Quotes About Service

Nothing shall be lost that is done for God or in obedience to Him.

True religion is when you serve God to get nothing else but more of God.

There is no higher religion than human service.

But to mean it when I say that I want my life to count for His glory is to drive a stake through the heart of self - a painful and determined dying to me that must be a part of every day I live.

My whole religion is this: do every duty, and expect no reward for it, either here or hereafter.

All religion relates to life, and the life of religion is to do good

Muslims are the first victims of Islam. To liberate a Muslim from his religion is the best service that one can render him!

"The best form of devotion to the service of Allah is not to make a show of it."

For me, humanitarian service, or rather service of all that lives, is religion. And I draw no distinction between such religion and politics.

Poetry is a religion without hope. The poet exhausts himself in its service, knowing that, in the long run, a masterpiece is nothing but the performance of a trained dog on very shaky ground.

True religion always moves us to serve others and to give our lives to see those oppressed find freedom.

The good will is all — and all the talents are ways to fulfill it.

Only religion can prevent democratic rule from developing into mob rule. A nation can prosper only as its citizens are religious, intelligent, capable of service and eager to render it.

Evangelism is just one beggar telling another beggar where to find the bread.

I give money for church organs in the hope the organ music will distract the congregation's attention from the rest of the service.

To devote your life to the good of all and to the happiness of all is religion. Whatever you do for your own sake is not religion.

You are priests, not social or political leaders. Let us not be under the illusion that we are serving the Gospel through an exaggerated interest in the wide field of temporal problems.

Religion is, in fact, the dominion of the soul; it is the hope, the anchor of safety, the deliverance from evil. What a service has Christianity rendered to humanity!

Religion is using everything for God.

I was suppose to be a Jesuit priest or a naval academy graduate.

In my opinion, most organized religion does neither agentic service nor relational nurturance very well.

Religion is not a dogma, nor an emotion, but a service.

When love overflows and is expressed through every word and deed, we call it compassion. That is the goal of religion.

If we lose the spirit of 'go,' we have lost the very Christian spirit itself. A disobedient church will become a dead church. It will die of heart failure.