Quotes About Service

As another general antidote for distress, the Dalai Lama recommends caring for others despite our own problems. "The space of awareness is small, so our personal distress looms large," as he puts it. "But the moment you think of helping others, the mind expands, and our own problems seem smaller.

The service of great kings may carry its own rewards, but the service of truth goes unrewarded and is, for that very reason, worth far more.

The notion of love and obedience in love is therefore fundamental in Muslim spirituality, as it is for all spiritualities which affirm that one must learn to love in order to serve and enter into the peace of Islam.

As Shantideva writes in this beautiful prayer: As long as space endures As long as sentient beings remain, Until then may I too remain To dispel the miseries of the world.

And if you inquire for the good of your brethren only, what more have 21 ye done than others? is not this the conduct of the publicans also?

Love is the enemy of sound judgment, and occasionally this is in service of the good.

It takes being together to another level when you go to bed for a purpose larger than your own feelings.

only a woman can truly welcome a man back home, wash his feet, and fix his plate.

love is the enemy of sound judgement, and occasionally this is in service of god.

Never permit him to say to you, "I am needed by my country more than any other man, therefore, you must not dismiss me." You have corrupted him and he should be removed and avoided, and left to rediscover his soul in silence or—in exile.

Queer Eye for the Straight Guy is a form of service journalism. To be successful, I think it has to be a combination of a good story, it has to be funny, and it also needs to be packed with useful information.

Forgive me, Lord, for being sharp to a man who sought only to assist me. I ask for your help in being patient with those who believe women helpless.

They applauded when I had finished speaking, and I admit that I took pleasure from that. Forgive me for my pride, Lord. Help me to remember that all the work I do—whether it is excavating bones in the desert or giving lectures to the public—is not for my own glory, but for yours. Let me never forget that my task is to show others the beauty of your works and in doing so bring them closer to you. Amen.

clear that the people have responsibility for following divinely inspired paths and living in accord with principles of justice and compassion, in service to the One God. When they fail in this responsibility,

After all, there's a significant service to humanity in spending time doing no harm,

You should encourage your children to see the needs of those around them.

One of the chief factors in progress is the destruction of special privilege. The essence of any struggle for healthy liberty has always been, and must always be, to take from some one man or class of men the right to enjoy power, or wealth, or position, or immunity, which has not been earned by service to his or their fellows.

I work a lot with blind people in my spare time outside of Unilever, and I count my blessings every day.

I always like a charity with people who don't speak English because I get them to do all kinds of things around my house.

Barack is at a level where he can't - no matter how much he wants to or how much we want him to - he's not going to come take out our garbage, so to speak. He can't be the garbage man and the president. He can't be the mayor and the alderman. He can't fill all those roles. So I always push for local, local activity on the political scene.

I read that my lifelong dream is to serve as speaker with Hillary Clinton as president. So what?

I've been a speaker. I've been a majority leader. I've been a minority leader. Those are the sort of things I don't need any more.

I agree with the Speaker and have concluded that my other activities do not permit me to devote the time that membership of the Lords properly requires.

Being speaker has afforded me a unique opportunity to serve parliament, for which I am immensely grateful.