memory... her wisdom.”
Sir Ian McKellen - Gandalf
David Wenham - Faramir

“Some ideals are worth dying for, aren't they, Jean-Luc?”
Tom Hardy - Shinzon

“Gandalf does not hesistate to sacrifice those closest to him, those he professes to love. Tell me... what words of comfort did you give the halfling before you sent him to his doom? The path that you have set him on can only lead to death.”

Sir Christopher Lee - Saruman

“Maybe there's no such thing as heroes. Heroes are something we create, something we need. It's a way for us to understand what's almost incomprehensible, how people could sacrifice so much for us: the risks they took, the wounds they suffered. They may have fought for their country but they died for their friends.”
Tom McCarthy - James Bradley

“- Roy Hobbs: Red, it took me sixteen years to get here. You play me, and I'll give ya the best I got.
- Red Blow: I believe you.”
Robert Redford - Roy Hobbs
Richard Farnsworth - Red Blow

“- Cardinal: We're not afraid to die for our cause.
- Jericho: Good, because I'm not afraid to kill you!”
Michael O'Hagan - Cardinal
Arnold Schwarzenegger - Jericho

“- Rebecca: So, what do you do if you're a Satanist anyway?
- Enid: Sacrifice virgins and stuff.
- Rebecca: Well, that lets us off the hook.”
Scarlett Johansson - Rebecca
Thora Birch - Enid

“- René Gallimard: You made me see the beauty of the story, of her death. It's pure sacrifice. He's not worthy of it, but what can she do? She loves him so much. It's very beautiful.
- Song Liling: Yes, to a Westerner.
- René Gallimard: I beg your pardon?
- Song Liling: It's one of your favorite fantasies, isn't it? The submissive Oriental woman...” (continue)(continue reading)
Jeremy Irons - René Gallimard
John Lone - Song Liling

“There is only one sacrifice nobler than sacrificing one's self for their country; that is marrying a man who does.”
Tim Pigott-Smith - General Feversham

“He joined this department because he wanted to help people, who knows how many homes are still standing because Jack was there or how many lives were spared. He gave his life for that cause.”

John Travolta - Captain Mike Kennedy

“Sometimes you have to give what you have the dearest to find peace.”
Harvey Keitel - Elvis

“There are millions out there dying for their countries, and what good is it?”
Lew Ayres - Paul

“The hard work of so many, sacrificed by the disrespect of few.”
Jon Voight - Coach Kilmer

“- Dave Kovic: I've always wondered about you guys. About how you're trained to take a bullet for the President?
- Duane Stevenson: What about it?
- Dave Kovic: Is that really true? I mean, would you let yourself be killed to save his life?
- Duane Stevenson: Certainly.”
Kevin Kline - Dave Kovic
Ving Rhames - Duane Stevenson

“Thousands must die, so that Caesar may become the great.”
Eric Tsang - Hon Sam

“- Riddick: Would die for them?
- Fry: I would try for them!
- Riddick: You didn't answer me.
- Fry: Yes, Riddick. I would. I would die for them.”

Vin Diesel - Richard B. Riddick
Radha Mitchell - Carolyn Fry

“I'm no mere chick! I'm a goddess! And the first thing I'm gonna sacrifice are ya balls, sonny!”
Lauren Ambrose - Florence 'Chicklet' Forrest

“I don't want to die. I killed his father. I can tell you what it was. This is not an excuse. I'm not begging for clemency. All that matters, I do not wish to sacrifice my life for John's well-being. But I will sacrifice this money for mine because you have asked me. Because after this, I will have done all I can for John and for myself.”

Philip Baker Hall - Sydney

“We can't go around measuring our goodness by what we don't do. By what we deny ourselves, what we resist, and who we exclude. I think we've got to measure goodness by what we embrace, what we create... and who we include.”
Hugh O'Conor - Father Henri

“That was a beautiful day. The sun was out, been raining all morning, the air was... first shot, sounded like a firecracker. I looked over, I saw him, I could tell he was hit. I don't know why I didn't react. I should have reacted. I should have been running flat out. I just couldn't believe it. If only I'd reacted, I could have taken that shot....” (continue)(continue reading)

Clint Eastwood - Frank Horrigan

“Hundreds of thousands will fighting to return home. But if they do not offer the sacrifice in blood now, we will all pay dearly with added gallons later. So if some must die, it is in a worthy cause.”
Tom Selleck - Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower

“- Leona: You're going to kill yourself for one of your puppets?
- Geppetto: He's my son.”

Geneviève Bujold - Leona
Martin Landau - Geppetto

“Why do you have to carry the burden of someone else's life?”

Christine Lahti - Annie Pope

“To be free, one must give up a part of oneself.”
Alberta Watson - Hansel's Mom