Motivational Quotes

Service

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

Best Quotes about Service

In a gentle way, you can shake the world.

Gandhi, Mahatma

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

Wieder, Marcia

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

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

Wolfe, Beran

The difference between a helping hand and an outstretched palm is a twist of the wrist.

Leamer, Laurence

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

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

Rohn, Jim

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

One should be of service rather than be conspicuous.

Motto

10.

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

11.

Anything done for another is done for oneself.

VIII, Pope Boniface

12.

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

Voltaire

13.

Only a life lived in the service to others is worth living.

Einstein, Albert

14.

To survive, men and business and corporations must serve.

Patterson, John H.

15.

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

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

16.

Always do more than is required of you.

Patton, George S.

17.

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

Homer

18.

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

Chah, Achaan

19.

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

20.

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.

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

Ward, William A.

22.

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

23.

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

Jerome, St.

24.

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

Bible

25.

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

Selye, Hans

26.

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

27.

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

Hegel, Georg

28.

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

Aue, Hartmann Von

30.

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.

31.

Find a need and fill it.

Peale, Ruth Stafford

32.

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

33.

To leave a sting within a brother's heart.

Young, Edward

34.

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

Diana, Princess of Wales

35.

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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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

37.

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

Westcott, Bishop

39.

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

40.

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

Proverb, Jewish

41.

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

42.

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, What good will they do you if you do not act upon them?

Dhammapada

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

Olney, Judith