Quotes about Service

You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve. You don't have to know about Plato and Aristotle to serve. You don't have to know Einstein's theory of relativity to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love. And you can be that servant.

My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.

God has created me to do some definite service. He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another. I have my mission. I am a link in a chain, a bond of connection between persons. He has not created me for naught. I shall do good; I shall do His work.

It is beautiful in a picture to wash the disciples' feet; but the sands of the real desert have no lustre in them to compensate for the servile nature of the occupation.

If we do not serve what coheres and endures, we serve what disintegrates and destroys.

People who minister worldwide to protect and conserve the environment are of no lower status than those who minister to plant churches.

Perfectionism is the counterfeit of excellence. Excellence is Kingdom, while perfectionism is religion. What ever you do, do it with all you might, and as unto the Lord. That is excellence.

Excellence means representing the reputation of Christ well. It means doing all things as best as you can...

If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way

Christianity does NOT replace the technical. When he tells you to feed the hungry and doesn't give you lessons in cookery. If you want to learn THAT, you must go to a cook rather than a Christian.

Ask, could my gifts, education, career, or experience be used to spread the gospel where it's needed most?

The missionary experience is part of Christian formation and it is important for adolescents and young people to be able to live it personally.