~ The important thing is this: To be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become. ~

~ The important thing is this: to be able, at any moment, to sacrifice what we are for what we could become. ~

~ Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing. ~

~ The men and women who have the right ideals ... are those who have the courage to strive for the happiness which comes only with labor and effort and self-sacrifice, and those whose joy in life springs in part from power of work and sense of duty. ~

~ The remarkable thing is that we really love our neighbor as ourselves: we do unto others as we do unto ourselves. We hate others when we hate ourselves. We are tolerant toward others when we tolerate ourselves. We forgive others when we forgive ourselves. We are prone to sacrifice others when we are ready to sacrifice ourselves. ~

~ If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married. ~

~ Self-sacrifice is never entirely unselfish, for the giver never fails to receive. ~

~ 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. ~

~ There is a woman who spent her life loving that evil creature: she died. I'm sure she's a saint in heaven right now. You are going to kill me the way he killed that woman.That is what's in store for all of us who have unselfish hearts. ~

~ Undoubtedly a man is to labor to better his condition, but first to better himself ~

~ He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. ~

~ Non-cooperation is a measure of discipline and sacrifice, and it demands respect for the opposite views. ~

~ How much easier is self-sacrifice than self-realization! ~

~ Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing. ~

~ Self-sacrifice which denies common sense is not a virtue. It's a spiritual dissipation. ~