Motivational Quotes

Service

Service is the rent we pay for the privilege of living on this earth.

- Chisholm, Shirley Anita

Best Quotes about Service

I am all about caring. I have always been like that.

Diana, Princess of Wales

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

Rohn, Jim

Do not let spacious plans for a new world divert your energies from saving what is left of the old.

Churchill, Winston

Always do more than is required of you.

Patton, George S.

I love meeting people and helping them.

Diana, Princess of Wales

The more you learn what to do with yourself, and the more you do for others, the more you will learn to enjoy the abundant life.

Boetcker, William

Obedience to our Heavenly Father starts with our loving service to a needy brother.

Ward, William A.

If you want to live a long life, focus on making contributions.

Selye, Hans

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

10.

Keep doing good deeds long enough, and you'll probably turn out a good man in spite of yourself.

Auchincloss, Louis

11.

I want to walk into a room, be it a hospital for the dying or a hospital for the sick children, and feel that I am needed. I want to do, not just to be.

Diana, Princess of Wales

12.

Always serve too much hot fudge sauce on hot fudge sundaes. It makes people overjoyed, and puts them in your debt.

Olney, Judith

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Every day use your magic to be of service to others.

Wieder, Marcia

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

Chah, Achaan

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Try and forget our cares and sickness, and contribute, as we can to the happiness of each other.

Johnson

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Find a need and fill it.

Peale, Ruth Stafford

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My dad has always taught me these words: care and share. That's why we put on clinics. The only thing I can do is try to give back. If it works, it works.

Woods, Tiger

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We shall serve for the joy of serving, prosperity shall flow to us and through us in unending streams of plenty.

Fillmore, Charles

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To leave a sting within a brother's heart.

Young, Edward

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He who endeavors to serve, to benefit, and improve the world, is like a swimmer, who struggles against a rapid current, in a river lashed into angry waves by the wind. Often they roar over his head, often they beat him back and baffle him. Most men yield to the stress of the current. Only here and there the stout, strong heart and vigorous arms struggle on towards ultimate success.

Pike, Albert

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What madness it is for a man to starve himself to enrich his heir, and so turn a friend into an enemy! For his joy at your death will be proportioned to what you leave him.

Seneca

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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.

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

Aue, Hartmann Von

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

Holtz, Lou

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

27.

In a world where there is so much to be done, I felt strongly impressed that there must be something for me to do.

Dix, Dorothy

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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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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

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Anything done for another is done for oneself.

VIII, Pope Boniface

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Unwilling service earns no thanks.

Proverb, Danish

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

Seneca

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Teach me to do the best I can To help and cheer my fellowman; Teach me to lose my selfish need, And glory in the larger deed, Which smothers the road and lights the day, For all who chance to come my way.

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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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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

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If he works for you, you work for him.

Proverb, Japanese

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The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

Gandhi, Mahatma

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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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Perhaps we're too embarrassed to change or too frightened of the consequences of showing that we actually care. But why not risk it anyway? Begin Today. Carry out a random act of seemingly senseless kindness, with no expectation or reward or punishment. Safe in the knowledge that one day, someone somewhere might do the same for you.

Diana, Princess of Wales

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The foundation stone of the whole scheme is service. Service to the people, a service that will lighten, brighten, and make more profitable the lives of the majority who do the necessary work of the world.

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

Westcott, Bishop

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And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all. [Mark 10:44]

Bible

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Do unto yourself as your neighbors do unto themselves and look pleasant.

Ade, George

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Everyone needs to be valued. Everyone has the potential to give something back.

Diana, Princess of Wales

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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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If the people have no bread, let them eat cake.

Antoinette, Marie

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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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You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work for our own improvement and, at the same time, share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful.

Curie, Madame Marie

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One should be of service rather than be conspicuous.

Motto

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In the service of the Lord, it is not where but how you serve.

Clark, J. Reuben