Motivational Quotes

Service

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

Best Quotes about Service

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in the. [Ephesians 2:10]

Bible

To survive, men and business and corporations must serve.

Patterson, John H.

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

Jerome, St.

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

Ade, George

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

Everybody has to be somebody to somebody to be anybody.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

To leave a sting within a brother's heart.

Young, Edward

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

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

Einstein, Albert

10.

No one has learned the meaning of life until he has surrendered his ego to the service of his fellow men.

Wolfe, Beran

11.

Never stop serving your customers. They'll love you for it.

12.

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

Adams, John

13.

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

Jampolsky, Gerald G.

14.

Drop the hammer and pick up the shovel.

Dever, J. A.

15.

Somebody did a golden deed; Somebody proved a friend in need; Somebody sang a beautiful song; Somebody smiled the whole day long; Somebody thought, 'Tis sweet to live; Somebody said, I'm glad to give; Somebody fought a valiant fight; Somebody lived to shield the right; Was that somebody you?

16.

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

Cervantes, Miguel De

17.

If you want to love you must serve, if you want freedom you must die.

Hegel, Georg

18.

I love meeting people and helping them.

Diana, Princess of Wales

19.

May he who is highest serve best.

Thibodeau, Robert

20.

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

Chah, Achaan

21.

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

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.

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.

24.

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

Clark, J. Reuben

25.

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

Cook, James R.

26.

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

27.

Be alert to give service -- what counts most in life is what we do for others.

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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.

29.

To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity.

Adams, Douglas

30.

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

Wieder, Marcia

31.

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

Selye, Hans

32.

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

Holtz, Lou

33.

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

Hubbard, Elbert

34.

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

Leonard, Steve

35.

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

Rohn, Jim

37.

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

Olney, Judith

38.

Unwilling service earns no thanks.

Proverb, Danish

39.

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

40.

God likes help when helping people.

Proverb, Irish

41.

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

Augustine, St.

42.

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

Proverb, Jewish

43.

One should be of service rather than be conspicuous.

Motto

44.

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

45.

We came here to serve not be served.

46.

The measure of a man is not the number of his servants, but in the number of people whom he serves.

Moody, Paul D.

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He who lives not to others, lives little to himself.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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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