In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich. - Henry Ward Beecher

Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing. - Alexander Pope

Behold I do not give lectures or a little charity, When I give I give myself. - Walt Whitman

Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

The important thing is this: To be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become. - Charles DuBois

Practicing the Golden Rule is not a sacrifice; it is an investment. - Author Unknown

Sacrifice is nothing other than the production of sacred things. - George Bataille

I learned God–worship when my pride was shattered.
Heart-shattered lives ready for love don’t for a moment escape God’s notice. Psalm 51:17 (Message)