Quotes about Service

There are not a few among the disciples of charity who require, in their vocation, scarcely less excitement than the votaries of pleasure in theirs.

When you have a sense of calling, whether it's to be a musician, soloist, artist, in one of the technical fields, or a plumber, there is something deep and enriching when you realize it isn't just a casual choice, it's a divine calling. It's not limited to vocational Christian service by any means.

God spoke to me and called me to His Service. What form this service was to take the voice did not say.

I believe in servant leadership, and the servant always asks, 'Where am I needed most?'

There is a sense of call to take leadership roles. You're serving people and submitting to God as best you can.

Now the only way you can serve God on earth is by serving others.

If you are a believer, you don't have to go out and be a street evangelist.

When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.

The ultimate aim of the quest must be neither release nor ecstasy for oneself, but the wisdom and the power to serve others.

A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.

Whatever man may stand, whatever he may do, to whatever he may apply his hand - in agriculture, in commerce, and in industry, or his mind, in the world of art, and science - he is, in whatsoever it may be, constantly standing before the face of God. He is employed in the service of his God. He has strictly to obey his God. And above all, he has to aim at the glory of his God.

A lawyer's time and advice are his stock in trade.