--- title: "7 Self sacrifice Quotes By Mahatma Gandhi" description: "7 Self sacrifice quotes by Mahatma Gandhi. Plus more from Mahatma Gandhi and more Self sacrifice sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5f/mahatma-gandhi-23_errors_it-is-nonviolent-non-co-operation-which_1165780.jpg" --- > [It is nonviolent non-co-operation which evokes the highest spirit of self-sacrifice that will wean one from the error of one's ways.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/it-is-nonviolent-non-co-operation-which-evokes-the-highest-spirit-of/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5f/mahatma-gandhi-23_errors_it-is-nonviolent-non-co-operation-which_1165780.jpg) > [Non-co-operation means nothing less than training in self-sacrifice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/non-co-operation-means-nothing-less-than-training-in-self-sacrifice/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/205/mahatma-gandhi-23_fitness_non-co-operation-means-nothing-less-than_1765343.jpg) > [Woman, I hold, is the personification of self-sacrifice, but unfortunately today she does not realise what a tremendous advantage she has over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/woman-i-hold-is-the-personification-of-self-sacrifice-but/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d8/mahatma-gandhi-23_advantage_woman-i-hold-is-the-personification-of-s_1767584.jpg) > [For the courage of self-sacrifice, woman is any time superior to man, as I believe man is to woman for the courage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/for-the-courage-of-self-sacrifice-woman-is-any-time-superior-to-man/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26c/mahatma-gandhi-23_believe_for-the-courage-of-self-sacrifice-woman_2441194.jpg) > [Woman, I hold, is the personification of self-sacrifice, but unfortunately today she does not realize what a tremendous advantage she has over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/woman-i-hold-is-the-personification-of-self-sacrifice-but-2/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89c/mahatma-gandhi-23_advantage_woman-i-hold-is-the-personification-of-s_2484079.jpg) > [Self-sacrifice of one innocent man is a million times more potent than the sacrifice of a million men who die in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/self-sacrifice-of-one-innocent-man-is-a-million-times-more-potent/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce9/mahatma-gandhi-23_dies_self-sacrifice-of-one-innocent-man-is-a_2794764.jpg) > [My Swaraj will be not be a result of murder of others but a voluntary act of continuous self-sacrifice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/my-swaraj-will-be-not-be-a-result-of-murder-of-others-but-a-voluntary/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06f/mahatma-gandhi-23_murder_my-swaraj-will-be-not-be-a-result-of-mur_2854852.jpg) ## Other authors on Self sacrifice - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-eric-hoffer-33497.jpg) Eric Hoffer 13 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/self-sacrifice/eric-hoffer/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-ayn-rand-15943.jpg) Ayn Rand 13 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/self-sacrifice/ayn-rand/) - [Craig D. Lounsbrough 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/self-sacrifice/craig-d-lounsbrough/) ## More by Mahatma Gandhi > [I do not want to live at the cost of the life even of a snake. I should let him bite me to death…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/i-do-not-want-to-live-at-the-cost-of-the-life-even-of-a-snake-i/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) > [Devotion required by the Gita is no soft-hearted effusiveness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/devotion-required-by-the-gita-is-no-soft-hearted-effusiveness/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) > [No nation being under another nation can accept gifts, and kick at the responsibility attached to those gifts, imposed by the conquering nation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/no-nation-being-under-another-nation-can-accept-gifts-and-kick-at-the/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) > [So long as we fear the outside world, we must cease to think of Swaraj.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/so-long-as-we-fear-the-outside-world-we-must-cease-to-think-of-swaraj/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) > [I do not want a kingdom, or heaven; what I want is to remove the trouble of the oppressed, the poor, and the needy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/i-do-not-want-a-kingdom-or-heaven-what-i-want-is-to-remove-the/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) > [Religions are not for separating men from one another, they are meant to bind them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/religions-are-not-for-separating-men-from-one-another-they-are-meant/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) > [I hold flesh-food to be unsuited to our species. We err in copying the lower animal world if we are superior to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/i-hold-flesh-food-to-be-unsuited-to-our-species-we-err-in-copying-the/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) > [“It was only in South Africa that I got over this shyness, though I never completely overcame it. It was impossible for me to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/it-was-only-in-south-africa-that-i-got-over-this-shyness-though-i/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) > [“Where there is life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/where-there-is-life/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) > [If it was wrong to seek God in a stone, how was it right to seek Him in a book called the Gita, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/if-it-was-wrong-to-seek-god-in-a-stone-how-was-it-right-to-seek-him/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) > [The spirit of democracy cannot be established in the midst of terrorism, whether governmental or popular.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/the-spirit-of-democracy-cannot-be-established-in-the-midst-of/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) > [Champions are made from something they have deep inside of them-a desire, a dream, a vison.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/champions-are-made-from-something-they-have-deep-inside-of-them-a/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) > [My motto is "Unite now, today if you can; fight if you must. But in every case avoid British intervention."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/my-motto-is-unite-now-today-if-you-can-fight-if-you-must-but-in-every/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) > [I have no disciples, being myself an aspirant after discipleship and in search of a guru.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/i-have-no-disciples-being-myself-an-aspirant-after-discipleship-and/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) > [Man becomes not the lord and master of all creation but he is its servant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/man-becomes-not-the-lord-and-master-of-all-creation-but-he-is-its/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/self-sacrifice/mahatma-gandhi/#itemlist", "name": "7 Self sacrifice Quotes By Mahatma Gandhi", 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