Motivational Quotes

Service

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

- Moody, Paul D.

Best Quotes about Service

Anything done for another is done for oneself.

VIII, Pope Boniface

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

Cook, James R.

No man can help another without helping himself.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Living creatures are nourished by food, and food is nourished by rain; rain itself is the water of life, which comes from selfless worship and service.

Bhagavad Gita

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

Henderson, Nelson

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

Rohn, Jim

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

Anthony, Dr. Robert

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

Moore, Marcia

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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Always do more than is required of you.

Patton, George S.

11.

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

13.

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

Voltaire

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

Homer

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

Albrecht, Karl

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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

18.

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

Aue, Hartmann Von

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

Gandhi, Mahatma

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Drop the hammer and pick up the shovel.

Dever, J. A.

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

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

Cervantes, Miguel De

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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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How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because some day in life you will have been all these.

Carver, George Washington

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

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

29.

To survive, men and business and corporations must serve.

Patterson, John H.

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

Diana, Princess of Wales

31.

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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To leave a sting within a brother's heart.

Young, Edward

33.

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

Adams, Douglas

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

Selye, Hans

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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.

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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

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

Wieder, Marcia

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

Chisholm, Shirley Anita

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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

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

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If the people have no bread, let them eat cake.

Antoinette, Marie

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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.

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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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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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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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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?

49.

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

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

Hubbard, Elbert