Inspirations

To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity.

- Douglas Adams

If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve?

- John Adams

You were placed on this earth to create, not to compete.

- Doctor Robert Anthony

Keep doing good deeds long enough, and you'll probably turn out a good man in spite of yourself.

- Louis Auchincloss

We are here on earth to do good to others. What the others are here for, I don't know.

- W H Auden

He who helps in the saving of others, Saves himself as well.

- Hartmann Von Aue

Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others.

- St. Augustine

One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.

- Simone De Beauvoir

And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all.

- Mark 10:44, Bible

The more you learn what to do with yourself, and the more you do for others, the more you will learn to enjoy the abundant life.

- William Boetcker

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

- Pearl S Buck

How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because some day in life you will have been all these.

- George Washington Carver

No man is more than another unless he does more than another.

- Miguel De Cervantes

Service is the rent we pay for the privilege of living on this earth.

- Shirley Chisholm

Do not let spacious plans for a new world divert your energies from saving what is left of the old.

- Winston Churchill

In the service of the Lord, it is not where but how you serve.

- J Reuben Clark

When you see a worthy person, endeavor to emulate him. When you see an unworthy person, then examine your inner self.

- Confucius

You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work for our own improvement and, at the same time, share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful.

- Madame Marie Curie

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.

- Dalai Lama

Drop the hammer and pick up the shovel.

- J A Dever

Helping people in need is a good and essential part of my life, a kind of destiny.

- Princess of Wales Diana

Perhaps we're too embarrassed to change or too frightened of the consequences of showing that we actually care. But why not risk it anyway? Begin Today. Carry out a random act of seemingly senseless kindness, with no expectation or reward or punishment. Safe in the knowledge that one day, someone somewhere might do the same for you.

- Princess of Wales Diana

I want to walk into a room, be it a hospital for the dying or a hospital for the sick children, and feel that I am needed. I want to do, not just to be.

- Princess of Wales Diana

I am all about caring. I have always been like that.

- Princess of Wales Diana

Everyone needs to be valued. Everyone has the potential to give something back.

- Princess of Wales Diana

I love meeting people and helping them.

- Princess of Wales Diana

In a world where there is so much to be done, I felt strongly impressed that there must be something for me to do.

- Dorothy Dix

Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time.

- Marian Wright Edelman

Only a life lived in the service to others is worth living.

- Albert Einstein

The high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule.

- Albert Einstein

No man can help another without helping himself.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

We shall serve for the joy of serving, prosperity shall flow to us and through us in unending streams of plenty.

- Charles Fillmore

Everybody has to be somebody to somebody to be anybody.

- Malcolm S Forbes

A business absolutely devoted to service will have only one worry about profits. They will be embarrassingly large.

- Henry Ford

If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself.

- Benjamin Franklin

Consciously or unconsciously, every one of us does render some service or other. If we cultivate the habit of doing this service deliberately, our desire for service will steadily grow stronger, and will make, not only our own happiness, but that of the world at large.

- Mahatma Gandhi

In a gentle way, you can shake the world.

- Mahatma Gandhi

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

- Mahatma Gandhi

Every kind of service necessary to the public good becomes honorable by being necessary.

- Nathan Hale

I want to talk with people who care about things that matter that will make a life-changing difference.

- Mark Victor Hansen

If you want to love you must serve, if you want freedom you must die.

- Georg Hegel

The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.

- Nelson Henderson

Do right. Do your best. Treat others as you want to be treated.

- Lou Holtz

Human service is the highest form of self-interest for the person who serves.

- Elbert Hubbard

Through our willingness to help others we can learn to be happy rather than depressed.

- Gerald G Jampolsky

Preferring to store her money in the stomachs of the needy rather than hide it in a purse.

- St. Jerome

Try and forget our cares and sickness, and contribute, as we can to the happiness of each other.

- Johnson

The difference between a helping hand and an outstretched palm is a twist of the wrist.

- Laurence Leamer

Rule number one: The customer is always right. Rule number two: If the customer is wrong, see rule number one!

- Steve Leonard

In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods than in doing good to their fellow men.

- Cicero Pro Ligario

Give what you have to somebody, it may be better than you think.

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Work as though you would live forever, and live as though you would die today. Go another mile!

- Og Mandino

The measure of a man is not the number of his servants, but in the number of people whom he serves.

- Paul D Moody

The only thing you will take through those pearly gates is what you have given away.

- Marcia Moore

If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.

- Mother Teresa

To give oneself is the only way of becoming oneself.

- Earl Nightingale

We will receive not what we idly wish for but what we justly earn. Our rewards will always be in exact proportion to our service.

- Earl Nightingale

Always serve too much hot fudge sauce on hot fudge sundaes. It makes people overjoyed, and puts them in your debt.

- Judith Olney

To survive, men and business and corporations must serve.

- John H Patterson Service

The public must and will be served.

- William Penn

What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.

- Albert Pike

Unwilling service earns no thanks.

- Danish Proverb

God likes help when helping people.

- Irish Proverb

The man who gives little with a smile gives more than the man who gives much with a frown.

- Jewish Proverb

Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness, great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.

- Jim Rohn

I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.

- Albert Schweitzer

Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.

- Albert Schweitzer

There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed.''

- Albert Schweitzer

If you want to live a long life, focus on making contributions.

- Hans Selye

You must live for another if you wish to live for yourself.

- Seneca

May he who is highest serve best.

- Robert Thibodeau

Joy can be real only if people look on their life as a service, and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness.

- Count Leo Tolstoy

Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, ''What's in it for me?''

- Brian Tracy

We came here to serve not be served.

- Source Unknown

The foundation stone of the whole scheme is service. Service to the people, a service that will lighten, brighten, and make more profitable the lives of the majority who do the necessary work of the world.

- Source Unknown

The more a man takes the needs of others on his own heart, the more he must take his own heart to God.

- Source Unknown

The road to daily happiness is not hard to find, it's what we do for others that brings us peace of mind.

- Source Unknown

Somebody did a golden deed; Somebody proved a friend in need; Somebody sang a beautiful song; Somebody smiled the whole day long; Somebody thought, 'Tis sweet to live; Somebody said, I'm glad to give; Somebody fought a valiant fight; Somebody lived to shield the right; Was that somebody you?

- Source Unknown

It is when we forget ourselves that we do things which will be remembered.

- Source Unknown

Never stop serving your customers. They'll love you for it.

- Source Unknown

Promise only what you can deliver. Then deliver more than you promise.

- Source Unknown

Make sure somebody need you.

- Source Unknown

I'm not quite sure what the greatest achievement in a lifetime may be, but I am sure up there at the top of the list somewhere is to give pleasure to others.

- Source Unknown

Be alert to give service -- what counts most in life is what we do for others.

- Source Unknown

Anything done for another is done for oneself.

- Pope Boniface VIII

I know of no great man except those who have rendered great services to the human race.

- Voltaire

Obedience to our Heavenly Father starts with our loving service to a needy brother.

- William A Ward

If you wish to be a leader you will be frustrated, for very few people wish to be led. If you aim to be a servant you will never be frustrated.

- Frank F Warren

Always do more than is required of you.

- George S Patton

If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.

- Booker T Washington

Every day use your magic to be of service to others.

- Marcia Wieder

You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.

- Woodrow T Wilson

No one has learned the meaning of life until he has surrendered his ego to the service of his fellow men.

- Beran Wolfe

My dad has always taught me these words: care and share. That's why we put on clinics. The only thing I can do is try to give back. If it works, it works.

- Tiger Woods

Small service is true service, while it lasts.

- William Wordsworth

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Get Inspired for Virtue 3: Humanity and Interpersonal Strengths

To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity.

If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve?

You were placed on this earth to create, not to compete.

Keep doing good deeds long enough, and you'll probably turn out a good man in spite of yourself.

We are here on earth to do good to others. What the others are here for, I don't know.

He who helps in the saving of others, Saves himself as well.

Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others.

One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.

And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all.

The more you learn what to do with yourself, and the more you do for others, the more you will learn to enjoy the abundant life.

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

How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because some day in life you will have been all these.

No man is more than another unless he does more than another.

Service is the rent we pay for the privilege of living on this earth.

Do not let spacious plans for a new world divert your energies from saving what is left of the old.

In the service of the Lord, it is not where but how you serve.

When you see a worthy person, endeavor to emulate him. When you see an unworthy person, then examine your inner self.

You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work for our own improvement and, at the same time, share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful.

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.

Drop the hammer and pick up the shovel.

Helping people in need is a good and essential part of my life, a kind of destiny.

I want to walk into a room, be it a hospital for the dying or a hospital for the sick children, and feel that I am needed. I want to do, not just to be.

I am all about caring. I have always been like that.

Everyone needs to be valued. Everyone has the potential to give something back.

I love meeting people and helping them.

In a world where there is so much to be done, I felt strongly impressed that there must be something for me to do.

Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time.

Only a life lived in the service to others is worth living.

The high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule.

No man can help another without helping himself.

We shall serve for the joy of serving, prosperity shall flow to us and through us in unending streams of plenty.

Everybody has to be somebody to somebody to be anybody.

A business absolutely devoted to service will have only one worry about profits. They will be embarrassingly large.

If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself.

Consciously or unconsciously, every one of us does render some service or other. If we cultivate the habit of doing this service deliberately, our desire for service will steadily grow stronger, and will make, not only our own happiness, but that of the world at large.

In a gentle way, you can shake the world.

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

Every kind of service necessary to the public good becomes honorable by being necessary.

I want to talk with people who care about things that matter that will make a life-changing difference.

If you want to love you must serve, if you want freedom you must die.

The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.

Do right. Do your best. Treat others as you want to be treated.

Human service is the highest form of self-interest for the person who serves.

Through our willingness to help others we can learn to be happy rather than depressed.

Preferring to store her money in the stomachs of the needy rather than hide it in a purse.

Try and forget our cares and sickness, and contribute, as we can to the happiness of each other.

The difference between a helping hand and an outstretched palm is a twist of the wrist.

Rule number one: The customer is always right. Rule number two: If the customer is wrong, see rule number one!

In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods than in doing good to their fellow men.

Give what you have to somebody, it may be better than you think.

Work as though you would live forever, and live as though you would die today. Go another mile!

The measure of a man is not the number of his servants, but in the number of people whom he serves.

The only thing you will take through those pearly gates is what you have given away.

If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.

To give oneself is the only way of becoming oneself.

We will receive not what we idly wish for but what we justly earn. Our rewards will always be in exact proportion to our service.

Always serve too much hot fudge sauce on hot fudge sundaes. It makes people overjoyed, and puts them in your debt.

To survive, men and business and corporations must serve.

The public must and will be served.

What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.

Unwilling service earns no thanks.

God likes help when helping people.

The man who gives little with a smile gives more than the man who gives much with a frown.

Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness, great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.

I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.

Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.

There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed.''

If you want to live a long life, focus on making contributions.

You must live for another if you wish to live for yourself.

May he who is highest serve best.

Joy can be real only if people look on their life as a service, and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness.

Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, ''What's in it for me?''

We came here to serve not be served.

The foundation stone of the whole scheme is service. Service to the people, a service that will lighten, brighten, and make more profitable the lives of the majority who do the necessary work of the world.

The more a man takes the needs of others on his own heart, the more he must take his own heart to God.

The road to daily happiness is not hard to find, it's what we do for others that brings us peace of mind.

Somebody did a golden deed; Somebody proved a friend in need; Somebody sang a beautiful song; Somebody smiled the whole day long; Somebody thought, 'Tis sweet to live; Somebody said, I'm glad to give; Somebody fought a valiant fight; Somebody lived to shield the right; Was that somebody you?

It is when we forget ourselves that we do things which will be remembered.