Quotes About Service

The cost of discipleship is to live the life God has given us, serving in mundane ways the people he's put in our path.

Helping someone is what life is all about.

The be-all and end-all of life should not be to get rich, but to enrich the world.

We all have a responsibility in life to do what we can to help those less fortunate.

The value of our lives is not determined by what we do for ourselves. The value of our lives is determined by what we do for others.

I live a soldier's life when I'm working. That's how it feels to me, except I've got a slightly greater chance of survival.

A life is not worth much of which it cannot be said, when it comes to its close, that it was helpful to humanity.

When God calls His child to live the life of a missionary, He gives him the desire with the calling.

If we wish to follow Christ closely, we cannot choose an easy, quiet life. It will be a demanding life, but full of joy.

I do not envy a clergyman's life as an easy life, nor do I envy the clergyman who makes it an easy life.

Duties are what make life most worth living. Lacking them, you are not necessary to anyone.

Calmly contemplating these dimensions and bringing them into the service of compassion and kindness is the right way to make rapid gains in meditation as well as in life.

When we decide to embark in the service of God, great things begin to happen in our life and the lives of people around us. We learn of Him. We come unto Him.

What you want most out of life is the thing you have to give the most of

Where are the marks of the cross in your life? Are there any points of identification with your Lord? Alas, too many Christians wear medals but carry no scars.

Your heart grows by giving out, but your mind grows by taking in; and both are necessary to a happy and balanced life of service.

What do you think happiness is?" she asked him. "A by-product," he answered immediately, "to being useful.

What do you think happiness is?" she asked him. "A by-product," he answered immediately, "to being useful." She looked at him. "What?" she said. "What do you mean?" He looked back at her, surprised. "Well," he said, "if you do good work and are useful, that makes you happy.

After years of working in public service, it had come as a bit of a surprise to her how genuinely interested she was in running a business; seeing what worked, looking at stock, and, of course, matching the right book to the right person. It was the same joy she had always felt at the library, but somehow, watching people leaving with books they could keep forever was even more profound.

What has happened to the good old-fashioned travel agent? I want to go to a really posh travel agent and have them organise everything for me. I don't want to do things on the Internet.

We don't serve time travelers here. A time traveler walks into the bar.

It is said of Pompey, that when he was to carry grain to Rome in time of dearth, he was in a great deal of danger by storms at sea, but, says he, 'We must go on; it is necessary that Rome should be relieved, but it is not necessary that we should live.

I struggled with insecurity because I was trying to find my security in things. But when I began serving God with all my heart, my security was in Him.

She chose to look at her surroundings where they "think missionary" mind-set.