Quotes about Service
The most powerful demonstration of leadership is not a clenched fist of brute force but an open hand of humble assistance.
— Mike Huckabee
Thank God for the tough times. They are the reason you are there - to be the leader. If everything was going well, the people wouldn't need you!
— John Maxwell
If you are a local church or non-profit, you live and die with volunteers.
— Andy Stanley
People who add value to others do so intentionally. I say that because to add value, leaders must give of themselves, and that rarely occurs by accident.
— John Maxwell
I don't want to lose the awe we get to help another human being.
— Francis Chan
If you despise your people, you will disregard them.If you hate your people, you will harm them.If you esteem your people, you will serve them.If you love your people, you will even die for them.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Guide humbly.Guide happily.Guide hopefully.Guide honorably.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
The greatest leaders are the greatest servants.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
We are workers, not master builders, ministers, not messiahs. We are prophets of a future not our own.
— Oscar Romero
Do all the good you can and make as little fuss about it as possible.
— Charles Dickens
Do not weep, for I shall be more useful to you after my death and I shall help you then more effectively than during my life.
— Saint Dominic
The deeper one is drawn into God, the more one must 'go out of oneself'; that is, one must go to the world in order to carry the divine life into it.
— Edith Stein