Definition of Sake

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Definition of Sake

Sake

Final cause; end; purpose of obtaining; cause; motive; reason; interest; concern; account; regard or respect; -- used chiefly in such phrases as, for the sake of, for his sake, for man's sake, for mercy's sake, and the like; as, to commit crime for the sake of gain; to go abroad for the sake of one's health.

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Sake Quotations

There is always the danger that we may just do the work for the sake of the work. This is where the respect and the love and the devotion come in - that we do it to God, to Christ, and that's why we try to do it as beautifully as possible.
Mother Teresa

I am not interested in power for power's sake, but I'm interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

That service is the noblest which is rendered for its own sake.
Mohandas Gandhi

I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.
Ayn Rand

Sleeping is no mean art: for its sake one must stay awake all day.
Friedrich Nietzsche

My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.
Aristotle

The best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.
Aristotle

The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.
Napoleon Bonaparte

Peace is more important than all justice; and peace was not made for the sake of justice, but justice for the sake of peace.
Martin Luther

A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite.
Leo Tolstoy

Sake Translations

sake in German is um...willen, seinetwegen
sake in Portuguese is causa
sake in Swedish is skull

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