Motivational Quotes

Service

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

Best Quotes about Service

No man can help another without helping himself.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

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

Jampolsky, Gerald G.

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

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

The public must and will be served.

Penn, William

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

To oblige persons often costs little and helps much.

Gracian, Baltasar

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

Selye, Hans

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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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In a gentle way, you can shake the world.

Gandhi, Mahatma

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Work as though you would live forever, and live as though you would die today. Go another mile!

Mandino, Og

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

Leamer, Laurence

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

Dhammapada

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

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To survive, men and business and corporations must serve.

Patterson, John H.

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Unwilling service earns no thanks.

Proverb, Danish

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

Holtz, Lou

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

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

21.

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

Diana, Princess of Wales

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Always do more than is required of you.

Patton, George S.

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I love meeting people and helping them.

Diana, Princess of Wales

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

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

Chah, Achaan

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

Ade, George

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Make sure somebody need you.

28.

Drop the hammer and pick up the shovel.

Dever, J. A.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Sow good services; sweet remembrances will grow them.

Madame de Stael

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No enterprise can exist for itself alone. It ministers to some great need, it performs some great service, not for itself, but for others; or failing therein, it ceases to be profitable and ceases to exist.

Coolidge, Calvin

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Life's most persistent and urgent question is: What are you doing for others? Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a little.

King Jr. Martin Luther

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

Aue, Hartmann Von

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

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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

Cook, James R.

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

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

Benjamin Disraeli

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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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To give oneself is the only way of becoming oneself.

Nightingale, Earl

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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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God likes help when helping people.

Proverb, Irish

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

Gandhi, Mahatma

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

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

Einstein, Albert