Motivational Quotes

Service

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

Best Quotes about Service

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

Seneca

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

Henderson, Nelson

To give oneself is the only way of becoming oneself.

Nightingale, Earl

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

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

Anthony, Dr. Robert

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

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

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.

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

Leamer, Laurence

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

Chah, Achaan

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

Antoinette, Marie

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

Gandhi, Mahatma

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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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Make sure somebody need you.

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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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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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We came here to serve not be served.

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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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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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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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Find a need and fill it.

Peale, Ruth Stafford

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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.

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Every day use your magic to be of service to others.

Wieder, Marcia

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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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Once you shape a company to service the marketplace and your services are necessary, the company develops a compulsion of its own to grow.

Ortenberg, Elisabeth Claiborne

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

Diana, Princess of Wales

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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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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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I love meeting people and helping them.

Diana, Princess of Wales

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

Bible

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May he who is highest serve best.

Thibodeau, Robert

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

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

Cook, James R.

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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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No man can help another without helping himself.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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One should be of service rather than be conspicuous.

Motto

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

Mandino, Og

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

Hubbard, Elbert

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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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