Quotes About Service

Truth is a tyrant-the only tyrant to whom we can give our allegiance. The service of truth is a matter of heroism.

Look after everybody So that they are happy to see you. It is better to serve the devotee of god than to serve god himself.

Always tell the truth, and take an interest in serving the people around you as much as possible.

It's so hard to tell with him. He always looks like he's working the customer service desk at the DMV." "I always thought he looked like a postal worker who's about one write-up away from losing it completely.

The purpose of every business and organization is to get and keep customers.

When you wrap up a task for someone who counts on you and/ or your team, why not take a moment to ask how it went? Why not ask, "Hey, how easy were we to work with?" In fact, why not ask them to rate you on a scale of one to 10 to let you know how hassle-free the experience of working with you or buying from you was? If you get any score less than a 10, then ask, "What would I need to do to get that up to a 10?

Every Moment of Truth, even if it is a Moment of Misery, is an opportunity to create a Moment of Magic.

And to leave the people we meet and the places we visit better than we found them.

Volunteers don't get paid, not because they're worthless, but because they're priceless.

The beginning of the most materialistic age in the history of the world, when wars would be fought without patriotism, when men would forget God and only pay attention to moral standards, when the will to power would replace the will to serve and beauty would be well-nigh forgotten in the terrible headlong rush of mankind toward the acquiring of possessions...

The beginning of the most materialistic age in the history of the world, when wars would be fought without patriotism, when men would forget God and only pay attention to moral standards, when the will to power would replace the will to serve and beauty would be well-nigh forgotten in the terrible headlong rush of mankind toward the acquiring of possessions, was telling its story to Jesse the man of God as it was to the men about him.

Nothing had excited me-the huge cars, the entourages, the bodyguards, the policeman jumping to attention, all meant nothing to me ... till I came to the old man's office. (On becoming prime minister)

Find a cause that's larger than yourself and then give your life to it.

When Israel was weak, I worked to make her fierce. But once she was strong, I gave my life's efforts to peace.

Live by looking for things to do for other people.

Sometimes a person can become stunningly proficient with regard to certain dimensions of spiritual empowerment while under-emphasizing other aspects. In my way of thinking, the ultimate reason to experience liberation is to better serve others. And a sine qua non for effectively serving others is to be a decent person by the ordinary canons of society, or as my father would have put it, a mensch. Freedom should be manifested within clear ethical guidelines and an egalitarian feedback structure.

I have no intention of conducting governance for the benefit of specific organizations or individuals; instead I will conduct governance on behalf of the entire people -- the ordinary people who live by the sweat of their brows, love their families, wish to improve their own communities and hometowns, and who want to believe in the future of Japan.

I have experienced failure as a politician and for that very reason, I am ready to give everything for Japan.

Service is the rent we pay for the privilege of living on this earth.

The only criterion that matters in picking members for committee vacancies is their length of service in Congress. Congress calls it the seniority system. I call it the senility system.

you look at the life histories of most successful people or organisations, who have 1) Succeeded, 2) sustained success and 3) maintained goodwill, they have all lived by this one principle: "I shall always give more than I get, to my family, organisation and my society.

Leadership is reaching of those who lead out to those who are led and not the vice versa.

Trample! Trample! It is to be trampled on by you that I am here.

For I've realized more and more with each year I've lived: There is no worthier work for the person who has been geared with the ability to see even a small part of God's mercy than to serve Him and to keep vigil and to pray for those people whose sight is still clouded by the shadow of worldly matters.