Motivational Quotes

Service

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

- Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

Best Quotes about Service

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

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

Cervantes, Miguel De

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

Adams, John

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

Leonard, Steve

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

Auchincloss, Louis

Make sure somebody need you.

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

Jerome, St.

Drop the hammer and pick up the shovel.

Dever, J. A.

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

Albrecht, Karl

10.

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

11.

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

Dhammapada

12.

Just as a flower gives out its fragrance to whomsoever approaches our uses it, so love from within us radiates towards everybody and manifests as spontaneous service.

Ramdas, Swami

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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

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

15.

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

17.

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

Henderson, Nelson

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

Homer

19.

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

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I love meeting people and helping them.

Diana, Princess of Wales

21.

We shall serve for the joy of serving, prosperity shall flow to us and through us in unending streams of plenty.

Fillmore, Charles

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Everyone needs to be valued. Everyone has the potential to give something back.

Diana, Princess of Wales

23.

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

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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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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

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

Selye, Hans

28.

To oblige persons often costs little and helps much.

Gracian, Baltasar

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

Benjamin Disraeli

30.

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 man can help another without helping himself.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Chah, Achaan

33.

Once you shape a company to service the marketplace and your services are necessary, the company develops a compulsion of its own to grow.

Ortenberg, Elisabeth Claiborne

34.

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

Ade, George

35.

To give oneself is the only way of becoming oneself.

Nightingale, Earl

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

Churchill, Winston

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One should be of service rather than be conspicuous.

Motto

40.

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

Seneca

41.

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

Voltaire

42.

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

43.

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

Bible

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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.

45.

We came here to serve not be served.

46.

God likes help when helping people.

Proverb, Irish

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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.

48.

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

Clark, J. Reuben

49.

To leave a sting within a brother's heart.

Young, Edward

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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