#service

Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others. ↗

— Booker T. Washington

#compassion #happiness #helping-others #service #slavery

I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve. ↗

— Albert Schweitzer

#happiness #service #destiny

The worst thing you can do is censor yourself as the pencil hits the paper. You must not edit until you get it all on paper. If you can put everything down, stream-of-consciousness, you'll do yourself a service. ↗

— Stephen Sondheim

#down #edit #everything #get #hits

Who taught you to write in blood on my back? Who taught you to use your hands as branding irons? You have scored your name into my shoulders, referenced me with your mark. The pads of your fingers have become printing blocks, you tap a message on to my skin, tap meaning into my body. Your morse code interferes with my heart beat. I had a steady heart before I met you, I relied upon it, it had seen active service and grown strong. Now you alter its pace with your own rhythm, you play upon me, drumming me taut. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#service

The Wanderlust has got me... by the belly-aching fire ↗

— Robert W. Service

#traveling #wanderlust #service

I'm an agent of Her Majesty's Secret Service. I do not do booby traps. ↗

— Ally Carter

#townsend #service

Librarian is a service occupation. Gas station attendant of the mind. ↗

— Richard Powers

#service

Perhaps when we face our maker, we will not be asked, 'How many positions did you hold,' but rather, 'How many people did you help? ↗

— Thomas S. Monson

#service

When the Dark Lord takes over, is he going to care how many O.W.L.s or N.E.W.T.s anyone’s got? Of course he isn’t. . . . It’ll be all about the kind of service he received, the level of devotion he was shown. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#service

A motto of many politicians, public servants and money bags: Ask not 'What can I do for you?' but 'What can I do you for? ↗

— H.M. Forester

#public-service #selfishness #money