Quotes About Service

If ye loved him, he must ha' been a good man.' 'Yes, he...was.' 'Then I shall do my best to honor his spirit by serving his wife.

One dictum I had learned on the battlefields of France in a far distant war: You cannot save the world, but you might save the man in front of you, if you work fast enough.

I am, madam, Jonathan Randall, Esquire, Captain of His Majesty's Eighth Dragoons. At your service, madam.

I was crying for joy, my Sassenach," he said softly. He reached out slowly and took my face between his hands. "And thanking God that I have two hands. That I have two hands to hold you with. To serve you with, to love you with. Thanking God that I am a whole man still, because of you.

satisfying to be able once again to relieve a pain, reset a joint, repair damage. To take responsibility for the welfare of others made me feel less

There is something about that that appealed most strongly to me. 'An eminently useful life.' She smiled at me. 'I could think of many worse epitaphs than that, milady.

I knelt at Ellen's feet, as I kneel now by yours, And I swore to her by the name o' the threefold God, that I would follow ye always, to do your bidding, and guard your back, when ye became a man grown, and needing such service. Aye, lad. I do cherish ye as the son of my own loins.

He set off toward Walnut Street, no longer numb. He felt once more himself, strong and determined. There was, after all, one more service he might perform for Jamie Fraser. "You must marry me," he repeated.

Wondered often, if I could call that edge to my service, and sheathe it safe again. For I have seen a great many men grow hard in that calling, and their steel decay to dull iron. And I have wondered often, was I master in my soul, or did I become the slave of my own blade?

I have wondered," he said, so low I could scarcely hear him. "Wondered often, if I could call that edge to my service, and sheathe it safe again. For I have seen a great many men grow hard in that calling, and their steel decay to dull iron. And I have wondered often, was I master in my soul, or did I become the slave of my own blade?

Major MacDonald," he replied, with

They need to be re-supplied with energy, and that energy comes from asking not what your country can do for you, but from what you can do for your country.

I've been an assistant for a number of years.

I have incredibly positive associations with the military.

I ate a lot because there was a lot to eat at the military.

I grew up in a military family, so I liked being in an atmosphere where there was almost that feeling.

As attorney general, I've led a victim-centered office.

I've given everything I've got as attorney general.

Power in itself has never attracted me, nor has position been my goal.

For me, power was never an attraction.

It's good to be authentic, to help other people, but if it's not helping other people, then don't do it.

I did not want to avoid service. I did realize reservists could be called up, and that it was something that I wanted to do.

In the Army, I was very good at avoiding my job!

Divinity lies in service to the poor.