Service Quotes

Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to the country and to mankind is to bring up a family.

Joy can only be real if people look upon their life as a service and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness.

If a man does not work at necessary and good things, then he will work at unnecessary and stupid things.

Art can compel people freely, gladly, and spontaneously to sacrifice themselves in the service of man.

Time heals, and experience teaches that the secret of happiness is in service to others.

Whoever is led to believe that species are mutable will do good service by conscientiously expressing his conviction; for only thus can the load of prejudice by which this subject is overwhelmed be removed.

How odd it is that anyone should not see that all observation must be for or against some view if it is to be of any service!

To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact.

Let us touch the dying, the poor, the lonely and the unwanted according to the graces we have received and let us not be ashamed or slow to do the humble work.

Helping hands are better than Praying Lips.

The person who gives with a smile is the best giver because God loves a cheerful giver.

The less we have, the more we give. Seems absurd, but it's the logic of love.

The very fact that God has placed a certain soul in our way is a sign that God wants us to do something for him or her. It is not chance; it has been planned by God. We are bound by conscience to help him or her.

It is Christmas every time you let God love others through you...yes, it is Christmas every time you smile at your brother and offer him your hand.

To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.

A life not lived for others is not a life.

To Almighty God, it's not how much we give, but how much love we put in the giving. Love is not measured by how much we do; love is measured by how much love we put in; how much it is hurting us in loving.

Get to know the poor in your country. Love them. Serve them.

Prayer makes your heart bigger, until it is capable of containing the gift of God himself. Prayer begets faith, faith begets love, and love begets service on behalf of the poor.

Brothers, Fathers and Sisters - all of us in the Missionaries of Charity are doing the same. All of us have been created by God to love and to be loved. We are involved in this work. When you do that, there is joy, unity and love.