Quotes About Service

What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.

Jesus was clear that He had come, not to make life easy, but to make men great.

You can talk about teamwork on a baseball team, but I'll tell you, it takes teamwork when you have 2,900 men stationed on the U.S.S. Alabama in the South Pacific.

To my God a heart of flame; To my fellow man a heart of love; To myself a heart of steel.

There are no galley-slaves in the royal vessel of divine love - every man works his oar voluntarily!

No woman who understands the gospel would ever think that any other work is more important or would ever say, "I am just a mother," for mothers heal the souls of men.

Our Lord holds the keys to the doors of Christian service. You don't have to chase 'key men' around if you know the Keeper of the keys!

He is a poor son whose sonship does not make him desire to serve all men's mothers.

No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain fit for anything else.

The gifted man bears his gifts into the world, not for his own benefit, but for the people among whom he is placed; for the gifts are not his, he himself is a gift to the community.

It is through accomplishment that man makes his contribution and contribution is life's greatest reward.

It is our duty to be faithful, not with eye service as men pleasers.

William Perkins said, "The end of a man's calling is not to gather riches for himself…but to serve God in the serving of man, and in the seeking the good of all men.

A staff can be no better than the man it serves.

The greatest good [a man] can do is to cultivate himself in order that he may be of greater use to humanity.

If a man serves not God only, then surely he serves the devil.

Be a beneficial presence on the planet. Give your Gifts. Boldly go where no woman or no man has ever gone before.

This Medal of Honor does not belong to me. This medal belongs to every man and woman who has ever served their country. We were doing what we were trained to do. We were doing our job.

I should NOT be trading on the blood of my men.

Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men.

The men and women who serve in our military have won for us every hour we live in freedom, sometimes at the expense of the very hours of the lifetimes they had hoped to live.

As the war on terror continues, Americans must honor the brave men and women who gave their lives for the protection of this nation and the hope of peace.

The men and women of today's VA are dedicated to caring for today's veterans and stand ready to provide for our servicemembers who now defend our freedoms and our way of life.

I'm strictly an enlisted man's girl.