Quotes About Service

Humility is the real Christian virtue," says Nouwen. "When we come to realize that . . . only God saves, then we are free to serve, then we can live truly humble lives.

Christianity offers the further insight that true fulfillment comes, not through ego satisfaction, but through service to others.

Why are we here? God wants us to flourish, and paradoxically we flourish best by obeying rather than rebelling, by giving more than receiving, by serving rather than being served.

God is present in the hungry, the homeless, the sick, and the imprisoned, as Jesus claimed in Matthew 25, and we serve God when we serve them.

He had not come primarily to heal the world's cells, but to heal its souls.

As Christ's body on earth we are compelled to move, as he did, toward those who hurt. That has been God's consistent movement in all history.

It's not easy being a missionary, even with the key to the cosmos in your hand.

He had found his vocation: to fight the Lord's battles in the Academy and the world at large.

There is no one who loves peace more than a soldier

Remember, she needs you now. Don't sell your services too cheap.

To do one man's bidding to please another man and get nothing for yourself but heartbreak

What's your family?" he demanded through clenched teeth. "Boleyn." "What's your kin?" "Howards." "What's your home?" "Hever and Rochford." "What's your kingdom?" "England." "Who's your king?" "Henry." "Then serve them. In that order. Did I say the Spanish queen once in that list?" "No." "Remember it." I

his squire Melehan, Mordred's oldest son, had to help him off his palfrey.

Il est urgent de placer l'humain et la nature au cÅ"ur de nos préoccupations et l'économie à leur service. S'obstiner à maintenir le profit illimité et la croissance indéfinie comme fondement de l'ordre mondial est totalement suicidaire.

The Magician charges a year's service. You—would not want to pay." The Good Magician was male, and Wynne had only one obvious coin. No one would be interested in her mind.

He who wishes to serve his country must have not only the power to think, but the will to act

Wars and revolutions and battles, you see, are due simply and solely to the body and its desires. All wars are undertaken for the acquisition of wealth; and the reason why we have to acquire wealth is the body, because we are slaves in its service.

the true ruler is not meant by nature to regard his own interest, but that of his subjects

There can be no reward so fitting as maintenance in the Prytaneum

No reproach for a person willing to give honorable service in the passion to become wise.

He who is not a good servant will not be a good master.

only those who do not seek power are qualified to hold it

Y así, Trasímaco --- dije yo-, nadie que tiene gobierno, en cuanto es gobernante, examina ni ordena lo conveniente para sí mismo, sino lo conveniente para el gobernado y sujeto a su arte, y dice cuanto dice y hace todo cuanto hace mirando a éste y a su conveniencia y ventaja.

ION: Why, Socrates, the reason is, that my countrymen, the Ephesians, are the servants and soldiers of Athens, and do not need a general; and you and Sparta are not likely to have me, for you think that you have enough generals of your own.