Sake Quotes

Seek not to grow in knowledge chiefly for the sake of applause, and to enable you to dispute with others; but seek it for the benefit of your souls.

Whatever is not done by the permission of Allah will not happen, and what is not done for the sake of Allah will not benefit or remain.

Don't be different just for different's sake. If you see it differently, function that way. Follow your own muse, always.

You must never sacrifice your relationship with God for the sake of a relationship with another person.

I even accept for the sake of argument that sexual orgies eliminate social tensions and ought to be encouraged.

Personal greed and egoism are things that cause human beings to forget respect for others and to violate rules that have been established for the sake of peace and friendship.

The hardest thing is to give up something you love, for the sake of Allah. But remember Allah never takes without giving something better.

Mediocrity is the most effective mask a superior spirit can wear, because to the great majority, which is to say, to the mediocre,it will not suggest a disguise:--and yet it is precisely for their sake that he puts it on--so as not to arouse them, and, indeed, not infrequently to avoid this out of pity and benevolence.

Blessed the one who continually humbles himself willingly; he will be crowned by the One who willingly humbled himself for our sake.

As for marigolds, poppies, hollyhocks, and valorous sunflowers, we shall never have a garden without them, both for their own sake, and for the sake of old-fashioned folks, who used to love them.

One cannot permit unique opportunities to slip by for the sake of trifles.

Why should we not ... instead of the paltry offerings we make, do something that will prove that we are really in earnest in claiming to be followers of him who, though he was rich, for our sake became poor?

The minute you start compromising for the sake of massaging somebody's ego, that's it, game over.

There's an intrinsic value in creating something for the sake of creating it.

I've always written songs for the sake of my own sanity and expression.

The world exists for the sake of kindness.

If Christ has died for me, ungodly as I am, without strength as I am, then I cannot live in sin any longer. I must arouse myself to love and serve Him who has redeemed me. I cannot trifle with the evil that killed my best Friend. I must be holy for His sake. How can I live in sin when He has died to save me from it?

Being bombastic for the sake of being bombastic has just never been my take on the world.

I was tired of pretending that I was someone else just to get along with people, just for the sake of having friendships.

Who wants to live with one foot in hell just for the sake of nostalgia Our time is forever now.

Like all predatory or parasitic institutions, its first instinct is that of self-preservation. All its enterprises are directed first towards preserving its own life, and, second, towards increasing its own power and enlarging the scope of its own activity. For the sake of this it will, and regularly does, commit any crime which circumstances make expedient.

The prophet shows that, for the sake of silence, we are to abstain even from good talk. If this be so, how much more needful is it that we refrain from evil words, on account of the penalty of the sin!

To love God as He ought to be loved, we must be detached from all temporal love. We must love nothing but Him, or if we love anything else, we must love it only for His sake.

I won't do something just for the sake of working.

The passion for seeking the truth for truth's sake can be kept alive only if we continue to seek the truth for truth's sake.

I'm not different for the sake of being different, only for the desperate sake of being myself. I can't join your gang: you'd think I was a phony and I'd know it.

For God's sake (I never was more serious) don't make me ridiculous any more by terming me gentle-hearted in print.

We share this planet with many species. It is our responsibility to protect them, both for their sakes and our own.

I do not worship matter, I worship the God of matter, who became matter for my sake and deigned to inhabit matter, who worked out my salvation through matter. I will not cease from honoring that matter which works for my salvation. I venerate it, though not as God.

When you are practicing, do not just do that for the sake of doing. Learn to reflect while you are practising. Make your mind and brain observe and relearn what you are doing. Doing is mechanical; learning is dynamic.

Controversy for the sake of controversy is sin. Controversy for the sake of truth is a divine command.

The fastest way to attain courage is to follow the chosen Way and be willing to abandon life itself for the sake of justice.

Owning a business is NOT about working your ass off for the sake of trying to squeeze out a living. It is NOT about making tons of money at the expense of losing tons of life. It IS about maximizing life, bettering your life and the lives of others, which, not so ironically, fattens your purse.

What it is is that there's an intrinsic value in creating something for the sake of creating it, and better than that ... there is this beauty in dropping it into a community of your own making, and seeing it dispersed, and seeing younger, more talented, just different talent, take it to levels you can never imagine, because that lives on.

We are to Plunder Hell to Populate Heaven for Calvary's sake

What we give to the poor for Christ's sake, is what we carry with us when we die.

All great things are done for their own sake.

I do not worship matter; I worship the Creator of matter who became matter for my sake.

Do what you do only for God's sake, start for God's sake, work for God's sake, and act within the sphere of God's good approval.

Since love for our Creator cannot be sustained unless we love others for God's sake.

In business we cut each others' throats, but now and then we sit around the same table and behave-for the sake of the ladies.

Art for art's sake makes no more sense than gin for gin's sake.

I don't know what reception I'm at, but for God's sake give me a gin and tonic.

Art has no purpose. It exists for its own sake.

For the sake of our children and our future, we must do more to combat climate change.

We all have a responsibility to protect endangered species, both for their sake and for the sake of our own future generations.

Competition for the sake not of destroying one another, but for the sake of bettering and improving both competitors as a result of the competition.

The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist.

Barbershop conversations are irrefutable proof that heads exist for the sake of hair.

All wars are fought for the sake of getting money.