Quotes About Service

The apostle Paul said, "I will very gladly spend and be spent for you" (2 Corinthians 12:15 KJV). That's part of what is involved in ministering to others, whether in a synagogue, a Sunday school class, or a house full of little ones.

You do what you were made to do. Some of us were made to read and write. Thanks be to God.

A police force, wherever they are, is made up of amazing people, and I respect them a great deal.

The Gospel is not health and wealth in this life, but a call to follow in Jesus Christ's footsteps.

Our vocation and professional work is not a second class activity, something we do just to put food on the table. It is the high calling for which we were originally created. The way we serve a Creator God is by being creative with the talents and gifts He has given us.

Our vocation is not something we do for God- which would put the burden on us to perform and achieve. Instead, it is a way we participate in God's work. For God himself is engaged not only in the work of salvation, but also in the work of preserving and maintaining His creation.

The first step in conforming our intellect to God's truth is to die to our vanity, pride, and craving for respect from colleagues and the public. We must let go of the worldly motivations that drive us, praying to be motivated solely by a genuine desire to submit our minds to God's Word - and then to use that knowledge in service to others.

As with every aspect of our sanctification, the renewal of the mind may be painful and difficult. It requires hard work and discipline, inspired by a sacrificial love for Christ and a burning desire to build up His body, the Church. Developing a Christian worldview means submitting our entire self to God, in an act of devotion and service to Him.

Freedom is secured every day by our men and women in uniform. We must build a future worthy of their sacrifice.

Let's just do what is right for the American people. And those of us who are involved in politics and government know that our responsibility is to the American people, that we have a responsibility to find our common ground, to seek it and to find it.

let me thank you, the American people, for giving me the great honor of allowing me to serve as your President. When the Lord calls me home, whenever that may be, I will leave with the greatest love for this country of ours and eternal optimism for its future. I now begin the journey that will lead me into the sunset of my life. I know that for America there will always be a bright dawn ahead. Thank

The army is the true nobility of our country.

Charity and alms are recommended in every chapter of the Koran as being the most acceptable services, both to God and the Prophet.

Respect the burden.

The most difficult art is not in the choice of men, but in giving to the men chosen the highest service of which they are capable.

You give before you get.

Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.

It has always been my belief that a man should do his best, regardless of how much he receives for his services, or the number of people he may be serving or the class of people served.

The man who does more than he is paid for will soon be paid for more than he does.

The way I see it," Miles went on, "it's no good hiding yourself away, like Pa and lots of other people. And it's no good just thinking of your own pleasure, either. People got to do something useful if they're going to take up space in the world.

Nuoriso on lystikästä, kaikki haluavat työskennellä avaruuden parissa, mutta kuka sitten hoitaa maanpäällisen elämämme?

If not immanence, the soul's bright anchor--blood passed from one to the other--what knowledge haunts each body, what history, what phantom ache? One man always low, in a grave or on the ground, the other up high, closer to heaven; one man always diseased, the other a body in service, plundered.

I've got no respect for any young man who won't join the colors.

Lord, we thank you for bringing us through the dark moments of 1844. You led us beyond the struggle and the disappointment that shook us to our very core. May this sublime reality keep us from dividing into separate camps and alienating ourselves from the world. May we extend to everyone we encounter the grace You have bestowed on us. Keep us from every evil inclination, but may we be led to serve you as Lord with all of our heart, mind, and soul.