Can someone help me

[bookworm1960]

i would like to know if someone could tell me who said the following:

"the life you save may be your own"

I would like to use this in a speech but if this is someone quote i of course would like to give them credit for it.

thank you

[mtpspur]

Typed in the quote on Yahoo and came up with a short story title by Flannery O-Connor.

[applepie]

If you use Google books, you'll be able to search out the quote as well within literature.