Serving Others Quotes - Page 2

• God has created me to do Him some definite service; He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another. I have my mission.

  John Henry Newman

  Saint, Missions, Committed

  John Henry Newman (2002). “Prayers, Verses, and Devotions”, p.338, Ignatius Press

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• The most beautiful act of faith is the one made in darkness, in sacrificing, and with extreme effort.

  Pio of Pietrelcina

  Beautiful, Sacrifice, Effort

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• It is good to be helpful and kindly, but don't give yourself to be melted into candle grease for the benefit of the tallow trade.

  George Eliot

  Kindness, Giving, Grease

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• Kings and cabbages go back to compost, but good deeds stay green forever.

  Rick DeMarinis

  Kings, Forever, Cabbage

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• Anticipate charity by preventing poverty; assist the reduced fellow man, either by a considerable gift or a sum of money or by teaching him a trade or by putting him in the way of business so that he may earn an honest livelihood and not be forced to the dreadful alternative of holding out his hand for charity. This is the highest step and summit of charity's golden ladder.

  Maimonides

  Teaching, Men, Compassion

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• It's time for greatness - not for greed. It's a time for idealism - not ideology. It is a time not just for compassionate words, but compassionate action.

  Marian Wright Edelman

  Greatness, Compassion, Greed

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• Man's value before God is estimated by the dispositions of his heart, its uprightness, its good will, its charity, and not by keenness of intellect or extent of knowledge.

  Anne Catherine Emmerich

  Heart, Men, Saint

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• He alone loves the Creator perfectly who manifests a pure love for his neighbor.

  Venerable Bede

  Love, Faith, Christian

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• Truly, matters in the world are in a bad state; but if you and I begin in earnest to reform ourselves, a really good beginning will have been made.

  Peter of Alcantara

  Reform, Saint, World

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• Every family should have a room where Christ is welcome in the person of the hungry and thirsty stranger.

  Saint John Chrysostom

  Should Have, Saint, Rooms

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• True charity consists in putting up with all one's neighbors fault's; never being surprised by his weakness, and being inspired by the least of his virtues.

  Therese of Lisieux

  Suffering, Weakness, Saint

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• How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

  Unknown

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  FaceBook post by Anne Frank from Dec 25, 2011

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• Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.

  Booker T. Washington

  Happiness, Helping Others, Compassion

  Booker T. Washington (2016). “Up from Slavery”, p.41, Open Road Media

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  The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.

  Albert Schweitzer

  Inspirational, Sympathy, Helping Others

  The Schweitzer Album It is our duty to remember at all times and anew that medicine is not only a science, but also the art of letting our own individuality interact with the individuality of the patient.

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• No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.

  Charles Dickens

  Love, Inspirational, Family

  "Our Mutual Friend". Book by harles Dickens, 1865.

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• Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.

  Mother Teresa

  Love, Positive, Happiness

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  Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

  Edmund Burke

  Life, Courage, Time

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• The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: 'If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?' But... the good Samaritan reversed the question: 'If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?'

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspiring, Leadership, Peace

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• The only way you can serve God is by serving other people.

  Rick Warren

  Servant Of God, People, Community Service

  Interview with Larry King, transcripts.cnn.com. March 22, 2005.

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• So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is not in vain.

  Helen Keller

  Pain, Long, Generosity

  Helen Keller (2011). “To Live, to Think, to Hope: Inspirational Quotes by Helen Keller”, p.159, Matthew Gordon

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• 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

  Saint, May, Considerate

  Saint Francis de Sales, Aeterna Press (2015). “The Spiritual Maxims of Saint Francis de Sales”, p.19, Aeterna Press

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

  John Adams

  Inspirational, Healthcare, Service To Others

  Letter to John Thaxter, September 29, 1778.

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• The bread which you use is the bread of the hungry; the garment hanging in your wardrobe is the garment of him who is naked; the shoes you do not wear are the shoes of the one who is barefoot; the acts of charity that you do not perform are so many injustices that you commit.

  Saint Basil

  Shoes, Saint, Naked

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• In order to console a soul in it's sufferings, point out to it all the good it can still do.

  Pio of Pietrelcina

  Order, Soul, Suffering

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• He who wished to secure the good of others, has already secured his own.

  Confucius

  Business, Volunteer, Team Building

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