Motivational Quotes

Service

To give oneself is the only way of becoming oneself.

- Nightingale, Earl

Best Quotes about Service

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

To give oneself is the only way of becoming oneself.

Nightingale, Earl

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

Ford, Henry

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

Benjamin Disraeli

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

Henderson, Nelson

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.

Everybody has to be somebody to somebody to be anybody.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

Life's most persistent and urgent question is: What are you doing for others? Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a little.

King Jr. Martin Luther

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

Einstein, Albert

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

Jerome, St.

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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

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

Ade, George

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

Anthony, Dr. Robert

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

Einstein, Albert

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

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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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Anything done for another is done for oneself.

VIII, Pope Boniface

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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

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

29.

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

Diana, Princess of Wales

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I love meeting people and helping them.

Diana, Princess of Wales

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

Clark, J. Reuben

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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

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

Antoinette, Marie

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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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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

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No man can help another without helping himself.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Cook, James R.

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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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May he who is highest serve best.

Thibodeau, Robert

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Always do more than is required of you.

Patton, George S.

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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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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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If he works for you, you work for him.

Proverb, Japanese

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

Albrecht, Karl

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

Ligario, Cicero Pro

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

Leamer, Laurence

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If your contribution has been vital there will always be somebody to pick up where you left off, and that will be your claim to immortality.

Gropius, Walter