Noun
The act of sacrificing one's self, or one's interest, for others; self-devotion.
Source: Webster's dictionaryself sacrifice
No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt. Max Beerbohm
He who gives only what he would as readily throw away gives without generosity; for the essence of generosity is in self-sacrifice. Henry Taylor
Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Loyalty means nothing unless it has at its heart the absolute principle of self-sacrifice. Woodrow Wilson
Give unto me, made lowly wise, The spirit of self-sacrifice The confidence of reason give, And in the light of truth thy bondman let me live. William Wordsworth
There is in even the most selfish passion a large element of self-abnegation. It is startling to realize that what we call extreme self-seeking is actually self-renunciation. The miser, health addict, glory chaser and their like are not far behind the selfless in the exercise of self-sacrifice. Eric Hoffer