Sake Quotes

Forward, forward, men! Drive those fellows out of those woods! Forward! For God's sake forward!

If there be one righteous person, the rain falls for his sake.

Introverts are capable of acting like extroverts for the sake of work they consider important, people they love, or anything they value highly.

Just as I defend myself, therefore, From all unpleasant happenings however small, Likewise, I shall act for others' sake To guard and to protect them with compassion.

We protect nature not for nature's sake but for our own sake because it's the infrastructure of our communities.

Give us something else; give us something new; for Heaven's sake give us something bad, so long as we feel we are alive and active and not just passive admirers of tradition!

For the sake of your marriage, get a king-size bed. And if you really want to stay married, get two.

When you're wide awake say it for goodness sake, it's gonna be a great day.

We live our lives for our life's sake, rather than for illusions about rewards and satisfaction after we're dead.

I must assert in the most unqualified way that it is primarily and mainly for the sake of saving the soul that I seek the salvation of the body.

We do not make changes for the sake of making them, but we never fail to make a change when once it is demonstrated that the new way is better than the old way.

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake.

Women don't seek power for its own sake, but to make a difference and overcome each challenge

Nobody sets out to offend or shock for the sake of shocking. You set out to get laughs.

Human beings are too important to be treated as mere symptoms of the past. They have a value which is independent of any temporal process──which is eternal, and must be felt for its own sake.

Whoever is humble to men for God's sake, may God exalt his eminence.

Anthroposophy is not a game, nor just a theory; it is a task that must be faced for the sake of human evolution.

Although intelligence tests are usually speed tests for the sake of convenience, it is debatable whether speed has any rightful place in the basic concept of intelligence.

I like the idea of being a student, and I play with very good musicians. So playing with them allows me to get better. My aim is to get better, but I really love it for its own sake.

You shouldn't do science just to improve wealth - do science for the sake of human culture and knowledge. There must be some purpose in life that is higher than just surviving.

The highest perfection of human life consists in the mind of man being detached from care, for the sake of God.

War for the sake of war is sin, but war for the sake of defense is duty.

Finding fault in others, just for the sake of finding fault, we will pollute our own minds.

A dog is much like a married man, obeying his master's voice for the sake of his master's touch.

Even without success, creative persons find joy in a job well done. Learning for its own sake is rewarding.

It is when we act freely, for the sake of the action itself rather than for ulterior motives, that we learn to become more than what we were.

You can give of your talent, you can give of your possessions, or you can give of yourself. For God's sake, give something.

Preferring members of any one group for no reason other than race or ethnic origin is discrimination for its own sake. This the Constitution forbids.

I'm always willing to accept change, just as long as it isn't change for the sake of change. If that change will result in a better way of doing things, then I'm all for it.

Phillipians 4:13 for Pete's sake!

Never ran away for the sake of scars.

For my sake, the entire world was created.

To live fully, outwardly and inwardly, not to ignore the external reality for the sake of the inner life, or the reverse, that's quite a task

Whoever has known the love of God loves the whole world and never murmurs against his fate, for the burden of sorrow for the sake of God gains eternal joy.

I never said anything that was unprintable. Never said anything just for the sake of being startling.

Don't forgive your enemies for their sake - do it for your sake.

Do good to the people for the sake of God or for the peace of your own soul that you may always see what is pure and save your Heart from the darkness of hate

Jurisdiction is not given for the sake of the judge, but for that of the litigant.

... we never do any thing well, unless we love it for its own sake.

I don't shop because I need something, I just shop for shopping's sake.

We may look great on Instagram, but we're still lonely and depressed and anxiety-ridden. I hope, for the sake of our future generations, that our moral compass stays intact.

O Lord Most-wise, strengthen us by Your power that we not fear the non-believing world neither when they lash us with whips nor when they insult us with words for Your sake.

Art for art's sake, with no purpose, for any purpose perverts art. But art achieves a purpose which is not its own. (1804)

It seems a pity, but I do not think that I can write more. For God's sake look after our people.

If nothing is self-evident, nothing can be proved. Similarly if nothing is obligatory for its own sake, nothing is obligatory at all.

I don't talk for the sake of talking. I do become intoxicated with sound. When I open my mouth, it's to say something.

I love to find new people. It's not for the sake of their being new; it's because if you find someone who perfectly fits a part, that's such a great thing.

In old days men studied for the sake of self-improvement; nowadays men study in order to impress other people.

It is of the essence of virtue that the good is not to be done for the sake of a reward.

If I do have some success, I'd like to enjoy it, for heaven's sake! What is the point of having it otherwise?