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

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

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

Jerome, St.

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

Seneca

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

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

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

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

Anything done for another is done for oneself.

VIII, Pope Boniface

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

Ford, Henry

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

Selye, Hans

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

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

Leamer, Laurence

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Sow good services; sweet remembrances will grow them.

Madame de Stael

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

Holtz, Lou

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

Ligario, Cicero Pro

23.

Make sure somebody need you.

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

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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To oblige persons often costs little and helps much.

Gracian, Baltasar

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

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

Hubbard, Elbert

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

Proverb, Jewish

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

Cook, James R.

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

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Everybody has to be somebody to somebody to be anybody.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

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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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The more a man takes the needs of others on his own heart, the more he must take his own heart to God.

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Unwilling service earns no thanks.

Proverb, Danish

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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

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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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The high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule...

Einstein, Albert

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

Ade, George

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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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We will receive not what we idly wish for but what we justly earn. Our rewards will always be in exact proportion to our service.

Nightingale, Earl

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

Henderson, Nelson

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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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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

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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

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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.