#serve

It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#dignity #enough #frank #generous #independent

Serve the dinner backward, do anything - but for goodness sake, do something weird. ↗

— Elsa Maxwell

#backward #dinner #goodness #sake #serve

Praise is warming and desirable. But it is an earned thing. It has to be deserved, like a hug from a child. ↗

— Phyllis McGinley

#deserved #desirable #earned #hug #like

We are all ruled in what we do by impulses; and these impulses are so organized that our actions in general serve for our self preservation and that of the race. ↗

— Edna St. Vincent Millay

#general #impulses #organized #our #preservation

In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#observed #ought #power #predominant #republic

Though we may not necessarily forfeit our lives in service to our God, we can certainly demonstrate our love for Him by how well we serve Him. ↗

— Thomas S. Monson

#demonstrate #forfeit #god #him #how

I doubt that the Lord cares much which honorable vocation you choose. But He does care if you love one another and serve one another. ↗

— Russell M. Nelson

#care #cares #choose #does #doubt

If we win, we'll make history, and I'll serve you on the Agriculture Committee. ↗

— George Nethercutt

#committee #history #i #make #serve

NASA is an engine of innovation and inspiration as well as the world's premier space exploration agency, and we are well served by politicians working to keep it that way, instead of turning it into a mere jobs program, or worse, cutting its budget. ↗

— Bill Nye

#budget #cutting #engine #exploration #innovation

When we see the shadow on our images, are we seeing the time 11 minutes ago on Mars? Or are we seeing the time on Mars as observed from Earth now? It's like time travel problems in science fiction. When is now; when was then? ↗

— Bill Nye

#earth #fiction #images #like #mars