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• n  acting with less concern for yourself than for the success of the joint activity

• 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.

• selflessness

News & Articles

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• 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

Quotes

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• 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...