To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity.
Douglas Adams, 1952- ; Science Fiction Writer
You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work for our own improvement and, at the same time, share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful.
Madam Marie Curie, 1867-1934, Polish-born French Physicist
Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.
Dalai Lama, 1935- ; Tibet Religious Leader – Resides in India
Be unselfish. That is the first and final commandment for those who would be useful and happy in their usefulness. If you think of yourself only, you cannot develop because you are choking the source of development, which is spiritual expansion through thought for others.
Charles W. Eliot
A business absolutely devoted to service will have only one worry about profits. They will be embarrassingly large.
Henry Ford, 1863-1947, American Industrialist, Founder of Ford Motor Company
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
Mahatma Ghandi, 1869-1948, Indian Political, Spiritual Leader
The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.
Nelson Henderson
Rule number one: The customer is always right. Rule number two: If the customer is wrong, see rule number one!
Steve Leonard
In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods than in doing good to their fellow men.
Cicero Pro Ligario
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, 1921-1989; American Radio Announcer, Author, Motivator, Speaker
Always do more than is required of you.
George S. Patton, 1885-1945; World War II Army General
He who endeavors to serve, to benefit, and improve the world, is like a swimmer, who struggles against a rapid current, in a river lashed into angry waves by the wind. Often they roar over his head, often they beat him back and baffle him. Most men yield to the stress of the current. Only here and there the stout, strong heart and vigorous arms struggle on towards ultimate success.
Albert Pike, 1809-1891; American Lawyer, Masonic Author, Historian
What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.
Albert Pike
If you want to live a long life, focus on making contributions.
Hans Selye, 1907-1982; Canadian Physician born in Austria, Research on Stress
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, ''What's in it for me?''
Brian Tracy, Businessman, Trainer, Speaker, Author
Promise only what you can deliver. Then deliver more than you promise.
Source Unknown
Be alert to give service -- what counts most in life is what we do for others.
Source Unknown
You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.
Woodrow T. Wilson, 1856-1924, Twenty-eighth President of the U.S.A.
