Service To Others Quotes

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

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Encouragement, Freedom, Business

  "The Power of Purpose: Find Meaning, Live Longer, Better". Book by Richard Leider, p. 35., 2010.

  873 Copy quote

  Show source

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

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Martin Luther King Jr. (1963). “Strength to Love”

  407 Copy quote

  Show source

• I am only one,
  But still I am one.
  I cannot do everything,
  But still I can do something;
  And because I cannot do everything,
  I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Life, Single

  "The Book of Good Cheer : A Little Bundle of Cheery Thoughts‎" by Edwin Osgood Grover, (p. 28), 1909.

  51 Copy quote

  Show source
• 

  We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

  Winston Churchill

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  257 Copy quote
• 

  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

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  156 Copy quote
• 

  The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  743 Copy quote

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

  Douglas Adams

  Leadership, Money, Educational

  159 Copy quote

• Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Life, Meaningful

  Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.231, Princeton University Press

  59 Copy quote

  Show source

• We are all like one-winged angels. It is only when we help each other that we can fly.

  Luciano De Crescenzo

  Angel, Helping Others, Volunteer

  19 Copy quote

• Everyone can be great, because everyone can serve.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Motivation, Helping Others, Community

  25 Copy quote

• 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

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  899 Copy quote

• Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

  Gautama Buddha

  Happiness, Happy, Buddhist

  429 Copy quote

• If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else.

  Confucius

  Happiness, Happy, Powerful

  229 Copy quote

• Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving.

  Henry Ford

  Positive, Time, Money

  12 Copy quote

• Honor bespeaks worth. Confidence begets trust. Service brings satisfaction. Cooperation proves the quality of leadership.

  James Cash Penney

  Leadership, Confidence, Trust No One

  25 Copy quote

• One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people.

  Dick Gregory

  Happiness, Helping Others, People

  453 Copy quote

• If you want to feel connected to your own purpose, know this for certain: Your purpose will only be found in service to others, and in being connected to the something far greater than your mind/body/ego.

  Wayne Dyer

  Ego, Mind, Purpose

  16 Copy quote

• 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

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Marian Wright Edelman (2013). “The Measure of our Success: A Letter to My Children and Yours”, p.15, Beacon Press

  90 Copy quote

  Show source

• No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

  Aesop

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

  Aesop (1963). “Aesop's fables”, Cliffs Notes

  94 Copy quote

  Show source

• Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding. The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Helping Others, Understanding, Finding Yourself

  10 Copy quote
• 

  The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

  Samuel Johnson

  Inspirational, Success, Respect

  113 Copy quote

• Even if it is a little thing, do something for those who have need of help.

  Albert Schweitzer

  Helping Others, Volunteer, Needs

  65 Copy quote

• To ease another’s heartache is to forget one’s own.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Love, Humble, Helping Others

  12 Copy quote

• 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 for our own happiness, but that of the world at large.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Happiness, Leadership, Wisdom

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1986). “The Moral and Political Writings of Mahatma Gandhi: Non-Violent Resistance and Social Transformation”, Clarendon Press

  9 Copy quote

  Show source

• No one has ever become poor by giving.

  Anne Frank

  Inspirational, Morning, Kindness

  210 Copy quote