Service Quotes

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Service Quotes

Hand-picked service quotes chosen for depth and honesty. Use them for daily motivation, quiet reflection, or to share with someone who needs them.

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"What we need is to love without getting tired."

-- Mother Teresa

"What we need is to love without getting tired."

-- Mother Teresa

"Helping hands are better than praying lips."

-- Mother Teresa

"Helping hands are better than praying lips."

-- Mother Teresa

"Service to Mankind is Service to God."

-- Mother Teresa

"Service to Mankind is Service to God."

-- Mother Teresa

"Calcuttas are everywhere if only we have eyes to see. Find your Calcutta."

-- Mother Teresa

"Calcuttas are everywhere if only we have eyes to see. Find your Calcutta."

-- Mother Teresa

"Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time and always start with the person nearest you."

-- Mother Teresa

"Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time and always start with the person nearest you."

-- Mother Teresa

"Do extraordinary things with love."

-- Mother Teresa

"Do extraordinary things with love."

-- Mother Teresa

"Don't only give your care, but give your heart as well."

-- Mother Teresa

"Don't only give your care, but give your heart as well."

-- Mother Teresa

"Faith in action is love. And love in action is service."

-- Mother Teresa

"Faith in action is love. And love in action is service."

-- Mother Teresa

"There are no great things, only small things with great love."

-- Mother Teresa

"There are no great things, only small things with great love."

-- Mother Teresa

"A sacrifice to be real must cost, must hurt, must empty ourselves."

-- Mother Teresa

"A sacrifice to be real must cost, must hurt, must empty ourselves."

-- Mother Teresa

"If we pray, we will believe; If we believe, we will love; If we love, we will serve."

-- Mother Teresa

"If we pray, we will believe; If we believe, we will love; If we love, we will serve."

-- Mother Teresa

"It is a kingly act to assist the fallen."

-- Mother Teresa

"It is a kingly act to assist the fallen."

-- Mother Teresa

"The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow; Do good anyway."

-- Mother Teresa

"The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow; Do good anyway."

-- Mother Teresa

"The fruit of silence is prayer. The fruit of prayer is faith. The fruit of faith is love. The fruit of love is service. The fruit of service is peace."

-- Mother Teresa

"The fruit of silence is prayer. The fruit of prayer is faith. The fruit of faith is love. The fruit of love is service. The fruit of service is peace."

-- Mother Teresa

"Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough; Give the world the best you've got anyway."

-- Mother Teresa

"Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough; Give the world the best you've got anyway."

-- Mother Teresa

"Let us touch the dying, the poor, the lonely and the unwanted according to the graces we have received."

-- Mother Teresa

"Let us touch the dying, the poor, the lonely and the unwanted according to the graces we have received."

-- Mother Teresa

"At the end of life we will not be judged by how many diplomas we have received, how much money we have made, how many great things we have done."

-- Mother Teresa

"At the end of life we will not be judged by how many diplomas we have received, how much money we have made, how many great things we have done."

-- Mother Teresa

"Works of love are works of peace."

-- Mother Teresa

"Works of love are works of peace."

-- Mother Teresa

"The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it."

-- Mother Teresa

"The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it."

-- Mother Teresa

"We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop."

-- Mother Teresa

"We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop."

-- Mother Teresa

"A life not lived for others is not a life."

-- Mother Teresa

"A life not lived for others is not a life."

-- Mother Teresa

"Intense love does not measure, it just gives."

-- Mother Teresa

"Intense love does not measure, it just gives."

-- Mother Teresa

"I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world."

-- Mother Teresa

"I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world."

-- Mother Teresa

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

-- Mother Teresa

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

-- Mother Teresa

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Hand-picked service quotes chosen for depth and honesty. Use them for daily motivation, quiet reflection, or to share with someone who needs them.

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Some of the most celebrated service quotes come from Krishna, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Albert Einstein, Mahatma Gandhi, Swami Vivekananda, among many others featured on this page.

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Popular service quotes include: "The yoga of action is superior to the renunciation of action." -- Krishna Also: "Work done with selfish motives is inferior to selfless work." -- Krishna.

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