Quotes about Service

I want to do something important." "It's the little things that make all the difference in the world. The kind words we speak and the simple things we do for people.

baby-sitting their roast in his oven? Who knew what he would be doing for them next?

My attitude of love must not be sacrificed on the altar of activity.

Let me pull you close and whisper a heart-stopping truth. That daily stuff—those responsibilities that seem more like distractions—those things we want to rush and just get through to get on with the better and bigger assignments of life—those things that are unnoticed places of service? They are the very experiences from which we unlock the riches of wisdom. We've got to practice wisdom in the everyday places of our lives.

this life is not about me. It's about joining hands with Jesus to fulfill whatever tasks He sets before me and to share His love with all He brings my way.

They were everyday choices to honor God right where I was: spending time in God's Word even when the items on my to-do list seemed more urgent. Getting filled with Him first so I could love and give and serve out of an overflow rather than relying on my own strength.

Do I walk into situations prepared with the fullness of God in me, free to look for ways to bless others? Or… Do I walk into situations empty and dependent on others to look for way to bless me?

My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. (John 15:9 — 12)

The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet."

What man is a man who does not make the world better?

And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you-ask what you can do for your country. My citizens of the world. Ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.

Truth is a tyrant-the only tyrant to whom we can give our allegiance. The service of truth is a matter of heroism.