Motivational Quotes

Service

Sow good services; sweet remembrances will grow them.

- Madame de Stael

Best Quotes about Service

To serve is beautiful, but only if it is done with joy and a whole heart and a free mind.

Buck, Pearl S.

We came here to serve not be served.

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

Aue, Hartmann Von

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

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

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

Einstein, Albert

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

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

Adams, John

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

10.

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

Selye, Hans

11.

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

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

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

14.

Drop the hammer and pick up the shovel.

Dever, J. A.

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Sow good services; sweet remembrances will grow them.

Madame de Stael

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

Diana, Princess of Wales

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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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The public must and will be served.

Penn, William

21.

Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, What's in it for me?

Tracy, Brian

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

Seneca

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I love meeting people and helping them.

Diana, Princess of Wales

24.

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

Albrecht, Karl

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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.

26.

God likes help when helping people.

Proverb, Irish

27.

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

Anthony, Dr. Robert

28.

Unwilling service earns no thanks.

Proverb, Danish

29.

In a gentle way, you can shake the world.

Gandhi, Mahatma

30.

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

Holtz, Lou

31.

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

Henderson, Nelson

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

Clark, J. Reuben

33.

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

Chah, Achaan

35.

If he works for you, you work for him.

Proverb, Japanese

36.

Rule number one: The customer is always right. Rule number two: If the customer is wrong, see rule number one!

Leonard, Steve

37.

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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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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Everybody has to be somebody to somebody to be anybody.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

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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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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

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I know of no great man except those who have rendered great services to the human race.

Voltaire

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

Diana, Princess of Wales

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

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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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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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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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In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods than in doing good to their fellow men.

Ligario, Cicero Pro

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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