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Quotes About Service

I love my country more than anything. I spent 12 years in the United States Marine Corps. I know what it means to defend this country.
~ Scott Ritter
Through selfless work, love of God grows in heart.
~ Ramakrishna
Ages of experience have taught humanity that the commitment of a husband and wife to love and to serve one another promotes the welfare of children and the stability of society.
~ Jack Kingston
God never intended for us to simply be the objects of His love. We are also called to be the instruments of that love in the lives of others.
~ Paul David Tripp
Once you know yourself as a genuine seeker, and when your own inner chamber is quite enlightened, then comes the natural unfoldment of pure love and compassion and a genuine desire to serve others.
~ Rod Stryker
The distinctive mark of the Christian, today more than ever, must be love for the poor, the weak, the suffering.
~ Pope John Paul II
Missionary zeal does not grow out of intellectual beliefs, nor out of theological arguments, but out of love.
~ Roland Allen
Following Jesus is simple, but not easy. Love until it hurts, and then love more.
~ Mother Teresa
To Turn all the treasures we possess into the channel of universal love becomes the business of our lives.
~ John Woolman
For those who love, nothing is too difficult, especially when it is done for the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.
~ Ignatius of Loyola
Freely we serve, because freely we love.
~ John Milton
The measure of a Christian is not in the height of his grasp but in the depth of his love
~ Clarence Jordan
Theology is reflection, a critical attitude. The commitment of love, of service, comes first. Theology follows; it is the second step.
~ Gustavo Gutiérrez
Love always involves responsibility, and love always involves sacrifice. And we do not really love Christ unless we are prepared to face His task and to take up His Cross.
~ William Barclay
Love cannot remain by itself - it has no meaning. Love has to be put into action and that action is service.
~ Mother Teresa
I serve for the love of God and in Him have all my hope.
~ Michelangelo
Through selfless work, love of God grows in the heart. Then through his grace one realize him in course of time. God can be seen. One can talk to him as I am talking to you.
~ Ramakrishna
Love God. Live Called. It's not just devotional, it's vocational!
~ Brian Houston
Love is proved by deeds; the more they cost us, the greater the proof of our love.
~ Mother Teresa
Let us ask God to make us true in our love, to make us sacrificial beings, for it seems to me that sacrifice is only love put into action.
~ Elizabeth of the Trinity
Let us not love by words alone, but let us love until it hurts.
~ Mother Teresa
Our love for Christ is more important to Him than all of our service to Him. Strict obedience and services are not enough. Love for Jesus must come first.
~ Anne Graham Lotz
Love God. Love people. And do stuff. That's my punch list everyday.
~ Bob Goff
Martyrdom does not consist only in dying for one's faith. Martyrdom also consists in serving God with love and purity of heart every day of one's life
~ St. Jerome