55 Service quotes that'll help accomplish something great. Here are the best service quotes to read from famous people that will inspire you positively. Doing work for others to help even in the smallest possible way from the kindness of your heart is what all people should do that will make the world a better place for everyone. May these inspirational service quotes help you get the motivational push to extend a helping hand to those in need. Share these quotes about service with your friends, family, and loved ones to inspire them as well.
1. Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness, great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy. - Jim Rohn
2. Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth. - Muhammad Ali
3. At the center of the universe is a loving heart that continues to beat and that wants the best for every person. Anything we can do to help foster the intellect and spirit and emotional growth of our fellow human beings, that is our job. Those of us who have this particular vision must continue against all odds. Life is for service. - Fred Rogers
4. No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave. - Calvin Coolidge
5. Not the maker of plans and promises, but rather the one who offers faithful service in small matters. This is the person who is most likely to achieve what is good and lasting. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
6. Do all the good you can, in all the ways you can, as long as ever you can. - John Wesley
7. Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value. - Albert Einstein
8. To lose yourself in righteous service to others can lift your sights and get your mind off personal problems, or at least put them in proper focus. - Ezra Taft Benson
9. Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service. - Henry Ford
10. You can start right where you stand and apply the habit of going the extra mile by rendering more service and better service than you are now being paid for. - Napoleon Hill
11. As far as service goes, it can take the form of a million things. To do service, you don't have to be a doctor working in the slums for free, or become a social worker. Your position in life and what you do doesn't matter as much as how you do what you do. - Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
12. We reserve our deepest respect and admiration for those who volunteer for service and give their lives to help keep our nation secure. - Mitt Romney
13. Life is a place of service. Joy can be real only if people look upon their life as a service and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness. - Leo Tolstoy
14. The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in willing service. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
15. I slept and dreamt that life was a joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold that service was a joy. - Rabindranath Tagore
16. Lose yourself in generous service and every day can be a most unusual day, a triumphant day, an abundantly rewarding day. - William Arthur Ward
17. Everyone can be great because everyone can serve. - Martin Luther King Jr.
18. Among us, who is above must be in service of the others. This doesn't mean we have to wash each other's feet every day, but we must help one another. - Pope Francis
19. To desire and strive to be of some service to the world, to aim at doing something which shall increase the happiness and welfare and virtue of mankind, this is a choice which is possible for all of us; and surely it is a good haven to sail for. - Henry Van Dyke
20. It is not how many years we live, but what we do with them. It is not what we receive, but what we give to others. - Evangeline Booth
21. Somewhere, out there is a unique place for you to help others, a unique life role for you to fill that only you can fill. - Thomas Kinkade
22. Life's most persistent question is: What are you doing for others? - Martin Luther King Jr.
23. Give your hands to serve, and your hearts to love. - Mother Teresa
24. Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world. - Desmond Tutu
25. A life of significance is about serving those who need your gifts, your leadership, your purpose. - Kevin Hall
26. Do some selfless service for people who are in need. Consider the whole picture, not just our little selves. - Nina Hagen
27. Being of service to others is what brings true happiness. - Marie Osmond
28. To give real service, you must add something which cannot be bought or measures with money. - Douglas Adams
29. Earn your success based on service to others, not at the expense of others. - H. Jackson Brown Jr.
30. Service doesn’t have to be big and grandiose to be meaningful and make a difference. - Cheryl A. Esplin
31. Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world. - Howard Zinn
32. As we lose ourselves in the service of others we discover our own lives and our own happiness. - Dieter F. Uchtdorf
33. Don’t feel bad if people remember you only when they need you. Feel privileged that you are like a candle that comes to their mind when there is darkness. - Anonymous
34. We will receive not what we idly wish for but what we justly earn. Our rewards will always be in exact proportion to our service. - Earl Nightingale
35. I would rather have it said that He lived usefully rather than He died rich. - Benjamin Franklin
36. Our mission is to connect every person in the world. You don't do that by having a service people pay for. - Mark Zuckerberg
37. Your own self-realization is the greatest service you can render the world. - Ramana Maharshi
38. God does watch over us and does notice us, but it usually through someone else that he meets our needs. - Spencer W. Kimball
39. Relationships are never about power, and one way to avoid the will to power is to choose to limit oneself, that is to serve. - Wm. Paul Young
40. There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed. - Woodrow Wilson
41. People of excellence go the extra mile to do what's right. - Joel Osteen
42. Miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice, here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word; always doing the smallest right and doing it all for love. - St. Therese of Lisieux
43. Service is the rent we pay for our being. It is the very purpose of life and not something you do in your spare time. - Marian Wright Edelman
44. I don't want my life to be defined by what is etched on a tombstone. I want it to be defined by what is etched in the lives and hearts of those I've touched. - Steve Maraboli
45. When you find yourself in need of spiritual nourishment, it is in the opportunities to serve others that you will find the abundance you seek. - Steve Maraboli
46. Always render more and better service than is expected of you, no matter what your task may be. - Og Mandino
47. Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served. But all other pleasures and possessions pale into nothingness before service which is rendered in a spirit of joy. - Mahatma Gandhi
48. Without service, we would not have a strong quality of life. It’s important to the person who serves as well as the recipient. It’s the way in which we ourselves grow and develop. - Dr. Dorothy Height
49. Service is a smile. It is an acknowledging wave, a reaching handshake, a friendly wink, and a warm hug. It's these simple acts that matter most, because the greatest service to a human soul has always been the kindness of recognition. - Richelle E. Goodrich
50. Help others and give something back. I guarantee you will discover that while public service improves the lives and the world around you, its greatest reward is the enrichment and new meaning it will bring your own life. - Arnold Schwarzenegger
51. If you were born with the ability to change someone’s perspective or emotions, never waste that gift. It is one of the most powerful gifts God can give, the ability to influence. - Shannon L. Alder
52. Some of our finest work comes through service to others. - Gordon B. Hinckley
53. We are not called upon to do all the good that is possible, but only that which we can do. - Theodore Guerin
54. The more you become aware of and respond to the needs of others, the richer your own life becomes. - Mollie Marti
55. You have to find the intersection of doing something you're passionate about and that, at the same time, is in the service of other people. I would argue if you don't find that intersection, you're not going to be very happy. - Tim Cook
1. Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness, great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy. - Jim Rohn
2. Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth. - Muhammad Ali
3. At the center of the universe is a loving heart that continues to beat and that wants the best for every person. Anything we can do to help foster the intellect and spirit and emotional growth of our fellow human beings, that is our job. Those of us who have this particular vision must continue against all odds. Life is for service. - Fred Rogers
4. No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave. - Calvin Coolidge
5. Not the maker of plans and promises, but rather the one who offers faithful service in small matters. This is the person who is most likely to achieve what is good and lasting. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
6. Do all the good you can, in all the ways you can, as long as ever you can. - John Wesley
7. Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value. - Albert Einstein
8. To lose yourself in righteous service to others can lift your sights and get your mind off personal problems, or at least put them in proper focus. - Ezra Taft Benson
9. Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service. - Henry Ford
10. You can start right where you stand and apply the habit of going the extra mile by rendering more service and better service than you are now being paid for. - Napoleon Hill
11. As far as service goes, it can take the form of a million things. To do service, you don't have to be a doctor working in the slums for free, or become a social worker. Your position in life and what you do doesn't matter as much as how you do what you do. - Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
12. We reserve our deepest respect and admiration for those who volunteer for service and give their lives to help keep our nation secure. - Mitt Romney
13. Life is a place of service. Joy can be real only if people look upon their life as a service and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness. - Leo Tolstoy
14. The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in willing service. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
15. I slept and dreamt that life was a joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold that service was a joy. - Rabindranath Tagore
16. Lose yourself in generous service and every day can be a most unusual day, a triumphant day, an abundantly rewarding day. - William Arthur Ward
17. Everyone can be great because everyone can serve. - Martin Luther King Jr.
18. Among us, who is above must be in service of the others. This doesn't mean we have to wash each other's feet every day, but we must help one another. - Pope Francis
19. To desire and strive to be of some service to the world, to aim at doing something which shall increase the happiness and welfare and virtue of mankind, this is a choice which is possible for all of us; and surely it is a good haven to sail for. - Henry Van Dyke
20. It is not how many years we live, but what we do with them. It is not what we receive, but what we give to others. - Evangeline Booth
21. Somewhere, out there is a unique place for you to help others, a unique life role for you to fill that only you can fill. - Thomas Kinkade
22. Life's most persistent question is: What are you doing for others? - Martin Luther King Jr.
23. Give your hands to serve, and your hearts to love. - Mother Teresa
24. Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world. - Desmond Tutu
25. A life of significance is about serving those who need your gifts, your leadership, your purpose. - Kevin Hall
26. Do some selfless service for people who are in need. Consider the whole picture, not just our little selves. - Nina Hagen
27. Being of service to others is what brings true happiness. - Marie Osmond
28. To give real service, you must add something which cannot be bought or measures with money. - Douglas Adams
29. Earn your success based on service to others, not at the expense of others. - H. Jackson Brown Jr.
30. Service doesn’t have to be big and grandiose to be meaningful and make a difference. - Cheryl A. Esplin
31. Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world. - Howard Zinn
32. As we lose ourselves in the service of others we discover our own lives and our own happiness. - Dieter F. Uchtdorf
33. Don’t feel bad if people remember you only when they need you. Feel privileged that you are like a candle that comes to their mind when there is darkness. - Anonymous
34. We will receive not what we idly wish for but what we justly earn. Our rewards will always be in exact proportion to our service. - Earl Nightingale
35. I would rather have it said that He lived usefully rather than He died rich. - Benjamin Franklin
36. Our mission is to connect every person in the world. You don't do that by having a service people pay for. - Mark Zuckerberg
37. Your own self-realization is the greatest service you can render the world. - Ramana Maharshi
38. God does watch over us and does notice us, but it usually through someone else that he meets our needs. - Spencer W. Kimball
39. Relationships are never about power, and one way to avoid the will to power is to choose to limit oneself, that is to serve. - Wm. Paul Young
40. There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed. - Woodrow Wilson
41. People of excellence go the extra mile to do what's right. - Joel Osteen
42. Miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice, here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word; always doing the smallest right and doing it all for love. - St. Therese of Lisieux
43. Service is the rent we pay for our being. It is the very purpose of life and not something you do in your spare time. - Marian Wright Edelman
44. I don't want my life to be defined by what is etched on a tombstone. I want it to be defined by what is etched in the lives and hearts of those I've touched. - Steve Maraboli
45. When you find yourself in need of spiritual nourishment, it is in the opportunities to serve others that you will find the abundance you seek. - Steve Maraboli
46. Always render more and better service than is expected of you, no matter what your task may be. - Og Mandino
47. Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served. But all other pleasures and possessions pale into nothingness before service which is rendered in a spirit of joy. - Mahatma Gandhi
48. Without service, we would not have a strong quality of life. It’s important to the person who serves as well as the recipient. It’s the way in which we ourselves grow and develop. - Dr. Dorothy Height
49. Service is a smile. It is an acknowledging wave, a reaching handshake, a friendly wink, and a warm hug. It's these simple acts that matter most, because the greatest service to a human soul has always been the kindness of recognition. - Richelle E. Goodrich
50. Help others and give something back. I guarantee you will discover that while public service improves the lives and the world around you, its greatest reward is the enrichment and new meaning it will bring your own life. - Arnold Schwarzenegger
51. If you were born with the ability to change someone’s perspective or emotions, never waste that gift. It is one of the most powerful gifts God can give, the ability to influence. - Shannon L. Alder
52. Some of our finest work comes through service to others. - Gordon B. Hinckley
53. We are not called upon to do all the good that is possible, but only that which we can do. - Theodore Guerin
54. The more you become aware of and respond to the needs of others, the richer your own life becomes. - Mollie Marti
55. You have to find the intersection of doing something you're passionate about and that, at the same time, is in the service of other people. I would argue if you don't find that intersection, you're not going to be very happy. - Tim Cook