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

Anything done for another is done for oneself.

VIII, Pope Boniface

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

Churchill, Winston

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?

Ruskin, John

God likes help when helping people.

Proverb, Irish

Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others.

Augustine, St.

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

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

If you wish to be a leader you will be frustrated, for very few people wish to be led. If you aim to be a servant you will never be frustrated.

Warren, Frank F.

Sow good services; sweet remembrances will grow them.

Madame de Stael

10.

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

Ade, George

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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 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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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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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

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

18.

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

Ford, Henry

19.

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

Henderson, Nelson

20.

We came here to serve not be served.

21.

To leave a sting within a brother's heart.

Young, Edward

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

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

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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.

24.

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

Jerome, St.

25.

Joy can be real only if people look on their life as a service, and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness.

Tolstoy, Count Leo

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

Cervantes, Miguel De

27.

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

Antoinette, Marie

28.

Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.

Schweitzer, Albert

29.

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

30.

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

Auchincloss, Louis

31.

No man can help another without helping himself.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

32.

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

33.

Helping people in need is a good and essential part of my life, a kind of destiny.

Diana, Princess of Wales

34.

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

Holtz, Lou

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

Clark, J. Reuben

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

Bible

39.

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

Diana, Princess of Wales

40.

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

41.

Try and forget our cares and sickness, and contribute, as we can to the happiness of each other.

Johnson

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

Diana, Princess of Wales

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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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Those who do the most for the world's advancement are the ones who demand the least.

Doherty, Henry L.

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

Moore, Marcia

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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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May he who is highest serve best.

Thibodeau, Robert

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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