Quotes About Service

God opposes the proud. The way you get up front is do really good work in the back. Humility is a by product of spending time with Jesus - it is not a reflection of yourself

National Guard soldiers, as you know, give up their jobs, their time with their family, make sacrifices to make sure this country is safe.

I think there are few things more patriotic than taking the time to make your country a better place.

Kindness and courage can repair time's faults, And serving him breeds patience and courtesy In us, light sojourners and passing subjects.

If you do a good job for others, you heal yourself at the same time.

Believe in something larger than yourself ... to get involved in some of the big ideas of our time.

It is a shame that so many leaders spend their time pondering their rights as leaders instead of their awesome responsibilities as leaders.

All of us want to do well. But if we do not do good, too, then doing well will never be enough.

By his [God's] help I will arise and address myself diligently to my appointed duty. If happiness in this world is not for me, I will endeavor to promote the welfare of those around me, and my reward shall be hereafter.

Should I shrink from the work that God had set before me, because it was not fitted to my taste? Did not He know best what I should do, and where I ought to labour?

You don't know what happiness lies before you yet," said I: "you are now only in the commencement of your journey." "The best of happiness," replied he, "is mine already—the power and the will to be useful.

I need to have something besides a husband and children to devote myself to! I don't want to have lived in vain like most people. I want to be useful or bring enjoyment to all people, even those I've never met. I want to go on living even after my death!

I don't want to have lived in vain like most people. I want to be useful or bring enjoyment to all people, even those I've never met. I want to go on living even after my death! And that's why I'm so grateful to God for having given me this gift, which I can use to develop myself and to express all that's inside me!

After all, a person has only two hands, and these days there're too many patients and too few doctors.

O ja, ich will nicht umsonst gelebt haben wie die meisten Menschen. Ich will den Menschen, die um mich herum leben und mich doch nicht kennen, Freude und Nutzen bringen. Ich will fortleben, auch nach meinem Tod. (S.238f.)

I shall not remain insignificant, I shall work in the world for all mankind!

but you have to make sacrifices for a good cause, and I'm glad I can make this small one.

I shall not remain insignificant, I shall work in the world and for mankind!

Não quero que minha vida tenha passado em vão, como a da maioria das pessoas. Quero ser útil ou trazer alegria a todas as pessoas, mesmo àquelas que jamais conheci. Quero continuar vivendo depois da morte!

I want to be useful or bring enjoyment to all people, even those I've never met.

I liked those ladies! They were helpers, and they danced.' These are the words I want on my gravestone: that I was a helper, and that I danced.

You can tell if people are following Jesus, because they are feeding the poor, sharing their wealth, and trying to get everyone medical insurance.

These are the words I want on my gravestone: that I was a helper, and that I danced.

Gratitude begins in our hearts and then dovetails into behavior. It almost always makes you willing to be of service, which is where the joy resides. It means that you are willing to stop being such a jerk. When you are aware of all that has been given to you, in your lifetime and the past few days, it is hard not to be humbled, and pleased to give back.