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Quotes About Service

Our Lord never called His people to help build the tower of Babel in the hope of getting a Bible study in the basement. He commanded us to build our own city on a hill.
~ David Chilton
The greatest joys in life are found not only in what we do and feel, but also in our quiet hopes and labors for others.
~ Bryant McGill, Voice of Reason
There are a lot of ways to serve, and being president is not the only one, and I would hope that someone else would run.
~ Barbara Bush
I hope that I serve by being a teacher.
~ Jenna Bush
I hope some day to make you all a cup of coffee. Alright, peace.
~ Johnny Depp
I hope that I would put whatever my political beliefs aside, and realize that my country's asked me to to something, and do it.
~ Jon Bernthal
When we accept dismissive judgments of our community we stop having generous hope for it. We cease to be capable of serving its best interests.
~ Marilynne Robinson
We all live upon the hope of pleasing somebody, and the pleasure of pleasing ought to be greatest, and at last always will be greatest, when our endeavours are exerted in consequence of our duty.
~ Samuel Johnson
We refuse to despair of mankind. Without having the unreasonable ambition to save men, we still want to serve them.
~ Albert Camus, The Plague
The trained nurse has become one of the great blessings of humanity, taking a place beside the physician and the priest.
~ William Osler
All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.
~ Horace Mann
...in serving the best interests of children, we serve the best interests of all humanity.
~ Carol Bellamy
Humanism is a philosophy of joyous service for the greater good of all humanity, of application of new ideas of scientific progress for the benefit of all.
~ Linus Pauling
Let me make a solemn pledge before all of you, before the whole world and before God, that I will devote all my energy and all I possess in my power to serve the people of Nigeria and humanity.
~ Olusegun Obasanjo
I am endeavouring to see God through service of humanity; for I know that God is neither in heaven, nor down below, but in everyone.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
Man is not on the earth solely for his own happiness. He is there to realize great things for humanity.
~ Vincent Van Gogh
Every human being was born with an inherent gift, and that gift is their gift to humanity; they are supposed to serve humanity in the area of their gifting.
~ Myles Munroe
The church is her true self only when she exists for humanity.
~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer
I am a scientist. Mine is a professional world that achieves great things for humanity.
~ Randy Schekman
Start at once a bedside library and spend the last half hour of the day in communion with the saints of humanity.
~ William Osler
I ask you to ensure that humanity is served by wealth, and not ruled by it.
~ Pope Francis
Humanity does not ask us to be happy. It merely asks us to be brilliant on its behalf.
~ Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game
My joy knows no bounds... I will devote all my energy and all the powers available to me to the service of Nigeria and humanity.
~ Olusegun Obasanjo