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Quotes About Service

The sole way to save oneself is to save others. Or to struggle to save others -even that is sufficient.
~ Nikos Kazantzakis
Beauty always had a purpose: to be of service to life.
~ Nikos Kazantzakis
You know all about love, but that is not enough. You must also learn that hate comes from God as well, that it too is in the Lord's service. And in times like these, with the world fallen to the state it has, hate serves God more than love.
~ Nikos Kazantzakis
S-ar putea, desigur, s? nu-i salv?m, ad?ug?. Dar m?car aÈ™a o s? ne salv?m pe noi, încercând s?-i salv?m pe alÈ›ii. Nu-i aÈ™a? Nu asta propov?duiai dumneata, dasc?le? " Singurul mod de a te salva pe tine însuÈ›i este s? lupÈ›i s?-i salvezi pe ceilalÈ›i..." la fapt?, aÈ™adar, dasc?l iscusit în predici... Aici s? te v?d!
~ Nikos Kazantzakis
I realized that meals, too, are a spiritual service and that meat, bread, and wine are the raw materials from which spirit is formed.
~ Nikos Kazantzakis
La única forma de salvarse uno mismo es luchar para salvar a los otros…». Adelante, pues, maestro predicador… ¡Vamos!
~ Nikos Kazantzakis
La única forma de salvarse uno mismo es luchar para salvar a los otros…».
~ Nikos Kazantzakis
I have never had a money practice; it would have been impossible for me. But the actual calling on people, at all times and under all conditions, the coming to grips with the intimate conditions of their lives, when they were being born, when they were dying, watching them die, watching them get well when they were ill, has always absorbed me. —William Carlos Williams, M.D. Autobiography
~ Noah Gordon
No, eso es ser taxidermista. Yo seré médico y pasaré toda mi vida atendiendo al pueblo de Masqat en tiempos de enfermedad, que es lo que debe de hacer un médico. ¡Tú no eres capaz de decidir si quieres ser cirujano, taxidermista, médico o... comadrona con cojones! ¡Quieres hacerlo todo!
~ Noah Gordon
The pattern of praise and punishment is a familiar one throughout history: those who line up in the service of the state are typically praised by the general intellectual community, and those who refuse to line up in service of the state are punished.
~ Noam Chomsky
At their most eloquent, proponents of neoliberalism sound as if they are doing poor people, the environment, and everybody else a tremendous service as they enact policies on behalf of the wealthy few. The
~ Noam Chomsky
A leader's who everybody looks to for answers, even when there aren't any. Who everyone blames when things go wrong. A leader's the one who has to do the dirty work, even if it's the damn dishes.
~ Nora Roberts
a single cleaning service to be had on a Friday afternoon. He tackled the kitchen first with the bottle of Top Job he'd borrowed from a neighbor. The house smelled like a pine forest, but it couldn't be helped. Then Michael lured
~ Nora Roberts
a nurse, since you're staying awake
~ Nora Roberts
A leader will be honored, but a leader carries the burden for us all.
~ Nora Roberts
The motto of the Housewives Service, attributed to Saint Augustine, was 'A little thing is but a little thing but faithfulness in little things is a very great thing'.
~ Norman Longmate
A mystery of the universe is how it has managed to survive with so much volunteer help.
~ Norman Maclean
We serve the world as one beggar telling other beggars where we found bread.
~ Chuck Collins
Someday, I'd like to live a life based on doing good stuff instead of just not doing bad stuff.
~ Chuck Palahniuk
Scratching Yogi's ears Michelle says 'That's just part of his job, the comforting. That's what I mean by the bhatisvata. That he's more concerned with comforting and helping, even more than his own well-being. This is a trait that more people should encompass.
~ Chuck Palahniuk
With all the lit­tle facts we learned, we nev­er had the time to think. None of us ev­er con­sid­ered what life would be like clean­ing up af­ter a stranger ev­ery day. Wash­ing dish­es all day. Feed­ing a stranger's chil­dren. Mow­ing a lawn. All day. Paint­ing hous­es. Year af­ter year.
~ Chuck Palahniuk
the guy said industry slang for flight attendant was Space Waitress. Or Air Mattress.
~ Chuck Palahniuk
Perseguís a la gente de quien dependéis, preparamos vuestras comidas, recogemos vuestras basuras, conectamos vuestras llamadas, conducimos vuestras ambuláncias, y os protegemos mientras dormís, así que no te metas con nosotros.
~ Chuck Palahniuk
Sobriety is okay enough," Denny says, "but someday, I'd like to live a life based on doing good stuff instead of just not doing bad stuff. You know?
~ Chuck Palahniuk