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

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

Diana, Princess of Wales

The measure of a man is not the number of his servants, but in the number of people whom he serves.

Moody, Paul D.

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

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

To oblige persons often costs little and helps much.

Gracian, Baltasar

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

Antoinette, Marie

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

Ford, Henry

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

Gandhi, Mahatma

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

In a gentle way, you can shake the world.

Gandhi, Mahatma

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

Wolfe, Beran

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How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because some day in life you will have been all these.

Carver, George Washington

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

Henderson, Nelson

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

Churchill, Winston

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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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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

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

Doherty, Henry L.

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Always do more than is required of you.

Patton, George S.

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Unwilling service earns no thanks.

Proverb, Danish

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

Cervantes, Miguel De

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

Ade, George

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

Bible

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

Hubbard, Elbert

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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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Only a life lived in the service to others is worth living.

Einstein, Albert

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

34.

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

Johnson

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If he works for you, you work for him.

Proverb, Japanese

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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.

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The charity that is a trifle to us can be precious to others.

Homer

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

Einstein, Albert

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

Jerome, St.

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

Anthony, Dr. Robert

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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

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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

43.

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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I love meeting people and helping them.

Diana, Princess of Wales

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

Wieder, 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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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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Find a need and fill it.

Peale, Ruth Stafford