Motivational Quotes

Service

Sow good services; sweet remembrances will grow them.

- Madame de Stael

Best Quotes about Service

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

Anthony, Dr. Robert

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

Diana, Princess of Wales

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

To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity.

Adams, Douglas

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

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

Aue, Hartmann Von

God likes help when helping people.

Proverb, Irish

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

Unwilling service earns no thanks.

Proverb, Danish

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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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Always do more than is required of you.

Patton, George S.

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I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.

Schweitzer, Albert

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If he works for you, you work for him.

Proverb, Japanese

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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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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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Anything done for another is done for oneself.

VIII, Pope Boniface

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To survive, men and business and corporations must serve.

Patterson, John H.

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Find a need and fill it.

Peale, Ruth Stafford

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

Cook, James R.

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

Chah, Achaan

23.

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

Bible

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

Ward, William A.

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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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Sow good services; sweet remembrances will grow them.

Madame de Stael

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

Selye, Hans

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

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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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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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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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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

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The man who gives little with a smile gives more than the man who gives much with a frown.

Proverb, Jewish

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Everybody has to be somebody to somebody to be anybody.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

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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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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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The public must and will be served.

Penn, William

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

Johnson

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

Jampolsky, Gerald G.

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

Cervantes, Miguel De

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

Moody, Paul D.

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Make sure somebody need you.

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You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work for our own improvement and, at the same time, share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful.

Curie, Madame Marie

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

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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