Quotes About Service

The hierarchies of this army become corrupted or go rotten, if instead of placing themselves completely at the service of Revolution, they place revolution in their service and degenerate. . . . The malice of the militia seems to be forever the same.

If you're feeling helpless, help someone.

The good ruler sublimates his needs as an individual to the service of the nation.

Since we live in this world, we have to do our best for this world.

I don't want to see the military falling. I want to see the military rising to dignified heights of professionalism and true patriotism.

My opinion is the greatest reward that any government could get is the approval of the people. If the people are happy and the people are at peace and the government has done something for them, that's the greatest reward I think any government could hope for.

Frankly, if you do politics, you should not be thinking about your dignity.

Make service your first priority, not success and success will follow.

There is a growing suspicion that what the world needs now is a religion that will cover the other six days of the week.

The tipping custom originated in England when small sums were dropped into a box marked T.I.P.S. --TO INSURE PROMPT SERVICE.

But this could be interpreted primarily in terms of the ministry of word and sacrament, in accordance with the previous models of the Church, rather than in terms of caritative service.

Why didn't we build more hospitals and fewer churches, you could pray to God everywhere but you could not operate in a gutter!

The more furious he became at the perverse machinery of the military, the more his belt buckle gleamed, as if to prove that it wasn't he who was unfit for the service but the service that was unfit for him. When

Government 'help' to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a government can be of service to national prosperity is by keeping its hands off.

Doctors are not servants of their patients, they are traders like everyone else in a free society and they should bear that title proudly considering the crucial importance of the services they offer.

Much like the flower and bee, we as humans are part of nature and, in the same way, hardwired to serve. Whether we give of our time, money knowledge or guidance, we have an innate ability and desire to support others with our resources.

The person who renders loyal service in a humble capacity will be chosen for higher responsibilities, just as the biblical servant who multiplied the one pound given him by his master was made ruler over ten cities...

When you inhale, you are taking the strength from God. When you exhale, it represents the service you are giving to the world.

A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.

Happy is the man who knows how to distinguish the real from the unreal, the eternal from the transient and the good from the pleasant by his discrimination and wisdom. Twice blessed is he who knows true love and can love all God's creatures. He who works selflessly for the welfare of others with love in his heart is thrice blessed. But the man who combines within his mortal frame knowledge, love and selfless service is holy and becomes a place of pilgrimage.

The yogi uses all his resources - physical, economic, mental or moral - to alleviate the pain and suffering of others. He shares his strength with the weak until they become strong. He shares his courage with those who are timid until they become brave by his example. He denies the maxim 'survival of the fittest', but makes the weak strong enough to survive. He comes a shelter to one and all.

If thou shalt aspire after the glorious acts of men, thy working shall be accompanied with compunction and strife, and thy remembrance followed with distaste and upbraidings; and justly doth it come to pass towards thee, O man, that since thou, which art God's work, doest him no reason in yielding him well-pleasing service, even thine own works also should reward thee with the like fruit of bitterness.

For government; let it be in the hands of one, assisted with some counsel; and let them have commission to exercise martial laws, with some limitation. And above all, let men make that profit, of being in the wilderness, as they have God always, and his service, before their eyes.

Sell all thou hast, and give it to the poor, and follow me: but, sell not all thou hast, except thou come and follow me; that is, except thou have a vocation, wherein thou mayest do as much good, with little means as with great; for otherwise, in feeding the streams, thou driest the fountain.