Serve Quotes

“If you can't do great things, Mother Teresa used to say, do little things with great love. If you can't do them with great love, do them with a little love. If you can't do them with a little love, do them anyway.
Love grows when people serve.”
― John Ortberg, The Me I Want to Be: Becoming God's Best Version of You

“You have to lift a person up before you can really put them in their place.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

“Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it!”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“I see Jesus in every human being. I say to myself, this is hungry Jesus, I must feed him. This is sick Jesus. This one has leprosy or gangrene; I must wash him and tend to him. I serve becuase I love Jesus.”
― Mother Teresa

“Do you often feel like parched ground, unable to produce anything worthwhile? I do. When I am in need of refreshment, it isn't easy to think of the needs of others. But I have found that if, instead of praying for my own comfort and satisfaction, I ask the Lord to enable me to give to others, an amazing thing often happens - I find my own needs wonderfully met. Refreshment comes in ways I would never have thought of, both for others, and then, incidentally, for myself.”
― Elisabeth Elliot

“You can be yourself without pursuing yourself. Have you ever seen a dog chase his own tail? He just runs in circles.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

“Rather than remain a sealed jar, she sought only to pour herself out to others. Everything she did mirrored her faith. It was as though every waking hour of the day she was devoted to pleasing her God by serving others. This God that she worshiped consumed her. It didn't ask for a brief visit to a temple, or a small votive offering of food or coin, or a few prayers every now and then. This God wanted all of her.”
― Francine Rivers, A Voice in the Wind

“As day is to a sword, night is to a shield.”
― Anthony Liccione

“We love those whom we serve (p. 26)”
― Richard Paul Evans, The Christmas Box Miracle: My Spiritual Journey of Destiny, Healing and Hope

“Then, are you master of us all? You didn't teach her that. Was she supposed to imbibe it from my quiet subservience?”
― Anne Rice, Interview with the Vampire

“There is power in continuing to work
to strive
to serve
to love
to do good
to clean up from bad
to rest
to question
to try to find balance
even when the purpose is unclear,
even when the value is murky,
even when you can't see the path forward
and there's no end in sight.

There is power in effort.
There is power in persistence.
There is power in
Continuing on.”
― Shellen Lubin

“Can you see the pictures before you on how to intervene on behalf of the oppressed? Are you thinking of what to do to the disenfranchised of your society? Do you notice the abused of your society? Can you see the afflicted that are crying for that justice every day? What of those who are been maltreated on daily basis, do you think they need that justice? Did you see any of those who are downtrodden, would that justice help them? Anyone oppressed and suppressed around you, can you serve them justice?”
― Sunday Adelaja

“When we get a new idea — or remember an old one – and we cling to it and try to spread it with evangelical zeal, then we no longer have control over it. In fact, it's the idea itself that possesses us and becomes our new master. And we end up blindly serving the idea and forgetting the cause that brought it to us in the first place.”
― Giannis Delimitsos

“The police protect and serve the government and corporations, the common people are way down the list.”
― Steven Magee

“The Lord our God has blessed us, therefore we shall serve him with joyful hearts.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“Compromise where you can and serve where you can't.”
― Jamie Hallman, The Expectation Gap: Change Your Expectations to Transform Your Relationships

“Soak blanket in gravy and make a delicious brick wrap. Serve in All Gravy Room at the Mandrake Hotel.”
― Christoph Fischer

“Powerful leaders always make an effort to understand the people they serve.”
― Gift Gugu Mona, The Effective Leadership Prototype for a Modern Day Leader

“What do you stand for? Define your principles and allow them to serve as benchmarks as you reach toward success.”
― Richie Norton

“Fight the temptation to be lazy. Work hard. Serve the Lord. Keep on praying. And do it all with enthusiasm.”
― Sadie Robertson, Live

“Never put a limit on yourself to serve God, make the most of every opportunity you have.”
― Y. John Joshua

“We do not serve because we have extra but we are passionate and compassionate to make a difference”
― Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

“In business success, you need 3 things, working hard, patience and determination, and most importantly, serve before you sell”
― Anath Lee Wales

“We are called to serve Christ - not so that we can become famous, but so that we can reveal the love of Jesus to a world that does not know Him. We are called to serve others, not to be served by others. We need to be like Jesus not just in word, but also in deed.”
― Alex Seeley, The Opposite Life: Unlocking the Mysteries of God’s Upside-Down Kingdom

“True leaders do not care about flashy seats. They care more about accessing the Mercy Seat. They are more passionate about whom they serve than their reputation, because true leaders are appointed by God to lead people in the right direction. That is why their focus is on hearing what God says in every situation.”
― Gift Gugu Mona, Prayer: An Antidote for the Inner Man

“The word ‘Police’ will always be associated with corruption.”
― Steven Magee

“I couldn't reject mine because it was the opposite. With my father and my friends, I had known true love. And I had seen what it meant to spend your life in service. To love others more than you loved yourself. Of course I couldn't let that go and walk away.”
― Melanie Cellier, The Golden Princess

“Having made several 911 calls over the years to the police to ‘protect and serve’ me, I was not ‘protected and served’ during many of those encounters.”
― Steven Magee

“Protect and serve...LOL!!!”
― Steven Magee

“As Lord Dekarta said, Lady Yeine - all descendants of Shahar Arameri must serve. One way or another.”
― N. K. Jemisin, The Inheritance Trilogy Series 3 Books Set – The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, The Broken Kingdoms, and The Kingdom of Gods