Quotes about Service

If a commission by an earthly king is considered an honor, how can a commission by a Heavenly King be considered a sacrifice?

The best remedy for a sick church is to put it on a missionary diet.

I place no value on anything I have or may possess, except in relation to the kingdom of God. If anything will advance the interests of the kingdom, it shall be given away or kept, only as by giving or keeping it I shall most promote the glory of Him to whom I owe all my hopes in time or eternity.

God had an only Son and He made Him a missionary.

19th March, 1872.—Birthday. My Jesus, my king, my life, my all; I again dedicate my whole self to Thee. Accept me, and grant, Gracious Father, that ere this year is gone I may finish my task. In Jesus' name I ask it. Amen, so let it be.

The heart, with the other parts removed, were placed in a tin box, which had formerly contained flour, and decently and reverently buried in a hole dug some four feet deep on the spot where they stood. Jacob was then asked to read the Burial Service, which he did in the presence of all.

Mr. Stanley has done his part with untiring energy; good judgment in the teeth of very serious obstacles. His helpmates turned out depraved blackguards, who, by their excesses at Zanzibar and elsewhere, had ruined their constitutions, and prepared their systems to be fit provender for the grave. They had used up their strength by wickedness, and were of next to no service, but rather downdrafts and unbearable drags to progress.

1st January, 1872.—May the Almighty help me to finish my work this year for Christ's sake!

Your days at the most cannot be very long, so use them to the best of your ability for the glory of God and the benefit of your generation.

Brokenness is God's requirement for maximum usefulness.

Power always thinks... that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws.

God is not looking for extraordinary characters as His instruments, but He is looking for humble instruments through whom He can be honored throughout the ages.