Quotes About Service

After all, bragging and boasting aren't honorable; what's honorable is doing one's duty and sacrificing oneself for a noble cause.

In every city the President visits, massive C-17 cargo planes arrive the day before—always at 1 p.m.—delivering ready-to-build octagonal saferooms to the hotel. In the President's room, the Service shoves all the couches and chairs against one wall, builds the saferoom panel by panel, then rolls in wide pieces of ballistic glass to cover each window. If

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. —George Orwell

That wasn't why he had accepted this job. He had accepted it because someone needed to be willing to stand up and do the right thing for the nation, no matter what the personal cost.

Arabella, like a sweet, compliant woman and good wife, put all thoughts of her new curtains aside for the moment and assured both gentlemen that in such a cause it was no trouble to her to wait.

Give your body and mind to worldly enjoyments, and the world will destroy them both. Devote them to God and his service, and you will enjoy bodily health, peace of mind, and spiritual joy.

Ask nothing; want nothing in return. Give what you have to give; it will come back to you, but do not think of that now.

Not to hurt our humble brethren is our first duty to them, but to stop there is not enough. We have a higher mission: to be of service to them whenever they require it.

My mother said the cure for thinking too much about yourself was helping somebody who was worse off than you.

Even the apostles were tentmakers...

I am nobody; I have nothing to do with explosions. I have given my name and my day-clothes up to the nurses And my history to the anesthetist and my body to surgeons.

I give and give; my whole life will be a saying of poems and a loving of people and giving of my best fiber to them.

Buckminster Fuller, um dos maiores inventores e filósofos da nossa época, disse: "O propósito da nossa vida é acrescentar valor à vida das pessoas desta geração e das gerações seguintes.

It boils down to your beliefs. Do you really believe in your value? Do you really believe in the product or service you're offering? Do you really believe that what you have will be of benefit to whomever you're promoting it to?

Diz respeito também a contribuir para a vida dos outros. Diz respeito a ser fiel à nossa missão e à nossa razão de estarmos neste mundo neste momento. Diz respeito a acrescentarmos a nossa peça ao quebra-cabeça do planeta.

La finalidad de nuestra vida es añadir valor a la gente de esta generación y de las siguientes».

Parte de tu misión en la vida debe ser, pues, compartir tus dones y tu valía con la máxima gente posible. Eso

The by-product is that the more people you help, the "richer" you become, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and definitely financially.

Each day is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift to Him.

You show her respect. That is a good thing," he said. "Too often it is that men think those who serve are doing it from inferiorness or weakness.

To be selfless, you would give charity anonymously, walj softly on the earth, and look out for others-even total strangers-before you look out for yourself. For the Arab mind, the self is an obstacle, an impediment, in humanity's quest foe real progress.

Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds," comes from ancient Persia.

I well knew the rules to follow with our training Dogs: Speak when you're spoken to. Keep out of the way. Obey all orders. Get killed on your own time.

Alanna: All I know is that I'm to jump when I'm told and I have no free time.