Motivational Quotes

Service

In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods than in doing good to their fellow men.

- Ligario, Cicero Pro

Best Quotes about 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

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

We came here to serve not be served.

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

Rohn, Jim

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.

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

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

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

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

Olney, Judith

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

Einstein, Albert

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

Cook, James R.

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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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The public must and will be served.

Penn, William

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

Gandhi, Mahatma

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

Wieder, Marcia

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

Benjamin Disraeli

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

Homer

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A business absolutely devoted to service will have only one worry about profits. They will be embarrassingly large.

Ford, Henry

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Sow good services; sweet remembrances will grow them.

Madame de Stael

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

Holtz, Lou

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

Ade, George

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

Hubbard, Elbert

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Always do more than is required of you.

Patton, George S.

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

Selye, Hans

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

Hansen, Mark Victor

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May he who is highest serve best.

Thibodeau, Robert

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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

37.

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

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

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

Aue, Hartmann Von

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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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One should be of service rather than be conspicuous.

Motto

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Unwilling service earns no thanks.

Proverb, Danish

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Anything done for another is done for oneself.

VIII, Pope Boniface

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

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In a gentle way, you can shake the world.

Gandhi, Mahatma

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Do something for somebody, gladly, twill sweeten your every care; In sharing the sorrow of others Your own are less hard to bear. Do something for somebody always, whatever may be your creed. There's nothing on earth can help you so much as a kindly deed.

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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.