Quotes about Service

Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honourable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

To live without duties is obscene.

He is great who confers the most benefits.

To know one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

Abundance isn't God's provision for me to live in luxury. It's his provision for me to help others live. God entrusts me with his money not to build my kingdom on earth, but to build his kingdom in heaven.

The Great Commandment—to love—must come before the Great Commission—to do. "I've stepped back from the 'work' of ministry, and now I just play with my Daddy. The wonderful thing is that I'm seeing more fruit than ever! God is love. When His love is released, healing comes—healing of every

If you've been called to be a lawyer, don't stoop to be a king.

At the end of today's service, you'll have a chance to vote on whether I should remain as your pastor. Many of you are upset with me because I've chosen to defend a man of another faith who I believe is innocent. Many of you have already decided that he is guilty. But even if you want to assume that this man is guilty, does that mean I shouldn't represent him? Did Christ make you prove your innocence before he died for your sins?

But in God's shadow I had been dazzled by the detour, amazed at the fraternity, and flabbergasted by the depth that comes from simplicity, from serving in a village that was shabby, green, and pulsing with life.

Look at every Zion society from ancient times to present, and you find at its center love for others.