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“Some people choose not to donate their services because they believe that it somehow devalues them by "giving them away." In truth, there is nothing that demonstrates the value of your skills more than putting them to good use for a cause you believe in.”
Scott Allen Quotes |
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“Ask not the name of him who asks you for a bed. It is especially he whose name is a burden to him, who has need of an asylum (room).”
Victor Hugo Quotes |
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“The American spirit wears no political label. In service to others and yes, in sacrifice for our country, there are no Republicans; there are no Democrats; there are only Americans.”
Senator John Kerry Quotes |
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“Service to humanity is service to God. Let the love and light of the Kingdom radiate through you until all who look upon you shall be illumined by its reflection. Be as stars, brilliant and sparkling in the loftiness of their heavenly station. ”
Abdu'l Baha Quotes |
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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.”
Unattributed Author Quotes 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.”
Francis Bacon Quotes 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.”
Bible Quotes 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.”
Pierre de Bourdeilles ("Brantome") Quotes 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.”
William Cowper Quotes 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.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes 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.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes 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.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes Source: Essays--Of Gifts
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“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service
of others.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes Source: Essays--Of Gifts
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“Who seeks for aid
Must show how service sought can be repaid.”
Lord Lytton (Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton) ("Owen Meredith") Quotes Source: Siege of Constantinople
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“"Sidney Godophin," said Charles (II), "is never in the way and
never out of the way."”
Thomas Babington Macaulay Quotes 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.”
John Milton Quotes Source: Paradise Lost (bk. VI, l. 29)
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“They also serve who only stand and wait.”
John Milton Quotes Source: Sonnet--On His Blindness
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“They serve God well,
Who serve his creatures.”
Lady Caroline Sheridan Norton Quotes 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.]”
Seneca (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) Quotes Source: Troades (989)
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“Master, go on, and I will follow thee
To the last gasp with truth and loyalty.”
William Shakespeare Quotes 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.”
William Shakespeare Quotes 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.”
William Shakespeare Quotes 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.”
William Shakespeare Quotes 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.”
William Shakespeare Quotes 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.”
William Shakespeare Quotes Source: Othello the Moor of Venice (Iago at I, i)
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