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God curse Moawiyah. If I had served God so well as I have served
him, he would never have damned me to all eternity.
Author: Unattributed Author
Source: found in Ockley's "History of the Saracens", An. Hegira 54, A.D. 673
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If I had always served God as I have served you, Madam, I should
not have great account to render at my death.
Author: Francis Bacon
Source: Life and Times of Francis the First (vol. I, p. 46, of ed. 2)
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And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should
do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The Lord hath shewed
me that thou shalt be king over Syria.
Author: Bible
Source: II Kings (ch. VIII, v. 13)
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And Master Kingston, this I will say--had I but served God as
diligently as I have served the king, he would not have given me
over in my grey hairs.
Author: Pierre de Bourdeilles ("Brantome")
Source: quoting Thomas Cromwell to his keeper
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We are his,
To serve him nobly in the common cause,
True to the death, but not to be his slaves.
Author: William Cowper
Source: Task (bk. V, l. 340)
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When I have attempted to join myself to others by services, it
proved an intellectual trick,--no more. They eat your service
like apples, and leave you out. But love them, and they feel
you, and delight in you all the time.
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Source: Essays--Of Gifts
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A person's life is limited but serving the people is limitless.
I want to devote my limited life to serving the people
limitlessly.
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Source: Essays--Of Gifts
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Had I but written as many odes in praise of Muhammad and Ali as I
have composed for King Mahmud, they would have showered a hundred
blessings on me.
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Source: Essays--Of Gifts
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The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service
of others.
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Source: Essays--Of Gifts
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Who seeks for aid
Must show how service sought can be repaid.
Author: Lord Lytton (Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton) ("Owen Meredith")
Source: Siege of Constantinople
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"Sidney Godophin," said Charles (II), "is never in the way and
never out of the way."
Author: Thomas Babington Macaulay
Source: History of England (vol. I, p. 265, Cabinet Ed.)
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Servant of God, well done, well hast thou fought
The better fight.
Author: John Milton
Source: Paradise Lost (bk. VI, l. 29)
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They also serve who only stand and wait.
Author: John Milton
Source: Sonnet--On His Blindness
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They serve God well,
Who serve his creatures.
Author: Lady Caroline Sheridan Norton
Source: The Lady of La Garage--Conclusion (l. 9)
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I am ashamed of my master and not of my servitude.
[Lat., Domini pudet non servitutis.]
Author: Seneca (Lucius Annaeus Seneca)
Source: Troades (989)
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Master, go on, and I will follow thee
To the last gasp with truth and loyalty.
Author: William Shakespeare
Source: As You Like It (Adam at II, iii)
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I am an ass indeed; you may prove it by my long ears. I have
served him from the hour of my nativity to this instant, and have
nothing at his hands for my service but blows. When I am cold,
he heats me with beating; when I am warm, he cools me with
beating.
Author: William Shakespeare
Source: The Comedy of Errors (Dromio of Ephesus at IV, iv)
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O Cromwell, Cromwell,
Had I but served my God with half the zeal
I served my king, he would not in mine age
Have left me naked to mine enemies.
Author: William Shakespeare
Source: The Life of King Henry the Eighth (Wolsey at IV, i)
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My heart is ever at your service, my lord.
Author: William Shakespeare
Source: The Life of Timon of Athens (Alcibiades at I, ii)
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The swallow follows not summer more willing than we your
lordship.
Author: William Shakespeare
Source: The Life of Timon of Athens (Second Friend at III, vi)
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We cannot all be masters, nor all masters
Cannot be truly followed.
Author: William Shakespeare
Source: Othello the Moor of Venice (Iago at I, i)
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Ay, gentle Thurio, for you know that love
Wilt creep in service where it cannot go.
Author: William Shakespeare
Source: The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Proteus at IV, ii)
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Small service is true service while it lasts:
Of humblest friends, bright Creature! scorn not one;
The Daisy, by the shadow that it casts,
Protects the lingering dew drop from the Sun.
Author: William Wordsworth
Source: To a Child: Written in Her Album
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If something comes to life in others because of you, then you have made an approach to immortality. -Norman Cousins.
Author: Norman Cousins
Source: None
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All success consists in this: You are doing something for somebody - benefiting humanity - and the feeling of success comes from the consciousness of this. -Elbert Hubbard.
Author: Elbert Hubbard
Source: None
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One ought to seek out virtue for its own sake, without being influenced by fear or hope, or by any external influence. Moreover, that in that does happiness consist. -Diogenes Laertius.
Author: Diogenes Laertius
Source: None
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Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it. -David Star Jordan.
Author: David Star Jordan
Source: None
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We are not put on this earth for ourselves, but are placed here for each other. If you are there always for others, then in time of need, someone will be there for you. -Jeff Warner.
Author: Jeff Warner
Source: None
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How can I be useful, of what service can I be? There is something inside me, what can it be? -Vincent Van Gogh.
Author: Vincent Van Gogh
Source: None
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Pygmies are pygmies still, though percht on Alps; And pyramids are pyramids in vales. Each man makes his own stature, builds himself. Virtue alone outbuilds the Pyramids; Her monuments shall last when Egypt's fall. -Edward Young.
Author: Edward Young
Source: None
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There is incredible value in being of service to others. I think if many of the people in therapy offices were dragged out to put their finger in a dike, take up their place in a working line, they would be relieved of terrible burdens. -Elizabeth Berg.
Author: Elizabeth Berg
Source: None
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Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need. -Kahlil Gibran.
Author: Kahlil Gibran
Source: None
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If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life the aching, Or cool one pain, Or help one fainting robin Up to his nest again, I shall not live in vain. -Emily Dickinson.
Author: Emily Dickinson
Source: None
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He is no fool who gives that which he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. -Jim Elliot.
Author: Jim Elliot
Source: None
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You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you. -John Wooden.
Author: John Wooden
Source: None
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One does not have to be an angel in order to be saint. -Albert Schweitzer.
Author: Albert Schweitzer
Source: None
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If someone listens, or strectches out a hand, or whispers a kind word of encouragement, or attempts to understand a lonely person, extraordinary things begin to happen. -Loretta Girzartis.
Author: Loretta Girzartis
Source: None
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After the verb "To Love"..."To Help" is the most beautiful verb in the world. -Bertha Von Suttner.
Author: Bertha Von Suttner
Source: None
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The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity. -Leo Tolstoy.
Author: Leo Tolstoy
Source: None
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The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. -Aristotle.
Author: Aristotle
Source: None
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Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy: true fulfillment.. -Anthony Robbins.
Author: Anthony Robbins
Source: None
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The fragrance always remains on the hand that gives the rose. -Gandhi.
Author: Gandhi
Source: None
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Service... Giving what you don't have to give. Giving when you don't need to give. Giving because you want to give. -Damien Hess.
Author: Damien Hess
Source: None
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Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us daily. -Sally Koch.
Author: Sally Koch
Source: None
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