Motivational Quotes

Service

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

- Churchill, Winston

Best Quotes about Service

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

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

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

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

Jerome, St.

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

Bible

To survive, men and business and corporations must serve.

Patterson, John H.

Be unselfish. That is the first and final commandment for those who would be useful and happy in their usefulness. If you think of yourself only, you cannot develop because you are choking the source of development, which is spiritual expansion through thought for others.

Eliot, Charles W.

The public must and will be served.

Penn, William

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

Voltaire

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

Johnson

10.

Living creatures are nourished by food, and food is nourished by rain; rain itself is the water of life, which comes from selfless worship and service.

Bhagavad Gita

11.

God likes help when helping people.

Proverb, Irish

12.

In a gentle way, you can shake the world.

Gandhi, Mahatma

13.

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

Hansen, Mark Victor

14.

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

15.

Helping people in need is a good and essential part of my life, a kind of destiny.

Diana, Princess of Wales

16.

No man can help another without helping himself.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

17.

One should be of service rather than be conspicuous.

Motto

18.

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

Antoinette, Marie

19.

I love meeting people and helping them.

Diana, Princess of Wales

20.

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

Ade, George

21.

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

22.

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

23.

To give oneself is the only way of becoming oneself.

Nightingale, Earl

24.

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.

25.

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

Aue, Hartmann Von

26.

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

27.

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

Olney, Judith

28.

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

Chisholm, Shirley Anita

29.

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.

Dalai Lama

30.

Find a need and fill it.

Peale, Ruth Stafford

31.

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

Ward, William A.

32.

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

Seneca

33.

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

34.

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

Proverb, Jewish

35.

If he works for you, you work for him.

Proverb, Japanese

36.

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

Westcott, Bishop

37.

To leave a sting within a brother's heart.

Young, Edward

38.

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

39.

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

Einstein, Albert

40.

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.

41.

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

42.

Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, What's in it for me?

Tracy, Brian

43.

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

Augustine, St.

44.

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

Cook, James R.

45.

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

46.

Sow good services; sweet remembrances will grow them.

Madame de Stael

47.

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

48.

Unwilling service earns no thanks.

Proverb, Danish

49.

If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve?

Adams, John

50.

The charity that is a trifle to us can be precious to others.

Homer