Motivational Quotes

Service

No man is more than another unless he does more than another.

- Cervantes, Miguel De

Best Quotes about Service

I know of no great man except those who have rendered great services to the human race.

Voltaire

What we can do for another is the test of powers. What we can suffer for is the test of love.

Westcott, Bishop

I'm not quite sure what the greatest achievement in a lifetime may be, but I am sure up there at the top of the list somewhere is to give pleasure to others.

Consciously or unconsciously, every one of us does render some service or other. If we cultivate the habit of doing this service deliberately, our desire for service will steadily grow stronger, and will make, not only our own happiness, but that of the world at large.

Gandhi, Mahatma

Do right. Do your best. Treat others as you want to be treated.

Holtz, Lou

We will receive not what we idly wish for but what we justly earn. Our rewards will always be in exact proportion to our service.

Nightingale, Earl

If he works for you, you work for him.

Proverb, Japanese

Anything done for another is done for oneself.

VIII, Pope Boniface

Through our willingness to help others we can learn to be happy rather than depressed.

Jampolsky, Gerald G.

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The high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule...

Einstein, Albert

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If you wish to be a leader you will be frustrated, for very few people wish to be led. If you aim to be a servant you will never be frustrated.

Warren, Frank F.

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Drop the hammer and pick up the shovel.

Dever, J. A.

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We came here to serve not be served.

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No enterprise can exist for itself alone. It ministers to some great need, it performs some great service, not for itself, but for others; or failing therein, it ceases to be profitable and ceases to exist.

Coolidge, Calvin

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Those who do the most for the world's advancement are the ones who demand the least.

Doherty, Henry L.

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No man is more than another unless he does more than another.

Cervantes, Miguel De

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How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because some day in life you will have been all these.

Carver, George Washington

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Just as a flower gives out its fragrance to whomsoever approaches our uses it, so love from within us radiates towards everybody and manifests as spontaneous service.

Ramdas, Swami

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There are at least four things you can do with your hands. You can wring them in despair; you can fold them in idleness; you can clench them in anger; or you can use them to help someone. should all be masters at lifting them up and making them feel better.

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When you see a worthy person, endeavor to emulate him. When you see an unworthy person, then examine your inner self.

Confucius

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Be alert to give service. What counts a great deal in life is what we do for others.

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Zeal for the public good is the characteristic of a man of honor and a gentleman, and must take the place of pleasures, profits and all other private gratification.

Steele, Sir Richard

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He who helps in the saving of others, Saves himself as well.

Aue, Hartmann Von

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If your contribution has been vital there will always be somebody to pick up where you left off, and that will be your claim to immortality.

Gropius, Walter

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The road to daily happiness is not hard to find, it's what we do for others that brings us peace of mind.

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Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness -- great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.

Rohn, Jim

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Promise only what you can deliver. Then deliver more than you promise.

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Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward.

Chah, Achaan

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One should be of service rather than be conspicuous.

Motto

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The man who gives little with a smile gives more than the man who gives much with a frown.

Proverb, Jewish

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To survive, men and business and corporations must serve.

Patterson, John H.

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I love meeting people and helping them.

Diana, Princess of Wales

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It is when we forget ourselves that we do things which will be remembered.

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I want to talk with people who care about things that matter that will make a life-changing difference.

Hansen, Mark Victor

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You are never giving, nor can you ever give, enough service.

Cook, James R.

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The more a man takes the needs of others on his own heart, the more he must take his own heart to God.

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Preferring to store her money in the stomachs of the needy rather than hide it in a purse.

Jerome, St.

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Work as though you would live forever, and live as though you would die today. Go another mile!

Mandino, Og

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Human service is the highest form of self-interest for the person who serves.

Hubbard, Elbert

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Give what you have to somebody, it may be better than you think.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

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To leave a sting within a brother's heart.

Young, Edward

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Rule number one: The customer is always right. Rule number two: If the customer is wrong, see rule number one!

Leonard, Steve

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One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.

Beauvoir, Simone De

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The public must and will be served.

Penn, William

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Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.

Seneca

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Customer needs have an unsettling way of not staying satisfied for very long.

Albrecht, Karl

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Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others.

Augustine, St.

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Let every dawn of the morning be to you as the beginning of life. And let every setting of the sun be to you as its close. Then let everyone of these short lives leave its sure record of some kindly thing done for others; some good strength of knowledge gained for yourself.

Ruskin, John

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Life's most persistent and urgent question is: What are you doing for others? Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a little.

King Jr. Martin Luther

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I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.

Schweitzer, Albert