Motivational Quotes

Service

To give oneself is the only way of becoming oneself.

- Nightingale, Earl

Best Quotes about Service

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.

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

Mandino, Og

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

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

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

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

Buck, Pearl S.

No man can help another without helping himself.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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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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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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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Always do more than is required of you.

Patton, George S.

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

Ward, William A.

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To leave a sting within a brother's heart.

Young, Edward

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

Wieder, Marcia

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If he works for you, you work for him.

Proverb, Japanese

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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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Find a need and fill it.

Peale, Ruth Stafford

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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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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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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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Sow good services; sweet remembrances will grow them.

Madame de Stael

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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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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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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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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

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

Ade, George

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

Adams, John

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

Einstein, Albert

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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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God likes help when helping people.

Proverb, Irish

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Drop the hammer and pick up the shovel.

Dever, J. A.

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

Jampolsky, Gerald G.

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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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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

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

Leamer, Laurence

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Everybody has to be somebody to somebody to be anybody.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

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

Anthony, Dr. Robert

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

Cook, James R.

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

Hubbard, Elbert

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He who lives not to others, lives little to himself.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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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