Quotes About Selfless Service

#1. A grateful world, nation and cadre of surgeons general who followed in his shadow are forever indebted to Surgeon General Koop's wisdom, fortitude, integrity and selfless service.

Richard Carmona

#2. True greatness, true leadership, is achieved not by reducing men to one's service but in giving oneself in selfless service to them.

J. Oswald Sanders

#3. Purify the mind through selfless service.

Mata Amritanandamayi

#4. One makes a gift of one's life and endeavors by sanctifying it with love, and devotion and selfless service. When seeking to uplift others, we are uplifted in the process. Every kind thought or smile therefore benefits oneself as well as all the world.

David Hawkins

#5. In this age of selfishness, selfless service is the only soap that truly purifies.

Mata Amritanandamayi

#6. When a leader replaces the value of selfless service with selfish ambition they have officially regressed back into a boss.

Noel DeJesus

#7. Spiritual strength frequently comes through selfless service.

Thomas S. Monson

#8. We forget that the sweetest joys are found in the simplest acts: hugs, laughter, quiet observation, basic movements, holding hands, pleasant music, shared stories, a listening ear, an unhurried visit, and selfless service. It is sad we forget a truth so elementary.

Richelle E. Goodrich

#9. Yoga is more a state than a methodology. A state where there is nothing missing. You don't feel like you have to grab this or grab that in order to be complete or full. From wringing out the body and the mind, from sitting in meditation, from studying scripture, from selfless service.

Colleen Saidman

#10. Do some selfless service for people who are in need. Consider the whole picture, not just our little selves.

Nina Hagen

#11. One of the greatest purposes a man/woman can ever be indulged in is the positive evolution of self for the selfless service to humanity.

Ufuoma Apoki

#12. Through selfless service, you will always be fruitful and find the fulfillment of your desires

Bhagavad Gita

#13. Swadeshism is not a cult of hatred. It is a doctrine of selfless service that has its roots in the purest ahimsa, i.e. love.

Mahatma Gandhi

#14. Ahimsa must express itself through acts of selfless service of the masses.

Mahatma Gandhi

#15. We should be involved in quiet acts of selfless service.

Spencer W. Kimball

#16. Now you are deep in what seems to me a peculiarly selfless service. The spiritual training of children must be that. You work for the years you will not see. You work for the Invisible all the time, but you work for the Eternal. So it is all worthwhile.

Amy Carmichael

#17. The way our efforts are shunned, at first we don't care. In a way it makes us proud. It's humility. And selfless service is truly selfless if you're never recognized.

Ryan Smithson

#18. Selfless service gives contentment and change the vision of seeing things invisible to others.

Kishore Bansal

#19. Perform anonymous service. Whenever we do good for others anonymously, our sense of intrinsic worth and self-respect increases ... Selfless service has always been one of the most powerful methods of influence.

Stephen Covey

#20. Love is a selfless service to mankind like a showcase done by the twinkling stars in beautiful nightly sky.

Santosh Kalwar

#21. Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.

Mahatma Gandhi

#22. Much of what we accomplish in the church is due to the selfless service of women.

Quentin L. Cook

#23. Selfless service to mankind makes you free in the world of mortals.

Sivaya Subramuniyaswami

#24. When faith replaces doubt, when selfless service eliminates selfish striving, the power of God brings to pass His purposes.

Thomas S. Monson

#25. Selfless service alone gives the needed strength and courage to awaken the sleeping humanity in one's heart.

Sai Baba

#26. The temple is a point of intersection between heaven and earth. In this sacred place, holy work will be performed through selfless service and love. The temple reminds [us] of all that is good and beautiful in the world.

David A. Bednar

#27. We will see every human beings as Christ and we will help Hindus to be better Hindus, Muslims to be better Muslims, and Christians to be better Christians"(Mother Teresa).

Maryanne Raphael

#28. The selfless giving, the service, the kindness which you give out into this world that is the currency of (the) meaning (of life).

Ajahn Brahm

#29. The beauty and charm of selfless love and service should not die away from the face of this earth. The world should know that a life of dedication is possible, that a life inspired by love and service to humanity is possible.

Mata Amritanandamayi

#30. Ponnammal set the example for the others by quietly doing what they did not care to do. Her spirit created a new climate in the place, and the time came when there was not one nurse who would refuse to do whatever needed to be done.

Elisabeth Elliot

#31. We cannot expect to lift others unless we stand on higher ground ourselves.

Gordon B. Hinckley

#32. Karma Yoga is mindful service to the humanity with love and respect.

Amit Ray

#33. Selfless acts are a source of profound meaning for your self and your life.

Ron Kaufman

#34. Our most intense joy comes not from personal feats, but from helping other persons achieve their goals. We become suppler human beings when we find true joy in witnessing other people's successes and unabashedly share in their joyful accomplishments.

Kilroy J. Oldster

#35. Making oneself large involves intentionally making oneself small.

Craig D. Lounsbrough

#36. Joy is often an outgrowth not simply of following our vocation in life, but of helping those in need and of loving one another. So joy is not a selfish thing to seek, but a selfless thing to find.

James Martin

#37. The number of those who do selfless public service and those who serve without expecting any return, should increase. Their sterling qualities should show the way to the people at large. Their life would be a model to show how man should conduct himself in public life.

Periyar E.V. Ramasamy

#38. Service is a selfless deed.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#39. Your ability to see will never broaden when you only see yourself.

Shannon L. Alder

#40. When you switch your focus from the "we" to the "me", the goal from "team" to "self", you upset the balance of the whole. Consequentially, that redistribution of effort impedes success.

Carlos Wallace