Service Quotes

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

Michel de Montaigne

Few men have been admired of their familiars.

Michel de Montaigne

Every great house is full of haughty servants.

Juvenal

Perhaps we're too embarrassed to change or too frightened of the consequences of showing that we actually care. But why not risk it anyway? Begin Today. Carry out a random act of seemingly senseless kindness, with no expectation or reward or punishment. Safe in the knowledge that one day, someone somewhere might do the same for you.

Princess of Wales Diana

I love meeting people and helping them.

Princess of Wales Diana

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

Princess of Wales Diana

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.

Princess of Wales Diana

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

Princess of Wales Diana

The only certain means of is to render more and better service than is expected of you, no matter what your task may be.

Og Mandino

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

Marcia Wieder

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

Gerald G. Jampolsky

It only stands to reason that where there's sacrifice, there's someone collecting the sacrificial offerings. Where there's service, there is someone being served. The man who speaks to you of sacrifice is speaking of slaves and masters, and intends to be the master.

Ayn Rand

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

Albert Schweitzer

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

Mahatma Gandhi

Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time.

Marian Wright Edleman

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.

Walter Gropius

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

George Ade

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.

William J. H. Boetcker

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Howard Thurman

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.

Albert Pike