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"It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"No man who continues to add something to the material, intellectual, and moral wellbeing of the place in which he lives is long left without proper reward."
-- Booker T. Washington

"The more people you undertake to serve, the more effective you will be. Commit to serving everyone and become maximally effective."
-- Fred Gratzon, author

"The simple act of helping someone—with no desire (or possibility) of repayment is good for us and our self-image, and it may positively change the life or outlook of the receiver for the day!"
-- Kevin Eikenberry, author and speaker

"There is no more noble occupation in the world than to assist another human being — to help someone succeed."
-- Alan Loy McGinnis

"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 (Author and Syndicated Radio Show Host)

"Consciously or unconsciously, every one of us does render some service or other. If we cultivate the habit of doing this service deliberately, our desire for service will steadily grow stronger, and will make, not only our own happiness, but that of the world at large."
-- Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) Indian Political and Spiritual Leader

Discover your uniqueness and learn to exploit it in the service of others and you are guaranteed success, happiness, and prosperity."
-- Larry Winget

"Doing service is a powerful way to open the heart and fulfill the soul. Those people who do service know how much joy they receive from giving to others ... "
-- Margaret Paul, Ph.D

"If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve?"
-- John Adams {1735-1826) 2nd US President}

"It is the love that we give and the service we render is the great payoff."
-- David B. Haight

"Life is a place of service, and in that service one has to suffer a great deal that is hard to bear, but more often to experience a great deal of joy. But that 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 (1828-1910)

"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 (1749-1832), German poet, novelist, playwright, and natural philosopher

"The only service a friend can really render is to keep up your courage by holding up to you a mirror in which you can see a noble image of yourself.
-- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish Playwright

"Prayer in action is love, and love in action is service. Try to give unconditionally whatever a person needs in the moment. The point is to do something, however small, and show you care through your actions by giving your time ... We are all God's children so it is important to share His gifts. Do not worry about why problems exist in the world – just respond to people's needs ... We feel what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean, but that ocean would be less without that drop."
-- Mother Teresa: A Simple Path

"To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity."-- Donald A. Adams

You’ve no doubt heard that we live in a service economy, but have you thought about the implications of that term? To be of service means to be helpful. To pursue a successful career or to build a prosperous business in a service economy, you have to be helpful. The more helpful you are and the more people you are helpful to, the more successful and prosperous you are likely to be yourself."
-- Joe Tye, America's Values Coach

"Everybody can be great because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace; a soul generated by love."
-- Martin Luther King, Jr

"I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve."
-- Albert Schweitzer

"I pray that I may never meddle, interfere, dictate, give advice that is not wanted, or assist when my services are not needed. If I can help people, I'll do it by giving them a chance to help themselves; and if I can uplift or inspire, let it be by example, inference and suggestion, rather than by injunction and dictation. That is to say, I desire to be Radiant -- to Radiate Life!"
-- Elbert Hubbard