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Quotes About Service

I am not your slave. I serve Apollo.
~ Sophocles
If I had a humble spirit in my service who, when I asked for a glass of water, brought me the world's costliest wines blended in a chalice, I should dismiss him, in order to teach him that my pleasure consists, not in what I enjoy, but in having my own way.
~ Soren Kierkegaard
I've been working in boutique hotels my whole life.
~ Geoffrey Zakarian
This gospel we have received is one of sacrifice, service and self-abnegation from beginning to end. That is what constitutes the straight and narrow way that leads to life eternal.
~ George F. Richards
Every person has the ability to improve the life of someone else.
~ Guy Kawasaki
The beginning and the end of all Christian leadership is to give your life for others.
~ Henri Nouwen
Human life is God's outer church. Its needs and urgencies are priests and pastors.
~ Henry Ward Beecher
Fighting for kids and families has been the cause of my life.
~ Hillary Clinton
If you chose to serve in Congress or on a congressional staff, you should be barred for life from working for any company, organization, or association which lobbies the federal government.
~ Jack Abramoff
Theodore Roosevelt crafted a masterpiece of service. He served people in every aspect of his life. His legacy was transformational, encompassing his family, his nation and the world.
~ James M Strock
In another life, I could be a personal shopper.
~ Jane Rosenthal
Live your life for anyone but yourself
~ Jared Leto
A good butler should save his employer's life at least once a day.
~ Jasper Fforde
Mother Teresa was asked what was the meaning of life, and she said to help other people, and I thought, 'What a strange thing to say' - but maybe it's the right thing to say.
~ Jesse Eisenberg
Well, I've been in the political arena all of my life, and 10 years of that as a candidate and elected official, and that's about enough.
~ Jim Hightower
God has put people in your life on purpose, Don't live to get, live to give.
~ Joel Osteen
Authentic Christian living has its own order of priority in our lives: God first, others second, self third.
~ Billy Graham
You can get anything you want in this life if you help enough other people get what they want.
~ Zig Ziglar
Hope to sin only in the service of waking up.
~ Alice Walker
Man lives consciously for himself but unconsciously he serves as an instrument for the accomplishment of historical and social ends.
~ Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
You need the devotion to your work that a priest of God has for his.
~ Ernest Hemingway
This is the true joy in life the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap.
~ George Bernard Shaw
I only hope that He will let me preach to those who have never heard that name Jesus. What else is worthwhile in this life? I have heard of nothing better. 'Lord, send me!'
~ Jim Elliot
John Glenn's life will long be remembered for his time in space, his courage, and his service to all Americans.
~ Katherine Johnson