Quotes About Service

Rather than taking from the world, make it your consistent enthusiasm to give to the world. And to behave in a way that serves all citizens.

Success is not about what you receive, Blake. Success is all about what you return

you don't have to have a title to be a leader.

The only way to truly get power is to give it away.

Success, like happiness, cannot be pursued. It must ensue. And it only does so as the unintended side effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.

I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.

It's easy to complain or condemn or take the path of least resistance. What takes guts is to stand for something higher, to behave greater and to be of service to others. Like Mandela. Like Gandhi. Like King. Heroes of mine. I wish I could be one-quarter as good as them.

Sirve a los demás».

We live for ourselves only when we live for others.

The great women and men of the world were all givers, not takers. Renounce the common delusion that those who accumulate the most win. Instead, do work that is heroic

Ask yourself questions like, Who ultimately benefits from the products and services my company offers? or What difference do my daily efforts make? Once you do so, you will start noticing the connection between the work you do and the lives you touch.

Find your cause, and then do your work with pride and love—love is such an incredible force for good. It's the most powerful thing in the world.

Victor Frankl said it more elegantly than I ever could when he wrote: 'Success, like happiness, cannot be pursued. It must ensue. And it only does so as the unintended side effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.

Encontrar el centro de la fuerza dentro de uno mismo es a la larga la mejor contribución que podemos realizar hacia los demás»

Everybody can be great because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You don't have to know about Plato and Aristotle to serve. You don't have to know Einstein's Theory of Relativity to serve. You don't have to know the Second Theory of Thermodynamics and Physics to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.

Mother Teresa said, "there should be less talk; a preaching point is not a meeting point. What do you do then? Take a broom and clean someone's house. That says enough.

Did I live wisely?' 'Did I love well?' and 'Did I serve greatly?

Imagínate que el propósito de la vida es solamente tu felicidad… entonces la vida se convierte en una cosa cruel y sin sentido. Tienes que abrazar la sabiduría de la humanidad. Tu inteligencia y tu corazón te dicen que el significado de la vida es servir a la fuerza que te envió al mundo. Entonces la vida se convierte en una alegría. L

The beauty of the whole exercise is that as you strive to improve the lives of others, your own life will be elevated into its highest dimensions. This truth is based on an ancient paradigm for extraordinary living.

En su último sermón antes de ser asesinado, Martin Luther King, Jr. dijo: «Todo el mundo puede ser grande… porque cualquiera puede servir. No hace falta un título universitario para servir. No hace falta hacer concordar el sujeto con el predicado para servir. Solo hace falta un corazón lleno de gracia. Un alma creada por el amor».

El éxito, como la felicidad, no debe perseguirse, sino seguirse. Y eso sólo es posible como efecto secundario de la dedicación personal a una causa mayor que uno mismo.»

Todos los grandes hombres y mujeres del mundo son personas que dan, no toman. Renunciad a la creencia común de que aquellos que más acumulan son los que más ganan. En lugar de eso, escoged un trabajo heroico: que deje perplejo a vuestro mercado por la calidad de su originalidad y por la utilidad que ofrece.

Breve es la vida. No olvides lo más importante que hay en ella, como es vivir para el prójimo y obrar bien por él.

La cosa más noble que puedes hacer es dar a los demás.