Quotes About Service

Do not waste time bothering whether you "love" your neighbor; act as if you did.

There are some who've forgotten why we have a military. It's not to promote war, it's to be prepared for peace.

We went there to serve God, and also to get rich.

Rewards for good service should not be deferred a single day.

It is rather for us here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion.

Firemen never die, they just burn forever in the hearts of the people whose lives they saved.

But teaching VBS may actually be a more painful way to my grave.

What most people would consider a mundane job—same streets, same view, same stops and starts—I enlivened by getting to know my regulars. In fact, I did more than get to know them, more than transport them from A to B. I helped them. I changed lives. They

I have called you back from the ends of the earth so you can serve Me. For I have chosen you and will not throw you away. Don't be afraid, for I am with you. Do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. I will help you. I will uphold you with My victorious right hand.

Today, we save lives.

Never go to war without God, Riley. Only when you belong completely to him can he truly use you.

You show up. You wait. You give. You sacrifice. You love anyway.

a happy life is not made up of what you have dreamed of, chased after, and achieved, but rather whom you poured your life into, who poured their life into yours, and the difference you've made in the lives of others.

a happy life is not made up of what you have dreamed of, chased after, and achieved, but rather whom you poured your life into, who poured their life into yours, and the difference you've made in the lives of others. Most of the dreams we pursue don't have intrinsic worth, but people always do.

Descendants of Confederate soldiers have self-serving reasons for denying that their ancestors fought and fell in service to a criminal enterprise.

Recently, I have come to assume that any call to my landline is from a telemarketer or an automated call from Terminex, letting me know that our regularly scheduled pest-extermination service will occur on its regular schedule. So I usually ignore my home phone.

air force bases, where libraries are revered.

In 1973, the library even added a service called the Hoot Owl Telephonic Reference, which operated from nine P.M. until one A.M., long after the library was closed. Dialing H-O-O-T-O-W-L connected you to a librarian who could find the answer to almost any question.

When we help, we are in a potentially overpowering position.

Work is love made plain, whether man's work or woman's work.

My dad was a golden gloves boxer in the Marine Corps, then a deputy sheriff. My mom worked as an office assistant.

An ox is born and bred to carry our burdens. A saint is like an ox.

For long and weary months, without pay or even the privilege of being recognized as soldiers, you labored on, only to be disbanded and sent to your homes without even a hope of reward, and

What attitude and/or action will glorify God in this moment?