Service
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- A beneficent person is like a fountain watering the earth, and spreading fertility; it is, therefore, more delightful and more honorable to give than receive.
- A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog when you are just as hungry as the dog.
- A day spent helping no one but yourself is a day wasted.
- A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
- A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.
- A good man does good merely by living.
- A life not lived for others is not a life.
- A man is called selfish, not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor's.
- A man may do an immense deal of good, if he does not care who gets the credit for it.
- A noble deed is a step toward God.
- A person starts to live when he can live outside himself.
- A soul occupied with great ideas best performs small duties.
- Acts of sacrifice and decency without regard to what's in it for you create ripple effects. Ones that lift up families and communities, that spread opportunity and boost our economy.
- Add value without expectation.
- All the world is the temple of God. Its worship is ministration. The commonest service is Divine service.
- Always show more kindness than seems necessary, because the person receiving it needs it more than you will ever know.
- An essential part of a happy, healthy life is being of service to 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.
- And so, my fellow americans: ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.
- Any definition of a successful life must include service to others.
- Anyone, anywhere, can make a positive difference.
- Are you contributing more than you consume?
- Ask nothing; want nothing in return. Give what you have to give; it will come back to you but do not think of that now.
- Ask yourself every morning, ‘how can I increase my service today?’
- At its core, the idea of purpose is the idea that what we do matters to people other than ourselves.
- Be a blessing to someone else.
- Be a good servant and you will be great; be the best possible servant and you will occupy the highest possible place. .
- Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder. Help someone’s soul heal. Walk out of your house like a shepherd.
- Be certain that you do not die without having done something wonderful for humanity.
- Be intentional to add value to every person you meet everyday.
- Be kind and merciful. Let no one ever come to you without coming away better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness.
- Be the living expression of God’s kindness; kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.
- Because that's what kindness is. It's not doing something for someone else because they can't, but because you can.
- Being good to people is better than preaching a sermon. Being kind and compassionate speaks louder than words.
- Benevolence and feeling ennoble the most trifling actions.
- Better to illuminate than merely to shine.
- Boatman, ask not what to do; Pull the Oar that's nearest you!
- Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing never can bring about a reform. Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the world's estimation.Susan B. AnthonySourced
- Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there.
- Christ never wrote a tract, but He went about doing good.