Quotes about Service
If anyone were to ask me what I want out of life I would say- the opportunity for doing something useful, for in no other way, I am convinced, can true happiness be attained.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
I am no big shot. I am not anybody's boss. I want to be everybody's servant.
— Jimmy Carter
My mom was the poster girl for the Marines. So she was in the poster saying, "I want you." My parents were both Marines.
— Jon Bon Jovi
Living is giving....If you spend your money on yourself, you are just surviving. But if you want your life to count, if you want to really live - give.
— Timothy Keller
Die to self. Live for Christ. And then do what you want, and go where you want, for God's glory.
— Kevin DeYoung
Christ wants to lift us to where He is. Do we desire to do the same for others?
— Ezra Taft Benson
Don't aim for success if you want it, just do what you love and believe in, Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier and it will come naturally.
— Mother Teresa
We must become holy, not because we want to feel holy, but because Christ must be able to live his life fully in us.
— Mother Teresa
We have no salaries. When one says he is from a good Catholic family and says he wants to help us, why should we refuse his offer?
— Mother Teresa
I loved to teach, I loved my students, but I wanted to find a community. I prayed: "Lord, show me where you want me to go. I will go wanted wherever you call me - but please be clear."
— Henri Nouwen
To get what you want help others get what they want.
— Zig Ziglar
God wants worshipers before workers; indeed the only acceptable workers are those who have learned the lost art of worship.
— AW Tozer