Top 100 Quotes About Serving Others

#1. The charity of good women is such that their 'love makes no parade'; they are not glad 'when others go wrong'; they are too busy serving to sit statusfully about, waiting to be offended.

Neal A. Maxwell

#2. I'm a simple small 'c' conservative who believes in public service, serving others, and doing a good job for my country.

David Cameron

#3. The happiest people I know live lives that revolve around serving others, not themselves.

Tim Elmore

#4. Almost everyone nowadays is on the wrong track in their pursuit of
happiness. They think a great deal about having and receiving, about
outward show and success and being served by others. That is what most
people call fulfillment.
True fulfillment, though, lies in giving and serving.

Paulo Coelho

#5. There is no serving God without serving man

Sunday Adelaja

#6. Peace begins with a smile-smile five times a day at someone you really don't want to smile at. Do it for Peace.

Mother Teresa

#7. Every effort to make society sensitive to the importance of the family, is a great service to humanity.

Pope John Paul II

#8. If you don't allow for self-serving bias in the conduct of others, you are, again, a fool.

Charlie Munger

#9. Devotion to God is studying him in every aspect; serving God is teaching what you know of Him to others.

Reshad Feild

#10. The priest's work, the priest's service, was understoon as an act of worship. Theis was Gods desire at Sinai - thst everybody would understand their roles as priests. Thst everybody would worship God by serving each other.

Rob Bell

#11. Helping someone feel they belong is a magic all its own.

Seth Adam Smith

#12. People have forgotten what the human touch is, what it is to smile, for somebody to smile at them, somebody to recognize them, somebody to wish them well. The terrible thing is to be unwanted.

Mother Teresa

#13. Stewarding my time is not about selfishly pursuing only the things I like to do. It's about effectively serving others in the ways I'm best able to serve and in the ways I am most uniquely called to serve.

Kevin DeYoung

#14. The next time you want to withhold your help, or your love, or your support for another for whatever the reason, ask yourself a simple question: do the reasons you want to withhold it reflect more on them or on you? And which reasons do you want defining you forevermore?

Dan Pearce

#15. I have learned that it is by serving that we learn how to serve. When we engaged in the service of our fellowmen, not only do our deeds assist them but we put our own problems in fresher perspective. When we concern ourselves more with others, there is less time to be concerned with ourselves

Spencer W. Kimball

#16. Great occasions often stimulate a person to do something great, but that tells nothing of his or her real character. Great is the person who does good always, in sickness and in health, in riches and in poverty.

Abhijit Naskar

#17. Being on a mission-not thinking about myself and focusing on serving other people-is what brought me closer to God than anything else.

David Archuleta

#18. When you surrender completely to God, as the only truth worth having, you find yourself in service of all that exists. It becomes your joy and recreation. You never tire of serving others.

Mahatma Gandhi

#19. To live without love for others is to live in aridity, to be self-serving and fruitless. To live without understanding is to live without sense or purpose. To live without awareness is to live as the deaf, blind and dumb in a world of vibrant light and sound.

Belsebuub

#20. So, when it comes to effective leadership, it's not about you and what makes you comfortable or helps you get ahead. It's about other people. It's about serving God by serving others. That's the mind-set of the mentor leader.

Tony Dungy

#21. The value of life does not depend upon the place we occupy. It depends upon the way we occupy that place.

Therese Of Lisieux

#22. Preparing and serving food had always been a joy, for it made her appreciate the abundance of the world.

Elizabeth Camden

#23. Serving others breaks you free from the shackles of self and self-absorption that choke out the joy of living.

James Hunter

#24. I think those who choose to find joy in serving others, those who choose to find their voice, to pursue their vocation and to act on their vision oftentimes have to sacrifice much.It's almost like a crucifixion in terms of the cross you have to bear.

Cornel West

#25. Those who believe in the importance of serving others should lead the way by fighting against the temptation we all have, and maybe especially as we age, to close in upon ourselves.

Marvin Olasky

#26. Selling is a form of serving the needs of others.

Troy Clark

#27. You can be yourself without pursuing yourself. Have you ever seen a dog chase his own tail? He just runs in circles.

Criss Jami

#28. Serving a God who is relentless in His pursuit to save me is my daily reminder that the value I place on my myself or that which others may place on me will always fall short in comparison to the value Jesus places on me.

Diana Rowe

#29. I hope telling the story of how I went from being a single mom to serving in the Texas State Senate to running for governor will remind others that with the right leadership in government, where you start has nothing to do with how far you go.

Wendy Davis

#30. The most important question that we should ask is, "How can I serve?

Debasish Mridha

#31. It is to those who have the most need of us that we ought to show our love more especially.

Saint Francis De Sales

#32. Ministry means the ongoing attempt to put one's own search for God, with all the moments of pain and joy, despair and hope, at the disposal of those who want to join this search but do not know how.

Henri J.M. Nouwen

#33. A Serving Leader who creates a powerful churn of productivity needs a team that can put itself at the service of others.

John Stahl-Wert

#34. I envision a world in which the vast majority of us are actively striving toward our potential by serving others through mediums we are most passionate.

Chris Matakas

#35. You are never a real guru until you understand that you are serving others and delivering them to the light.

Robin Sacredfire

#36. Now the only way you can serve God on earth is by serving others.

Rick Warren

#37. It is serving God and others persistently with full heart and soul that turns testimony of truth into unbreakable spiritual strength.

Henry B. Eyring

#38. Those who serve God in vocational ministry must learn to trust Him for their daily needs before they can encourage others to do so.

Max Anders

#39. Humility of the soul; divine.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#40. A rich life consists fundamentally of serving others, trying to leave the world a little better than you found it.

Cornel West

#41. In sharing how God is changing our lives, we find the lives of others changed as well.

Dillon Burroughs

#42. If you have ever wanted to serve god, go on and serve him. Don't wait to be authorized by anybody. He is not copyrighted

Bangambiki Habyarimana

#43. Our legacy is not found in all the 'stuff' we've accumulated on our life's journey. It's written in the memories of those whose lives we've touched along the way.

Justin Young

#44. There is a grand union beyond nationalism which serves all people, and which is rooted in what is real, versus what has been created or produced.

Bryant McGill

#45. The theory of servant leadership is vital, but it's the active Serving Leader that makes the critical difference.

Ken Jennings

#46. It is not necessary to have great things to do. I turn my little omelet in the pan for the love of God.

Brother Lawrence

#47. If we have the power and the means, then we must help.

Seth Adam Smith

#48. I love America for its bourgeois comfort. If I was as heavily in debt as they are, I wouldn't be drinking tea or coffee anywhere. I would be sipping tap water from an old bottle and serving others tea or coffee in a cafe somewhere.

Vann Chow

#49. Joy is produced in our hearts when we know that God loves us, when we have a close relationship with Him through reading His Word, praying, and desiring to honor Him in all that we do, and by serving others.

Billy Graham

#50. Godly leadership is not about attaining recognition or glory; it's about serving others.

John M. Perkins

#51. Being a leader is not about finding ways to get others to serve you, but knowing how to serve your followers.

A.J. Darkholme

#52. You need an attitude of service. You're not just serving yourself. You help others to grow up and you grow with them.

David Green

#53. Every day Big Government heaps demands and restrictions upon businesses that sink some enterprises, cause others to direct resources away from serving customers and instead toward jumping through hoops of lawyers and regulators, and prevent other operations from ever getting off the ground.

Joel Miller

#54. Serving and attempting to inspire others is a responsibility, not a choice.

Bill Courtney

#55. How would you create a fortune?' and the first step would be to serve others. I would put myself in a position, by serving others, to be around people who could help me, guide me, and share their wisdom and experience with me.

Andy Andrews

#56. at your job, if you haven't mastered the skills of your job or aren't seeking to do so, you aren't serving your employer and coworkers as well as you should. You might even be making the work of others harder. Mediocre work is not Christian! We are to love our neighbor as ourselves

Matt Perman

#57. Human beings need to be needed, and they need to be reminded of this pretty much every day. They need to know that they are helping others, not merely serving themselves.

Patrick Lencioni

#58. As we look ahead into the future, leaders will be those who serve others, actively listen, and daily empower.

Farshad Asl

#59. When we practice good delegation - stewardship delegation - we are not simply enabling ourselves to get more done. We are serving others and building them up according to God's own purposes for his people.

Matt Perman

#60. Imagine connecting with the human spirit in each person in any situation at any time. Imagine interacting with others in a way that allows everyone's need to be equally valued. Imagine creating organizations and life-serving systems responsive to our needs and the needs of our environment.

Marshall B. Rosenberg

#61. Are you serving others or your are being served by others?

Saji Ijiyemi

#62. At this Christmas when Christ comes, will He find a warm heart? Mark the season of Advent by loving and serving the others with God's own love and concern.

Mother Teresa

#63. Don't dedicate all your resources to helping others invest in their calling. Rather, invest in yourself as well

Sunday Adelaja

#64. When you give up yourself, that's when you will feel the true spirit of Christmas. And that's giving that's serving others and that's when you feel fulfilled.

Joel Osteen

#65. Serve those around you and you will be serving those who come after you.

Matshona Dhliwayo

#66. At the core, our motives are always self-serving, Kate. Altruism is a fog created by sly minds seeking to benefit from the energy and skill of others. Nothing more.

Ilona Andrews

#67. The only joy in this hard life is serving others.

Eleanor Roosevelt

#68. Behold, I am become a reproach to thy holy name, by serving any ambition and the sins of others; which though I did by the persuasion of other men, yet my own conscience did cheek and upbraid me in it.

William Laud

#69. Serving others is a high honour in the spiritual realm

Sunday Adelaja

#70. Lead with your beautiful & equisite heart Dear Ones as it will lead you to the TREASURE that is YOU.

Suzie Abels

#71. Being 'poor in spirit' (a Christian virtue) means being detached from things - being able to possess goods without being possessed by them. It meansputting people ahead of possessions - and seeing material things only as instruments for serving God and the needs of others.

James Stenson

#72. A servant who serves excellently from his whole heart with due courage and humility is never a servant, but a master of his work!

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

#73. Serving others prepares you to lead others.

Jim George

#74. True patriots believe that we should measure a citizen's worth by contribution to country and community, not by wealth or power-that those whom America has benefited most should contribute in proportion to their good fortune-and that serving others should be esteemed more highly than serving self.

Eric Liu

#75. People had an illogical, self-serving rationale when it came to interpreting the behavior of others.

Marisha Pessl

#76. Are you serving in your local church or your are being served?

Saji Ijiyemi

#77. Under capitalism everybody provides for their own needs by serving others.

Ludwig Von Mises

#78. Our greatest individual challenge in life is self-discipline. The self-discipline of a healthy diet, daily exercise, controlling our thoughts, selflessly serving others, and living a life of integrity.

Bradford Winters

#79. We may be excused for not always being bright, but we are not excused for not being gracious, yielding and considerate.

Saint Francis De Sales

#80. It seems to me that we spend an inordinate amount of time and attention on fixing ourselves when we could really be directing that out to serving others,

Eve Ensler

#81. The Church is the Church only when it exists for others ... not dominating, but helping and serving. It must tell men of every calling what it means to live for Christ, to exist for others.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#82. The leader turns the pyramid onto its head in order to serve others.

Ken Jennings

#83. Why don't people ask us about our hope? The answer is probably that we look as if we hope in the same things they do. Our lives don't look like they are on the Calvary road, stripped down for sacrificial love, serving others with the sweet assurance that we don't need to be rewarded in this life.

John Piper

#84. By putting others first the Serving Leader is able to catalyze the creation of high- performance teams.

Ken Jennings

#85. In our behavior, in the words we write and speak, we can become ambassadors of God's inspiration. Whenever we strive to lift up others in ways that are good and noble we are serving as radiating centers for God's inspiration.

Wilferd Peterson

#86. Leadership is a SERVING relationship with OTHERS that inspires THEIR growth and makes the world a better place

Fela Durotoye

#87. We are never more like Jesus than when we are serving Him or others. There is no higher calling than to be a servant.

Nancy Leigh DeMoss

#88. Among the gifts of serving others, then, is that we ourselves find our place of belonging.

Reggie McNeal

#89. In Benedictine spirituality, work is what we do to continue what God wanted done ... God goes on creating through us. Consequently a life spent serving God must be a life spent giving to others what we have been given.

Joan D. Chittister

#90. God's gifts are best used when we give them away in serving those who have less.

Philip Yancey

#91. Do not shift your focus from serving others to focusing exclusively on school, work, or social activities.

M. Russell Ballard

#92. The American Dream means giving it your all, trying your hardest, accomplishing something. And then I'd add to that, giving something back. No definition of a successful life can do anything but include serving others.

George H. W. Bush

#93. Thinking of and serving with others can be an antidote to negative and unhealthy introspection.

Billy Graham

#94. It is by serving God and others that we store up heavenly treasures. Everyone gains; no one loses.

Randy Alcorn

#95. Self-justification and judging others go together, as justification by grace and serving others go together.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#96. Serving Leaders work hard to get obstacles out of the way so others can make progress.

John Stahl-Wert

#97. Serving others means being willing to make sacrifices for their good.

Jim George

#98. There was a moral foundation to Walt's movies that people tapped into - a basic moral foundation. In Disney films, you see strong values and role models. You see the importance of being kind to others, of serving others, of finding joy even in adversity.

Pat Williams

#99. One act of beneficence, one act of real usefulness, is worth all the abstract sentiment in the world.

Ann Radcliffe

#100. Every time we dedicate our time and other resources to others to the people around us, we serve God

Sunday Adelaja

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