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title: "19 Self Sacrificing Quotes by 19 authors"
description: "Browse 19 Self Sacrificing quotes by 19 authors. Discover the best Self Sacrificing sayings and thoughts."
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> [He was self-sacrificing in many different ways, and my father was a man of paradoxes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-carter-cash/he-was-self-sacrificing-in-many-different-ways-and-my-father-was-a/)

[John Carter Cash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-carter-cash/)

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> [Being a mother has been my greatest teacher and also the most self-sacrificing thing I've ever done.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katey-sagal/being-a-mother-has-been-my-greatest-teacher-and-also-the-most-self/)

[Katey Sagal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katey-sagal/)

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> [The world is perishing from an orgy of self-sacrificing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/the-world-is-perishing-from-an-orgy-of-self-sacrificing/)

[Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/)

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> [I'm proud, I've been working with this kind of self-sacrificing people like you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/islom-karimov/i-m-proud-i-ve-been-working-with-this-kind-of-self-sacrificing-people/)

[Islom Karimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/islom-karimov/)

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> [The self-sacrificing, servant aspect of the Christian life has many parallels to parenthood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-yancey/the-self-sacrificing-servant-aspect-of-the-christian-life-has-many/)

[Philip Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-yancey/)

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> [Your love should be so far reaching, earnest, biblical, Christ-centered, pure, and self-sacrificing that the world may hate you for it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-deyoung/your-love-should-be-so-far-reaching-earnest-biblical-christ-centered/)

[Kevin DeYoung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-deyoung/)

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> [Do you notice how all the self-sacrificing women in history; Joan of Arc, Mother Theresa, can't think of any others; they all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-gregory-house/do-you-notice-how-all-the-self-sacrificing-women-in-history-joan-of/)

[Dr Gregory House](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-gregory-house/)

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> [I doubt if we nuns are really as self-sacrificing as we must seem to be to you who live in the world.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-goudge/i-doubt-if-we-nuns-are-really-as-self-sacrificing-as-we-must-seem-to/)

[Elizabeth Goudge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-goudge/)

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> [Excesses are essentially gestures. It is easy to be extremely cruel, magnanimous, humble or self-sacrificing when we see ourselves as actors in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-hoffer/excesses-are-essentially-gestures-it-is-easy-to-be-extremely-cruel/)

[Eric Hoffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-hoffer/)

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> [Either fraternity is spontaneous, or it does not exist. To decree it is to annihilate it. The law can indeed force men…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederic-bastiat/either-fraternity-is-spontaneous-or-it-does-not-exist-to-decree-it-is/)

[Frederic Bastiat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederic-bastiat/)

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> [Our culture has created two almost irreconcilable descriptions of a 'good woman.' The first is the individual achiever; the second, the self-sacrificing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/our-culture-has-created-two-almost-irreconcilable-descriptions-of-a/)

[Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/)

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> [All artists are self-sacrificing human beings, and to become an artist is nothing but to devote oneself to the subterranean gods.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-wilhelm-friedrich-schlegel/all-artists-are-self-sacrificing-human-beings-and-to-become-an-artist/)

[Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-wilhelm-friedrich-schlegel/)

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> [“It's our responsibility to sift the beliefs we've been given through the lens of self-sacrificing love- because it's not love if it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-oestreich/it-s-our-responsibility-to-sift-the-beliefs-we-ve-been-given-through/)

[Diana Oestreich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-oestreich/)

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> [“Properly speaking, altruism is an absurdity. Women are self-sacrificing in direct proportion to their incapacity to offer anything but this sacrifice. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/germaine-greer/properly-speaking-altruism-is-an-absurdity-women-are-self-sacrificing/)

[Germaine Greer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/germaine-greer/)

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> [... the school should be an appendage of the family state, and modeled on its primary principle, which is, to train the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catharine-beecher/the-school-should-be-an-appendage-of-the-family-state-and-modeled-on/)

[Catharine Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catharine-beecher/)

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> [“Interviewer: In terms of the wider mythology for your world, do we detect Christian influences? Pat: What it has is the archetype…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/interviewer-in-terms-of-the-wider-mythology-for-your-world-do-we/)

[Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/)

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> [Sometimes we esteem others more important than ourselves. We always become the martyr. It is wonderful to be self-sacrificing, but watch out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/sometimes-we-esteem-others-more-important-than-ourselves-we-always/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“I think most historians would agree that the part played by impulses of selfish, individual aggression in the holocausts of history was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-koestler/i-think-most-historians-would-agree-that-the-part-played-by-impulses/)

[Arthur Koestler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-koestler/)

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> [“I find something repulsive about the idea of vicarious redemption. I would not throw my numberless sins onto a scapegoat and expect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-hitchens/i-find-something-repulsive-about-the-idea-of-vicarious-redemption-i/)

[Christopher Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-hitchens/)

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                        "text": "“Interviewer: In terms of the wider mythology for your world, do we detect Christian influences? Pat: What it has is the archetype of the self-sacrificing god. But honestly, by the time Jesus did that, it was old news. A bunch of people did it before Jesus—and, to be fair, some people did it better”",
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                        "text": "Sometimes we esteem others more important than ourselves. We always become the martyr. It is wonderful to be self-sacrificing, but watch out for self-disdain! If we don’t apply some of the medicine that we use on others to strengthen ourselves, our patients will be healed and we will be dying.",
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