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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• laziness
• sacrifice
• priorities

This is the source.

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

• discipline
• sacrifice

What is to give light must endure burning. Viktor Frankl

• 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

• sacrifice

When you decide to be successful in a big way, it means you acknowledge the price and you're willing to pay it. That price might be sacrificing your personal life to get good grades in school, pursuing a college major that is deadly boring but lucrative, putting off having kids, missing time with your family, or taking business risks that put you in jeopardy for embarrassment, divorce, or bankruptcy. Successful people don't wish for success; they decide to pursue it. Scott Adams

• discipline
• success
• sacrifice

This is the source.