#service

Stale godliness is ungodliness. Let our religion be as warm, and constant, and natural as the flow of the blood in our veins. A living God must be served in a living way. ↗

— Charles H. Spurgeon

#service #serving #inspirational

Wanting help, I reached out to serve.  Seeking happiness, I smiled and offered comfort. Yearning for love, I loved.  And now I understand.  My life was never about me.  It was always about you. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#happiness #help #inspirational-quotes #joy #life

If there is anything in us, it is not our own; it is a gift of God. But if it is a gift of God, then it is entirely a debt one owes to love, that is, to the law of Christ. And if it is a debt owed to love, then I must serve others with it, not myself. Thus my learning is not my own; it belongs to the unlearned and is the debt I owe them...My wisdom belongs to the foolish, my power to the oppressed. Thus my wealth belongs to the poor, my righteousness to the sinners... It is with all these qualities that we must stand before God and intervene on behalf of those who do not have them, as though clothed with someone else's garment...But even before men we must, with the same love, render them service against their detractors and those who are violent toward them; for this is what Christ did for us. ↗

— Martin Luther

#love #service #love

The idea is not to do good because of the praise of men; but to do good because in doing good we develop godliness within us, and this being the case we shall become allied to godliness, which will in time become part and portion of our being. ↗

— Lorenzo Snow

#service #men

Love comes into being through useful service to others. ↗

— Emanuel Swedenborg

#love #service #swedenborg #usefulness #inspirational

For those who have made the ultimate sacrifice, we are grateful that such men and women were among us. For those who continue to serve, we honor their commitment. For those who return to civilian life, we honor their service. ↗

— Steve Buyer

#civilian #commitment #continue #grateful #honor

I urge the enactment of a civil service law so explicit and so strong that no partisan official will dare evade it, basing all rewards, promotions and salaries solely on merit, on loyalty and industry in the public service. ↗

— Arthur Capper

#civil #civil service #dare #enactment #evade

Taking the time to read to children is not only a worthwhile investment but also a wonderful experience. I have visited 119 schools in Maine, and these visits are among the most rewarding experiences in my career in public service. ↗

— Susan Collins

#among #career #children #experience #experiences

And if these be unprincipled agents who scruple at nothing, he will be a bold man who will deny that there are always to be found men at the bar who lend their services most cordially to back and support these agents in their most desperate cases. ↗

— George Combe

#always #back #bar #bold #cases

I pastor a very large church in western Australia. We have about - over 2,000 people, which we have a Bible school, community services, a lot of things linked with it. So my life's very full today. Not enough days in the week. ↗

— Margaret Smith Court

#australia #bible #church #community #days