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Dissipation is a form of self-sacrifice.
Parenthood is such a lesson in self-sacrifice.
The most sublime act is to set another before you.
My whole life has been one theme of self-sacrifice for my investors.
Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing.
Through it all I have learned that parenting is basically a life of self sacrifice.
No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt.
The thing that we have going for us is that people are willing to sacrifice themselves.
Self-sacrifice which denies common sense is not a virtue. It's a spiritual dissipation.
The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality.
Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion.
Some day you will find out that there is far more happiness in another's happiness than in your own.
Women are, I think, moved by the idea that self-sacrifice is noble and can be the source of great joy.
Capitalists are no more capable of self-sacrifice than a man is capable of lifting himself up by his own bootstraps.
It's about self-sacrifice. Since having children, I've worked, but I've maintained the balance of being at home as well.
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.
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.
Only an intervention by women around the world, with their innate knowledge of interdependency, deep listening, empathy and self-sacrifice, could possibly alter our species' desperate course.
The world will never have lasting peace so long as men reserve for war the finest human qualities. Peace, no less than war, requires idealism and self-sacrifice and a righteous and dynamic faith.
In the military, you learn the essence of people. You see so many examples of self-sacrifice and moral courage. In the rest of life, you don't get that many opportunities to be sure of your friends.
I got taught a lot of great lessons by superhero comics as a kid about virtue and self-sacrifice and responsibility. And those were an important part of imprinting my DNA with ethical and moral values.
Entrepreneurs may be brutally honest, but fostering relationships with partners and building enduring communities requires empathy, self-sacrifice and a willingness to help others without expecting anything in return.
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.
For me, writing post-apocalyptic novels isn't so much about exploding helicopters and fifty-megaton doomsday bombs as it is about the pleasure of dealing with the best of everything that makes us human: cleverness, grit, loyalty, and self-sacrifice.
In Christ we see a maturity of love that flowers in self-sacrifice and forgiveness; a maturity of power that never swerves from the ideal of service; a maturity of goodness that overcomes every temptation, and, of course, we see the ultimate victory of life over death itself.
It is not sufficient for the young to devote their enthusiasm, their courage, their ambition, their self-sacrifice to the great ideas of the time; the young must not only preserve but increase their powers if they are to be really equal to their eternal task: that of drawing the age in advance.
The world calls for, and expects from us, simplicity of life, the spirit of prayer, charity towards all, especially towards the lowly and the poor, obedience and humility, detachment, and self-sacrifice. Without this mark of holiness, our word will have difficulty in touching the heart of modern man.