Quotes About Service

Lend, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. Luke 6:35

God changed Saul's heart. A changed heart is the absolute requirement for kingdom service.

God doesn't call us to sacrifice our sanity; He calls us to sacrifice our selfishness.

Sometimes ministry can be the biggest distraction to the pursuit of true intimacy with God

Faith working through love.

You were called to this, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you should follow in His steps. 1 Peter 2:21

God makes no bones about His willingness in extreme cases to take a child home if that's the only way to stop them from destruction. Complete forgiveness and restoration is ours—even usefulness in the Body of Christ and lives of faithful service! God can work everything together for good and redeem our failures. He will gladly be strong in our weaknesses and show us His gracious favor. He can plunder the enemy and take back what Satan stole from us.

Pride is the archenemy of ministry.

The fact that a need exists does not mean God has called me to meet that need.

I may have made my reputation as a general in the Army, and I'm very proud of that. But I've always felt that I was more than one-dimensional. I'd like to think I'm a caring human being.

Build your reputation by helping other people build theirs.

Living in London, you feel the sense of how it has developed into a service city. People come here from around the world - both to launder their money and launder their reputations.

If my acceptance of the office of Governor would serve my country, though my administration would be attended with the loss of personal credit and reputation, I would cheerfully undertake it.

I have a reputation for being the hardest working person in Congress.

Malaysia Airlines is a robust airline - it's been around for many years. It has an excellent reputation, both for service and for safety.

I want to request Modiji that you cannot accomplish nation-building by disappointing the government employees.

When you develop a reputation for being responsive and generous, an ever-expanding mountain of requests will come your way.

I think there's just too much comedy. Sometimes I get requests from people: 'How do I get into comedy?' And I always say that what we need is more people in health care. And less people in comedy.

Most of us have jobs that require some handling of other peoples' feelings and our own, and in that sense, we are all partly flight attendants.

In-person town halls generally require a commitment several weeks in advance - a commitment my office is not prepared to make given the full schedule of the Senate and the duties attendant to service there.

We have an incredible national forest service, and we have an incredible child outreach program that the president has put together. I don't see anything wrong with national service for a minimum of two years. If we were to require that, we wouldn't need a draft.

The reality is that front-line workers like restaurant servers, bus drivers and retail store clerks - whose jobs require person-to-person interactions - do not have the luxury of being able to 'work from home.'

There's a biblical saying that I truly believe in: 'To whom much is given, much is required.'

Before I could become a military officer or a Member of Congress, I was required to do one thing: Take an oath to the Constitution.