Motivational Quotes

Service

The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.

- Henderson, Nelson

Best Quotes about Service

If he works for you, you work for him.

Proverb, Japanese

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

Johnson

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

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

Diana, Princess of Wales

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

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

Aue, Hartmann Von

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

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.

Great services are not canceled by one act or by one single error.

Benjamin Disraeli

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God likes help when helping people.

Proverb, Irish

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

Cook, James R.

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We came here to serve not be served.

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

Chisholm, Shirley Anita

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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

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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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You were placed on this earth to create, not to compete.

Anthony, Dr. Robert

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

Auchincloss, Louis

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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

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

Wolfe, Beran

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

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Joy can be real only if people look on their life as a service, and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness.

Tolstoy, Count Leo

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

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

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Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.

Schweitzer, Albert

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

Wieder, Marcia

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

Voltaire

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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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To oblige persons often costs little and helps much.

Gracian, Baltasar

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To serve is beautiful, but only if it is done with joy and a whole heart and a free mind.

Buck, Pearl S.

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

Jampolsky, Gerald G.

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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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I love meeting people and helping them.

Diana, Princess of Wales

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The only thing you will take through those pearly gates is what you have given away.

Moore, Marcia

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Drop the hammer and pick up the shovel.

Dever, J. A.

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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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In a gentle way, you can shake the world.

Gandhi, Mahatma

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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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To leave a sting within a brother's heart.

Young, Edward

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

Tracy, Brian

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

Ward, William A.

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Service to many leads to greatness-great respect, great satisfaction. Success is not having to wait until someone goes to Hong Kong before you get a camera.

Rohn, Jim

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

Adams, John

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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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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?

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

Albrecht, Karl

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

Rohn, Jim