Quotes About Service

Behold, in example I grieve my heart out for that so sweet young girl; I give my blood for her.... I give my time, my skill, my sleep; I let my other sufferers want that so she may have all." —Bram Stoker, Dracula

He had innocents to protect. That was part of his duty.

All of us are born for a reason, but all of us don't discover why. Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.

If we're going to ask our kids at age 18 to go off to war and die for their country, I don't see any problem with asking them at age 16 to think about what that might mean.

It's not the things we get but the hearts we touch that will determine our success in life.

Sow good services; sweet remembrances will grow them.

Ricky Excuse me Honey, umm, where the drinks are concerned, is that a hidden tax Does that fall under complementary up front service as well or is that something you pay for Flight Attendent Oh no, no, they're complementary. Would you care for another one Ricky They're complementary Flight Attendent Yes. Ricky You bet your ass I would.

Go for it, never back down, and don't give in, because there's no greater satisfaction in life than using your gifts to help others and to contribute to your community and country.

Then give to the world the best you have. And the best will come back to you.

The religious sense of life kicks in when I am rigorously loyal, "religiously" faithful (religio on still another etymology, meaning "scrupulous" or "in a disciplined way") to the service of something other than myself, more important than myself, to which I swear an oath, which has me more than I have it.

the glue that seems to hold mankind in some kind of lasting stasis is everyone's desire to be useful.

We are all at the mercy of the hostility of the service industry.

The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet."2

What man is a man who does not make the world better?

And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you-ask what you can do for your country. My citizens of the world. Ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.

I can imagine no more rewarding a career. And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction: 'I served in the United States Navy.

Truth is a tyrant-the only tyrant to whom we can give our allegiance. The service of truth is a matter of heroism.

You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve. You don't have to know about Plato and Aristotle to serve. You don't have to know Einstein's theory of relativity to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love. And you can be that servant.

It is when the politician loves neither the public good nor himself, or when his love for himself is limited and is satisfied by the trappings of office, that the public interest is badly served.

Ask not what your Joe Montaperto can do for you - but rather - what you can do for your Joe Montaperto.

Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans - born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage. . . Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.

No tienes que poseer un título universitario para servir. No tienes que hacer que tu sujeto y tu verbo coincidan para servir. No tienes que saber sobre Platón y Aristóteles para servir. No tienes que conocer la teoría de la relatividad de Einstein para servir. Solo necesitas un corazón lleno de gracia. Un alma que nazca del amor. Y puedes ser ese servidor.

Dónde más, en un país que no sea totalitario, sino en la profesión política, se espera que el individuo lo sacrifique todo —incluyendo su propia carrera— por el bien nacional?

My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.