n.

Sacrifice of one's personal interests or well-being for the sake of others or for a cause.

selfsacrificing self'-sac'ri·fic'ing adj.

IN BRIEF: To place the interests of others above one's own interests or desires.

Art is unthinkable without risk and spiritual self-sacrifice. — Boris Pasternak (1890-1960), Russian poet and writer.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: acting with less concern for yourself than for the success of the joint activity
  Synonym: selflessness

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Quotes:

"He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much; he who would attain highly must sacrifice greatly." - James Allen

"For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice -- no paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service." - John Burroughs

"Self-sacrifice which denies common sense is not a virtue. It's a spiritual dissipation." - Margaret Deland

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

"The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night." - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"The men and women who have the right ideals... are those who have the courage to strive for the happiness which comes only with labor and effort and self-sacrifice, and those whose joy in life springs in part from power of work and sense of duty." - Theodore Roosevelt

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - selvopofrelse

Nederlands (Dutch)
zelfopoffering

Français (French)
n. - abnégation, dévouement

Deutsch (German)
n. - Selbstaufopferung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αυτοθυσία

Italiano (Italian)
abnegazione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - sacrifício de si mesmo (m)

Русский (Russian)
самопожертвование

Español (Spanish)
n. - abnegación, sacrificio, altruismo, renunciamiento

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - självuppoffring

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
自我牺牲, 献身

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 自我犧牲, 獻身

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 자기 희생, 헌신

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 自己犠牲, 献身

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ألتضحيه بالذات‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮הקרבה עצמית‬

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