Quotes about Service

The most powerful demonstration of leadership is not a clenched fist of brute force but an open hand of humble assistance.

God doesn't look at how much we do, but with how much love we do it.

It is Christmas every time you let God love others through you . . . yes, it is Christmas every time you smile at your brother and offer him your hand." Philemon

Sweetest Lord, make me appreciative of the dignity of my high vocation, and its many responsibilities. Never permit me to disgrace it by giving way to coldness, unkindness, or impatience.

Holiness is doing GodÃ

Love, to be real, must cost - it must hurt - it must empty us of self.

We cannot do great things on this Earth, only small things with great love.

When you look at the inner workings of electrical things, you see wires. Until the current passes through them, there will be no light. That wire is you and me. The current is God. We have the power to let the current pass through us, use us, to produce the light of the world, Jesus, in us. Or we can refuse to be used and allow darkness to spread.

I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.

Don't look for big things, just do small things with great love.

The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.

At the end of life we will not be judged by how many diplomas we have received, how much money we have made, how many great things we have done. We will be judged by "I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat, I was naked and you clothed me. I was homeless, and you took me in.