Definition of Self-Sacrifice

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Definition of Self-Sacrifice
	Self-sacrifice The act of sacrificing one's self, or one's interest, for others; self-devotion. Related Definitions: Act, For, Interest, Of, One, Or, Sacrificing, Self, Self-Devotion, The

Self-Sacrifice Quotations

Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion.
Mohandas Gandhi

The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality.
T. S. Eliot

Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing.
George Bernard Shaw

Capitalists are no more capable of self-sacrifice than a man is capable of lifting himself up by his own bootstraps.
Vladimir Lenin

Dissipation is a form of self-sacrifice.
Eric Hoffer

Loyalty and devotion lead to bravery. Bravery leads to the spirit of self-sacrifice. The spirit of self-sacrifice creates trust in the power of love.
Morihei Ueshiba

For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice - no paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service.
John Burroughs

Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton

No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt.
Max Beerbohm

My dad served in the Air Force as ground crew for several years, and doesn't really talk about it. I know that it's there. I think my main thing about direct or indirect experiences as near to home as it were is the idea of self-sacrifice really.
Jeremy Northam

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