Motivational Quotes

Service

The public must and will be served.

- Penn, William

Best Quotes about Service

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

One should be of service rather than be conspicuous.

Motto

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

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

Wolfe, Beran

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.

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

Diana, Princess of Wales

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

Cervantes, Miguel De

Unwilling service earns no thanks.

Proverb, Danish

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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To survive, men and business and corporations must serve.

Patterson, John H.

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Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time.

Edelman, Marian Wright

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To oblige persons often costs little and helps much.

Gracian, Baltasar

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

Hubbard, Elbert

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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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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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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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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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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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May he who is highest serve best.

Thibodeau, Robert

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

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

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Always do more than is required of you.

Patton, George S.

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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

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

Ligario, Cicero Pro

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

Antoinette, Marie

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

Benjamin Disraeli

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Through our willingness to help others we can learn to be happy rather than depressed.

Jampolsky, Gerald G.

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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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Sow good services; sweet remembrances will grow them.

Madame de Stael

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

Cook, James R.

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Anything done for another is done for oneself.

VIII, Pope Boniface

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

Adams, John

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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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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

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

Voltaire

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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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Make sure somebody need you.

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Drop the hammer and pick up the shovel.

Dever, J. A.

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To give oneself is the only way of becoming oneself.

Nightingale, Earl

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

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

Leamer, Laurence