Quotes About Service

I am under orders, as much so as any private in the army. The American people are my boss, and I have the job of finding out what they want, and doing it.

I don't have any fears whatsoever. I am fulfilling my duty to my country.

They think of policemen as they do of Labradors – noble, loyal, good with children, man's protector and friend. In

Where God has gifted us, there is a niche for us to fill. Let's be faithful in looking for it.

The Discipline of Worship helps us develop a life dedicated to giving God honor and glory in all that we say and do.

The labour of those who enjoy the confidence of the Party is imperceptible. But it is a vast labour – one must expend one's mind and soul generously, keeping nothing back.

Zoebarev, tweede luitenant – bevelhebber over de infanteristen

KEY RESOURCE: Frances Frei and Anne Morriss' book Uncommon Service: How to Win by Putting Customers at the Core of Your Business

Saturday was general cleaning day in accordance with the rules laid down by the Foundress. Every nun, professed or lay, scrubbed down her cell, took her linen to the laundry room, made up her narrow bed with fresh sheets and changed her underwear for the second time in a week.

A doctor's door should never be closed, a priest's door should always be open.

This is the shade of meaning: the door of a physician should never be closed; the door of a priest should always be open.

The first proof of charity in a priest, especially a bishop, is poverty.

This is the shade of difference: the door of the physician should never be shut, the door of the priest should always be open.

I'm not in the world to guard my own life, but to guard souls

The poor priest went to his poor mountaineers with empty hands, and he returns from them with his hands full. I set out bearing only my faith in God; I have brought back the treasure of a cathedral.

True, I tore the drapery from the altar; but it was to dress the wounds of the country.

A good mayor is a useful person. How can you hold back when you have the chance to do good?

The supreme happiness of life is the conviction of being loved for yourself, or, more correctly speaking, loved in spite of yourself. To be served is to be caressed.

when both are sincere and good, no men so penetrate each other, and so amalgamate with each other, as an old priest and an old soldier. At bottom, the man is the same. The one has devoted his life to his country here below, the other to his country on high; that is the only difference.

This is the shade of difference: the door of physicianshould never be shut, the door of the priest should always be open.

Un prete opulento è un controsenso. Il prete deve tenersi vicino al povero.

Those who do deeds sovereignly great are always sure of being served by somebody in the multitude.

Mário estabelecera do seguinte modo o problema da sua vida: trabalhar o menos possível no serviço material para trabalhar o mais possível no serviço impalpável; por outras palavras, dar algumas horas à vida real e lançar o resto no infinito.

Monsieur Mayor," said the bishop, "that is just it. I am not in the world to care for my life, but for souls.