Self-sacrifice
Definition: The giving up of one's own interests or wishes in order to help others or advance a cause.
Number of Quotes: 5
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.
Winston Churchill
Teach us, good Lord, to serve Thee as Thou deservest;
To give and not to count the cost;
To fight and not to heed the wounds;
To toil and not to seek for rest;
To labour and not to ask for any reward
Save that of knowing that we do Thy will.
Ignatius
Let every Nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet
any hardship, support any friend or oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and success of liberty.
Spoken at inaugural address and inscribed on his memorial.
John F. Kennedy
I just got to a point where I was lying to myself constantly, so I had to face up to that. It was a lot
of... I don't want to use the words self sacrifice,
but that's what it felt like. It was giving up
who I thought I was and starting over from scratch and realizing the man that I am was good enough.
Ivan Moody
Behold, I do not give lectures or a little charity, When I give I give myself.
Walt Whitman
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