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Quotes About Service

Self-care is never a selfish act - it is only good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer others.
~ Parker J. Palmer
I had confidence that as long as we did our work well and were good to our customers, there would be no limit to us.
~ Sam Walton
May Christ be our joy, our confidence, our all. May we daily be made more like to Him, and more devoted to His service.
~ Matthew Henry
Business is no longer a matter of profits alone. Profits must come through public confidence, and public confidence is given to any merchant in proportion to the service which he gives to the public.
~ James Cash Penney
On a personal note I want to gain more confidence and give back in any way I can.
~ Skylar Laine
Such to me is the new image of aging growth in self and service for all mankind.
~ Ethel Percy Andrus
It's really cool when a guy tips 20 per cent quickly and effortlessly so that when the check comes, he opens it and signs his name and done.
~ Danica McKellar
The law of sacrifice is uniform throughout the world. To be effective it demands the sacrifice of the bravest and the most spotless.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
How can I tolerate the slightest inconvenience to them, the women, the children, the sick, the aged, the blind, the decrepit, that come for counsel, consolation, courage and cure?.
~ Sathya Sai Baba
Physical courage in whatever scene ... seems to hinge on whether the individual can feel he is fighting for others as well as himself.
~ Rollo May
My grandfather is the king, my Dad's the prince, I guess that makes me the butler.
~ Adam Petty
My dad served in two wars has been flying airplanes for 60 years now. He was certainly quite an inspiration.
~ John L. Phillips
Would a dating service for people on the net be "frowned upon" by DCA? I hope not. But even if it is, don't let that stop you from notifying me via net mail if you start one.
~ Richard Stallman
[Dan Fried] served six presidents over a 40-year career dating back to the [Jimmy] Carter administration.
~ Rachel Maddow
The real question is: how can I live so that my death will be fruitful for others?
~ Henri Nouwen
You'll not be in heaven if you're not leaning on the arm of someone you have helped.
~ Edgar Cayce
Death is my exit strategy. I'll be doing significant customer service only as long as I live.
~ Craig Newmark
Of my death, tell them i have done my duty
~ Unknown
Death - a stopping of impressions through the senses, and of the pulling of the cords of motion, and of the ways of thought, and of service to the flesh.
~ Marcus Aurelius
I don't want to have lived in vain like most people. I want to be useful or bring enjoyment to all people, even those I've never met. I want to go on living even after my death!
~ Anne Frank
The best place a person can die, is where they die for others.
~ James M. Barrie
The death rate among Marines in Iraq has been more than double that of the other services.
~ Jim Lehrer
across the truck's tailgate were painted the words "Barrett Electric Co. 'We'll fix your shorts.
~ Philip Roth
We feel pain as an outrage; Jesus did too, which is why he performed miracles of healing. In Gethsemane, he did not pray, "Thank you for this opportunity to suffer," but rather pled desperately for an escape. And yet he was willing to undergo suffering in service of a higher goal. In the end he left the hard questions ("if there be any other way . . .") to the will of the Father, and trusted that God could use even the outrage of his death for good.
~ Philip Yancey