Quotes About Service

Ask an American soldier to identify himself, and he probably will say he is "in the Army." By contrast, a Marine— especially if he is one of the better ones— is likely to say, "I'm a Marine." The small linguistic difference is significant: The first is a matter of membership or occupation; the second speaks to identity.

I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others… I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent.

Or is it the other way around—are they supposed to serve us? Let us resolve to ask that far-reaching question again: For whom does America exist? This time around, there can be only one possible answer.

When King spoke to those men—trash collectors, remember, who came from society's lowliest ranks—he said, "So often we overlook the work and the significance of those who are not in professional jobs, of those who are not in the so-called big jobs. But let me say to you tonight, that whenever you are engaged in work that serves humanity Ã¢â'¬Â¦ it has dignity, and it has worth.

So as a salesperson, you put yourself in a stronger position by positioning the value of your product or service in terms of the positive benefits it provides as well as the problems it solves or prevents.

My mom enlisted in the U.S. Navy in World War II, and my parents actually bought our home thanks to the loan she got through the GI Bill.

Serving one's own passions is the greatest slavery.

An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with.

Algunos suspiran durante toda la semana hasta que suceden cosas nuevas, convierten en parte de la felicidad de sus vidas el estudiar cómo va el estado, más que el estudiar cómo marchan sus propios corazones, o incluso sus propios negocios. Sin embargo, no piensan en las miserias de la iglesia de Cristo, ni ayudan con sus oraciones.

Don't be in a hurry about finding your work in the world for yourself—you are not old enough to judge for yourself yet; but just look about you in the place you find yourself in, and try to make things a little better and honester there.

Proclaim human equality as loudly as you like, Witless will serve his brother.

I am not impressed with what people own. But I'm impressed with what they achieve. I'm proud to be a physician. Always strive to be the best in your field…. Don't chase money. If you are the best in your field, money will find you.

A manager is an assistant to his men.

By making this wine vine known to the public, I have rendered my country as great a service as if I had enabled it to pay back the national debt.

The second office of the government is honorable and easy, the first is but a splendid misery.

When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property.

The failure of our efforts to serve teaches us how to serve: that is, with complete dependence on divine inspiration. This is what changes the world.

Service without seeking any return characterizes the Ultimate Reality.

Balance, peace, and joy are the fruit of a successful life. It starts with recognizing your talents and finding ways to serve others by using them.

Balance, peace, and joy are the fruit of a successful life. It starts with recognizing your talents and finding ways to serve others by using them." ~ Thomas Kinkade

I hope people learn to appreciate our people in uniform. These aren't guys who just shoot 'em up. They plan. And they are extremely intelligent.

Watching my parents, I watched the meaning change, of what it was that undertakers do: From something done with the dead, to something done for the living, to something done by the living—everyone of us.

We do not exist for ourselves...

I die the king's faithful servant, but God's first.