Quotes about Service

Am I adding value to people?

It's not what you do that matters as much as what God does through you.

When you give of yourself, it benefits you, the organization, and the receiver.

I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.

Make it your job to put other people on top today.

The Higher the Level of Leadership, the Greater the Sacrifice: The higher you go, the more it's going to cost you. And it doesn't matter what kind of leadership career you pick. You will have to make sacrifices. You will have to give up to go up.

Not everyone wants to be out of the spotlight as she did. But it's important for a leader to learn to work in obscurity because it is a test of personal integrity. The key is being willing to do something because it matters, not because it will get you noticed.

As a leader, my goal is to help people, not make them happy.

If you wait until you can do everything for everybody, instead of something for somebody, you'll end up not doing anything for anybody.

The leader is the servant who removes the obstacles that prevent people from doing their jobs.

Servant leaders should listen without judgment, be authentic, build community, share power, and develop people.

All great leaders are productive. However, it is possible to be a producer and not a leader. Personal success does not always translate into team success. Leadership is defined by what a person does with and for others. It is established by making the team better and more productive. It's measured by what the entire group accomplishes, not by the individual efforts of the person in charge. Good leadership is never based on what someone does by and for himself.