Motivational Quotes

Service

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

- Diana, Princess of Wales

Best Quotes about 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

If he works for you, you work for him.

Proverb, Japanese

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

Albrecht, Karl

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

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

Unwilling service earns no thanks.

Proverb, Danish

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

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

Mandino, Og

Find a need and fill it.

Peale, Ruth Stafford

10.

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

Diana, Princess of Wales

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

Moore, Marcia

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

Johnson

15.

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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No man can help another without helping himself.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

17.

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

Henderson, Nelson

18.

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

Benjamin Disraeli

19.

May he who is highest serve best.

Thibodeau, Robert

20.

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

21.

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

22.

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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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

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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

25.

Obedience to our Heavenly Father starts with our loving service to a needy brother.

Ward, William A.

26.

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

Holtz, Lou

27.

In a gentle way, you can shake the world.

Gandhi, Mahatma

28.

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

Chah, Achaan

29.

The public must and will be served.

Penn, William

30.

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

Cook, James R.

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

34.

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

Dhammapada

36.

To oblige persons often costs little and helps much.

Gracian, Baltasar

37.

Drop the hammer and pick up the shovel.

Dever, J. A.

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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.

39.

The road to daily happiness is not hard to find, it's what we do for others that brings us peace of mind.

40.

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

Anthony, Dr. Robert

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Sow good services; sweet remembrances will grow them.

Madame de Stael

42.

To give oneself is the only way of becoming oneself.

Nightingale, Earl

43.

To leave a sting within a brother's heart.

Young, Edward

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

46.

Always do more than is required of you.

Patton, George S.

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

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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

Adams, John

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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