Quotes about Service

Never imagine that what you do for others or what you do in private doesn't matter. It counts more than we know. God watches how we steward what is not our own before He entrusts us with more.

God is not looking for people who act like Christians. He wants us to be Christians! The word Christian means "anointed or Christlike one." Jesus did not go around "being good"; he went around "doing good" and releasing all who were oppressed. What has he anointed you to do?

We are so accustomed to love on a human level that we find loving God for Himself either impossible or beyond our capabilities. We tend to love those who appeal to us, render us a service, or are good to us. In the degree they perform these various services, we love them.

There are orphans that can be cared for; but this some will not venture to undertake, for it brings them work more than they care to do, leaving them but little time to please themselves.

I feel that the BBC World Service is not as versatile as it used to be - or perhaps I'm not listening at the right times.

Knowledge, when it is of the right kind, is the handmaid to love, for without love knowledge puffs up

Making a difference in your work is not about productivity; it's about people. When you focus on others and connect with them, you can work together to accomplish great things.

Work is love made visable.

Since God is the one who calls people to their work, the worker becomes a steward who serves God.

The sanyasa of the Gita is all work and yet no work.

When you have trouble getting out of bed in the morning, remember that your defining characteristic-what defines a human being-is to work with others.

Think of your career as your ministry. Make your work an expression of love in service to mankind.