Sometimes we esteem others more important than ourselves. We always become the martyr. It is wonderful to be self-sacrificing, but watch out for self-disdain! If we don't apply some of the
medicine that we use on others to strengthen ourselves, our patients will be healed and we will be dying.

T.D. Jakes Devotional & Journal (ed. Destiny Image Publishers, 2004) - ISBN: 9780768429695