Service Quotes

"No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another."

Charles Dickens

"As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands – one for helping yourself, the other for helping others."

Sam Levenson

"Love of country is like love of woman – he loves her best who seeks to bestow on her the highest good."

Felix Adler

"Citizenship consists in the service of the country."

Jawaharlal Nehru

"What pity is it That we can die but once to serve our country!"

Joseph Addison

"The noblest motive is the public good."

Virgil

"I vow to thee, my country, all earthly things above, Entire and whole and perfect, the service of my love."

Cecil Spring Rice

"Whoever serves his country well has no need of ancestors."

Voltaire

"To serve is beautiful, but only if it is done with joy and a whole heart and a free mind."

Pearl S. Buck

"They also serve who only stand and wait."

John Milton

“The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom.”

“We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone.”

“What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.”

“I stand here before you not as a prophet, but as a humble servant of you, the people.”

“You can start right where you stand and apply the habit of going the extra mile by rendering more service and better service than you are now being paid for.”

“Life's most persistent and urgent question is, "What are you doing for others?"

“An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.”

“Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men.”

“Are you a politician asking what your country can do for you or a zealous one asking what you can do for your country? If you are the first, then you are a parasite; if the second, then you are an oasis in the desert.”

“There's a lack of people in power that are motivated by the idea of helping people.”

“Over the course of my career in law enforcement, I have witnessed over and over again the selflessness and sacrifice of law enforcement who lay their lives on the line every day to protect people who they will never meet.”

“I promise to be a president for all Americans.”

“You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.”

“My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”

“The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavour will light our country and all who serve it, and the glow from that fire can truly light the world.”