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No eulogy is due to him who simply does his duty and nothing more.
— St. Augustine
Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.
— Henry David Thoreau
Then there's the third way proffered by the Lord of Discipline, which is beyond both hierarchy and territory. That is to do the work and give it to Him. Do it as an offering to God.   Give the act to me. Purged of hope and ego
— Steven Pressfield
The only items you get to keep are love for the work, will to finish, and passion to serve the ethical, creative Muse.
— Steven Pressfield
Never forget, Alexandros, that this flesh, this body, does not belong to us. Thank God it doesn't. If I thought this stuff was mine, I could not advance a pace into the face of the enemy. But it is not ours, my friend. It belongs to the gods and to our children, our fathers and mothers and those of Lakedaemon a hundred, a thousand years yet unborn. It belongs to the city which gives us all we have and demands no less in requital.
— Steven Pressfield
will tell His Majesty what a king is. A king does not abide within his tent while his men bleed and die upon the field.
— Steven Pressfield
We could go to the extreme of giving away everything we have to feed, clothe, and house the poor, or we could sacrifice ourselves in the most heroic of ways, even our body or our life, but if we don't do those things out of a heart of pure love, they won't profit us in any way (1 Corinthians 13:3). Love is what gives meaning to all that we do.
— Stormie Omartian
We express true love in obedience to God and service to others- not reckless or selfish behavior- and we choose these behaviors.
— Joshua Harris
I hope I work effectively, but I never feel I have exhausted what I should be doing... I believe we have a responsibility to be a good influence on others.
— Thomas Monson
Was it not through pride that the devil became the devil? Christ wanted to serve. The devil wanted to rule. Christ wanted to bring men to where He was. The devil wanted to be above men.
— Ezra Taft Benson
We urge you to do all within your talent and means to build the kingdom of God on Earth. Always strive to sustain, support and do what is best for the kingdom of God.
— Ezra Taft Benson
Pride adversely affects all our relationships—our relationship with God and His servants, between husband and wife, parent and child, employer and employee, teacher and student, and all mankind. Our degree of pride determines how we treat our God and our brothers and sisters. Christ wants to lift us to where He is. Do we desire to do the same for others?
— Ezra Taft Benson