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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"Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love."

-- Mother Teresa

"Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love."

-- Mother Teresa

"If you light a lamp for somebody, it will also brighten your path."

-- Gautama Buddha

"If you light a lamp for somebody, it will also brighten your path."

-- Gautama Buddha

"Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to yourself and others."

-- Gautama Buddha

"Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to yourself and others."

-- Gautama Buddha

"To be selfish is to be a beast, to be unselfish is to be a man, and to be selfless is to be God."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"To be selfish is to be a beast, to be unselfish is to be a man, and to be selfless is to be God."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"Work is worship."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"Work is worship."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"Blessed are they whose bodies get destroyed in the service of others."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"Blessed are they whose bodies get destroyed in the service of others."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"By doing good to others, we do good to ourselves."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"By doing good to others, we do good to ourselves."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"To be good and to do good - that is the whole of religion."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"To be good and to do good - that is the whole of religion."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"You cannot help anyone, you can only serve. Look upon every man as God."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"You cannot help anyone, you can only serve. Look upon every man as God."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"If money helps a man to do good to others, it is of some value; if not, it is simply a mass of evil."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"If money helps a man to do good to others, it is of some value; if not, it is simply a mass of evil."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"Ask nothing; want nothing in return. Give what you have to give; it will come back to you, but do not think of that now."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"Ask nothing; want nothing in return. Give what you have to give; it will come back to you, but do not think of that now."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"Service to man is service to God."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"Service to man is service to God."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"He who sees Shiva in the poor, in the weak, and in the diseased, really worships Shiva."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"He who sees Shiva in the poor, in the weak, and in the diseased, really worships Shiva."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"Condemn none: if you can stretch out a helping hand, do so."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"Condemn none: if you can stretch out a helping hand, do so."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"That service is the noblest which is rendered for its own sake."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

"That service is the noblest which is rendered for its own sake."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

"The world is touched by sacrifice. The law of sacrifice is uniform throughout the world."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

"The world is touched by sacrifice. The law of sacrifice is uniform throughout the world."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

"Service without humility is selfishness and egotism."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

"Service without humility is selfishness and egotism."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

"Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

"Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

"Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

"Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

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

-- Mahatma Gandhi

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

-- Mahatma Gandhi

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

-- Albert Einstein

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

-- Albert Einstein

"The best way to cheer yourself is to cheer somebody else up."

-- Albert Einstein

"The best way to cheer yourself is to cheer somebody else up."

-- Albert Einstein

"A person starts to live when he can live outside himself."

-- Albert Einstein

"A person starts to live when he can live outside himself."

-- Albert Einstein

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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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Service Quotes

Service Quotes

"Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love."

"If you light a lamp for somebody, it will also brighten your path."

"Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to yourself and others."

"To be selfish is to be a beast, to be unselfish is to be a man, and to be selfless is to be God."

"Work is worship."

"Blessed are they whose bodies get destroyed in the service of others."

"By doing good to others, we do good to ourselves."

"To be good and to do good - that is the whole of religion."

"You cannot help anyone, you can only serve. Look upon every man as God."

"If money helps a man to do good to others, it is of some value; if not, it is simply a mass of evil."

"The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified."

"Ask nothing; want nothing in return. Give what you have to give; it will come back to you, but do not think of that now."

"Service to man is service to God."

"He who sees Shiva in the poor, in the weak, and in the diseased, really worships Shiva."

"Condemn none: if you can stretch out a helping hand, do so."

"That service is the noblest which is rendered for its own sake."

"The world is touched by sacrifice. The law of sacrifice is uniform throughout the world."

"Service without humility is selfishness and egotism."

"Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served."

"Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men."

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

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

"The best way to cheer yourself is to cheer somebody else up."

"A person starts to live when he can live outside himself."

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