Self Sacrifice Quote of the Day

Welcome to these Self Sacrifice Quotes of the Day from my large collection of positive, romantic, and funny quotes.

Football is like life - it requires perseverance,
self-denial, hard work, sacrifice,
dedication and respect for authority.
- Vince Lombardi

Related topics: Motivational

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

Consider a parent who says,
"Look at the sacrifices I'm making so you can have a better life."
Contrast that with another parent who demonstrates
living a great life every day.
Self-sacrifice is not a virtue.
Living a great life and sharing that life with others
is the noble way to live.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Simply do your best, and you will avoid
self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.
- don Miguel Ruiz

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Thank you for joining me on this journey we call life,
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

You do not need anyone's permission to be your true self.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

What lies behind us and what lies before us
are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nearly all men can stand adversity,
but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
- Abraham Lincoln

It is our choices ... that show what we truly are,
far more than our abilities.
- J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets)

I do not need anyone's permission to be my true self.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Always be a first-rate version of yourself,
instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.
- Judy Garland

Forgiveness is an act of self-love and respect.
- don Miguel Ruiz

No one was ever named "Hero" for following the crowd.
Heroes set their own course.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.
- Edmund Hillary

You have enemies? Good.
That means you've stood up for something,
sometime in your life.
- Winston Churchill

Stand Tall, Stand Proud.
Know that you are unique and magnificent.
You do not need the approval of others.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

If a man is called to be a street sweeper,
he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted,
or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry.
He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts
of heaven and earth will pause to say,
here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

The greatest hazard of all, losing one's self,
can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all.
- Soren Kierkegaard

That you may retain your self-respect, it is better
to displease the people by doing what you know is right,
than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.
- William J. H. Boetcker

Be that self which one truly is.
- Soren Kierkegaard

Your greatest gift to your family and friends is yourself -
your relaxed, happy, and fully-present self.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

I sail the seas of life as the MASTER of my ship.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Grin your smile; giggle your laugh; unfurl your joy;
dash the last trace of your self-consciousness;
and cavort your most uninhibited play.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Happiness blooms
in the presence of self-respect
and the absence of ego.
Love yourself.
Love everyone around you.
Love everyone in the whole world.
Know that your own life is of infinite importance,
as is every other life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

The way to develop self-confidence
is to do the thing you fear
and get a record of successful experiences behind you.
- William Jennings Bryan

Listen to the compass of your heart.
All you need lies within you.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

This above all, to thine own self be true.
- William Shakespeare

One important key to success is self-confidence.
An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
- Arthur Ashe

Talent is God-given; be humble.
Fame is man-given; be thankful.
Conceit is self-given; be careful.
- John Wooden

You don't need anybody to tell you
who you are or what you are.
You are what you are!
- John Lennon

Great and good are seldom the same man.
- Winston Churchill

I have no need to conform to the stereotypes
others have defined for me.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

When you are content to be simply yourself
and don't compare or compete,
everybody will respect you.
- Lao Tzu

No, they don't appreciate you - and it's not their job.
It's your own job to appreciate yourself.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Wisdom has its root in goodness,
not goodness its root in wisdom.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Smiling away your troubles requires
a clear conscience that harbors no insincerity.
- Paramahansa Yogananda

Since you are the one who has to live with your choices,
be sure they are your own.
- Alan Cohen

Value your own opinion more, and others' opinions less.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Whatever happens, take responsibility.
- Tony Robbins

You can't let praise or criticism get to you.
It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.
- John Wooden

You give but little when you give of your possessions.
It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
- Khalil Gibran

There's a point... when you have to choose
whether to be like everybody else the rest of your life,
or to make a virtue of your peculiarities.
- Ursula K. Le Guin

You either do it completely and utterly,
or you should stop doing it.
- Bono (paraphrase)

Our mettle is tested by storms,
not by calm.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

No amount of self-improvement can make up
for a lack of self-acceptance.
- Anonymous

The man who goes alone can start today;
but he who travels with another
must wait till that other is ready.
- Henry David Thoreau

We are what we pretend to be,
so we must be careful what we pretend to be.
- Kurt Vonnegut

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength
which will always spring up if thou wilt always look there.
- Marcus Aurelius

It is a waste of time to be angry about my disability.
One has to get on with life and I haven't done badly.
People won't have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.
- Stephen Hawking

Gain happiness by living in the present -
without regret for the past or fear of the future.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

The flower which is single need not envy
the thorns that are numerous.
- Rabindranath Tagore

The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance;
the wise grows it under his feet.
- J. Robert Oppenheimer

When I let go of what I am,
I become what I might be.
- Lao Tzu

Whatever you do may seem insignificant to you,
but it is most important that you do it.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi

Don't bother just to be better than
your contemporaries or predecessors.
Try to be better than yourself.
- William Faulkner

WHY do you care what THEY think?
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

When you are impeccable, you take
responsibility for your actions,
but you do not judge or blame yourself.
- don Miguel Ruiz

Freedom is the right to live as we wish.
- Epictetus

What we call human nature in actuality is human habit.
- Jewel

What you think of me is none of my business.
- Terry Cole-Whittaker

A "No" uttered from deepest conviction
is better and greater than a "Yes" merely uttered to please,
or what is worse, to avoid trouble.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing,
while others judge us by what we have already done.
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

If you are lonely when you're alone, you are in bad company.
- Jean-Paul Sartre

A man who as a physical being
is always turned toward the outside,
thinking that his happiness lies outside him,
finally turns inward and
discovers that the source is within him.
- Soren Kierkegaard

The only questions that really matter are the ones you ask yourself.
- Ursula K. Le Guin

Believe in yourself,
in your vision for your future
and in your ability to take a small step
each day toward achieving your vision.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Weariness comes, on some days, from lack of service to self.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white.
Neither need you do anything but be yourself.
- Lao Tzu

If you don't take full responsibility
for your own happiness,
who do you suppose will?
Your happiness is a one person job -
it begins and ends with you.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

With realization of one's own potential and
self-confidence in one's ability,
one can build a better world.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama

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May the world be kind to you, and may your own thoughts be gentle upon yourself.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie