Sonora Smart Dodd was listening to a sermon on self-sacrifice when she decided that her father, a widower who had raised six children, deserved his very own national holiday.
A lasting marriage is the reward, usually, of hard work and self-sacrifice.
What came to be called Passion plays were harder edged than the Gospels, dropping Jesus' earlier teachings on tolerance and love to focus on his moment of supreme self-sacrifice.
Len Filppu: Father's Day Message to Dads: You Can Still Be Heroes Sure, everyday heroes know their acts of giving, teaching, caring, husbandry, and self-sacrifice are standard parental procedures performed since cave dwelling days. It's invariably the simple things that make heroes of parents.
June 13, 2013 - The Huffington Post
Vyron Polydoras in Reuters Canada With self-sacrifice, firefighters fought 'trench battles' to rescue these sensitive and important sites,Public Order Minister Byron Polydoras told reporters.
Cindy McCain in Boston Globe He has shown the value of self-sacrifice by daily example and, above all John showers us with the unconditional love and support every family dreams of. I know what his children say of him,Cindy McCain said in a prime-time address Thursday...
Brendan Nelson in Melbourne Herald Sun With awkward humility we pause here at Gallipoli, free and confident heirs to the legacy borne of idealism and forged in self-sacrifice,said Dr Nelson, Australia's most senior representative at Anzac Cove. "They forged values that are ours...