Quotes About Service

I still deliver like a midwife.

Richmond's Mrs. William McFarland. "Let us remember that we belong to that sex which was last at the cross, first at the grave…Let us go now, hand in hand, to the graves of our country's sons, and as we go let our energies be aroused and our hearts be thrilled by this thought: It is the least thing we can do for our soldiers.

For Cumming the Christian and feminine imperative of service far outweighed superficial notions of female delicacy. Employing one dimension of feminine ideology to dismiss another, Cumming despaired of her southern sisters, inhibited by false claims of modesty and respectability from undertaking desperately needed hospital work.45

Power is to be used in the service of others and only secondarily, if at all, for the benefit of oneself.

Servanthood is revealed in simple, everyday events.

Aren't waiters wonderful? You ask them for things and they bring them... It's the same principle as Santa Claus.

Man, if I made one million dollars I would come in at six in the morning, sweep the stands, wash the uniforms, clean out the office, manage the team and play the games.

Customers first, employees second, and shareholders third.

Politics is a profession a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one.

Oh, that lovely title, ex-president.

There are many of us that are willing to do great things for the Lord, but few of us are willing to do little things.

God doesn't seek for golden vessels, and does not ask for silver ones, but He must have clean ones.

To serve is beautiful, but only if it is done with joy and a whole heart and a free mind.

Part of my life is saving life.

I can't think of anything better to do with a life than to wear it out in efforts to be useful to the world.

Make your life about something bigger than your life.

The purpose of life is to matter and be ever mindful of the opportunities that we can both individually and collectively provide for others.

Treat your customers like they own you. Because they do.

There's no greater bliss in life than when the plumber eventually comes to unblock your drains. No writer can give that sort of pleasure.

I consider it to be the meaning of my whole life and my obligation to serve my fatherland and our people.

As your life is in His hands, so are the days of your life. But don't let the sands of time get into the eye of your vision to reach those who sit in darkness. They simply must hear.

Every day, you are to offer your life to God for His service. You do not serve Him in your spare time or with your leftover resources. The way you live your life for God is your offering to Him.

To give life a meaning, one must have a purpose larger than self.

As long as there are postmen, life will have zest.