Quotes about Service
One thing I know; the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.
— Albert Schweitzer
It is not what we do, it is how much love we put in the doing.
— Mother Teresa
Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can.
— Anonymous
I shall never ask, never refuse, nor ever resign an office.
— George Washington
The Christian ministry is the worst of all trades, but the best of all professions.
— John Newton
Alas for the unhappy man that is called to stand in the pulpit, and not give the bread of life.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Servant of God, well done.
— John Milton
Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state.
— Thomas Jefferson
The soul is awakened through service.
— Erica Jong
A successful man is he who receives a great deal from his fellow men, usually incomparably more than corresponds to his service to them. The value of a man, however, should be seen in what he gives, and not in what he is able to receive.
— Albert Einstein
Theirs is not to reason why, theirs is but to do or die.
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
I beg leave to assure the Congress that no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness. I do not wish to make any profit from it.
— George Washington