Service Quotes

A life not lived for others is not a life.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

In loving one another through our works we bring an increase of grace and a growth in divine love.

You can find Calcutta all over the world, if you have the eyes to see.

Each one of them is Jesus in disguise.

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.

Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.

Harijan service is a duty the caste Hindus owe to themselves.

The high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule.

You may have heard of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. There's another day you might want to know about: Giving Tuesday. The idea is pretty straightforward. On the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, shoppers take a break from their gift-buying and donate what they can to charity.

The outpouring of support from millions of people in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti has been impressive.

The world owes nothing to any man, but every man owes something to the world.