Powerful Quotes on Self-Sacrifice

It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.

A person's life is his most precious possession. Consequently, to rob him of it is the greatest sin we can commit against him, while to give one's own life on his behalf is the greatest possible expression of love for him. This, then, is the ultimate contrast: Cain's hatred issued in murder, Christ's love in self-sacrifice.