Service To Others Quotes

“...this is the work of the Holy Spirit and our operating instructions, to be cooling breezes to sad or worried people, including ourselves, in this sometimes hot stuffy joint [the world].”
― Anne Lamott, Dusk, Night, Dawn: On Revival and Courage

“I know not what course others will take, but as for me, either I'll make the land I stand on, just, humane and inclusive, or I'll die trying.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkanjali: The Sufi Sermon

“Your business is your platform. Your profit will be determined by the lives you touch through your service. ”
― Germany Kent

“Life isn't easy. It's actually extremely difficult, with only one guaranteed ending. But you should refuse to waste it, if not for yourself, then for everyone around you. That was my grandmothers' greatest trick--they weren't living this way for themselves, it was for the sole purpose of helping others. Just knowing that we have the power to make it a little easier for everyone else who is muddling through should be enough to make us try.

Try and be strong. Try and be better. Try to enjoy.”
― Tom Papa, You're Doing Great!: And Other Reasons to Stay Alive

“Look around and see whom you can serve. This will fill you.”
― Anne Lamott, Dusk, Night, Dawn: On Revival and Courage

“The facts of this world will never satisfy the human heart, but what we give each other can, when it holds love.”
― Anne Lamott, Dusk, Night, Dawn: On Revival and Courage

“Many argue that individual action doesn't matter in an issue as global and enormous as the climate crisis. They are wrong. Individual actions matter, but perhaps not in the way you think. You alone will not solve the climate crisis. Neither will I. But if you intentionally live a more sustainable life and connect with your community about your practice of One Green Thing, you can build momentum for culture change to shift policy.”
― Heather White, One Green Thing: Discover Your Hidden Power to Help Save the Planet

“Service is the lifeforce of patriotism.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Every Generation Needs Caretakers: The Gospel of Patriotism

“Give me your agony and I will give you my life.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Every Generation Needs Caretakers: The Gospel of Patriotism

“Be the light in darkness - be the sight in blindness - be the might in weakness and be the height in wickedness.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkanjali: The Sufi Sermon

“It's very much likely that no one will care for your agonies and miseries, if you choose the path of service over the path of everyday pleasures. To them you will be a pillar of strength, standing high and quite lifeless to erase people's miseries and confusions... Knowing this, if you still can’t hold yourself from running to the aid of the helpless and downtrodden, then my friend, there is no power in any obscurity to keep you from uplifting the society.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Citizens of Peace: Beyond the Savagery of Sovereignty

“All I’ve ever wanted in life is to save others. Heroes save people. I’ve desired to be a fearless warrior and protector for the God I was taught guides our every footstep. All I’ve wanted is to show Him that I wasn’t always afraid; to show Him that I was someone He could be proud of.”
― Aaron Kyle Andresen, How Dad Found Himself in the Padded Room: A Bipolar Father's Gift For The World

“Don't think you will always be safe from trials and errors, it will come. Instead, treat your customers well enough that they'll stand behind you in your times of troubles.”
― Olawale Daniel

“Help each of us to bring comfort to people right next to us.”
― Nicole Williams, RISE UP: Believing God When the World is Falling Apart

“Analogous to how we teach a child to develop vision by exposing them to visual stimulus a person must learn how to love by immersing themselves in the quick of nature and actively engaging in the tumult of family life. We become loveable by being a loving person. We find ourselves by devoting our lives to the service of other people.”
― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls

“A baby is born when the mother's pain is at its extreme, likewise, a humane world is born only when a handful of bravehearts bear the pain to deliver it out of their sweat and blood.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neden Türk: The Gospel of Secularism

“If what you do for someone has zero effect on your current life but a positive impact on theirs, do it already, will yah?”
― Vindy Teja

“How can I possibly serve another person in unfeigned humility if I seriously regard his sinfulness as worse than my own?”
― Deithrich Bonehoffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian in Community

“Life has a lot of surprises up its sleeve . . . I just mean there’s more than one way to love God, and taking pleasure in the world is surely one of them. That's a revelation that’s come on me rather late. Too late to be of any use to your mother . . . No. Guilt is a sin and a seduction. I’ve said that to many a poor soul that liked to wallow in it. Regret’s another matter. How could you get through a long life and escape it?”
― Alice Munro, Friend of My Youth

“Build up those around you, or they'll drag you down.”
― Josh Steimle

“Let Us Be (The Sonnet)

Let us be evolution,
Let us be the revolution.
There is plenty pollution,
Now let's be the solution.
Let us be soldiers eternal,
Let us be lovers adamant.
Let's not fear the fiery storms,
Let us be humans valiant.
Let us be the hope to others,
Let us be joy to others.
In a world full of self-obsession,
Across all self, let’s be the help to others.
Service of society is no act of charity,
For it is just life, for it is just humanity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Dervish Advaitam: Gospel of Sacred Feminines and Holy Fathers

“Honor He Wrote Sonnet 12

After all this time, the sun doesn't say to us,
Listen you guys, you owe all your light to me.
The trees don’t grab our throat with its vines,
And yell, all your air and food are my charity.
A candle does not burn to be appraised,
But because to burn is the purpose of a candle.
A candle not burning is no candle at all,
Be a burning candle and live life purpose-driven.
Life is a vessel of infinite majesty and potential,
Let us not let it rot at the shore playing safe.
Come hail or high water, let us be shredded,
Let us be annihilated in service and in help.
Let us be human, let us be alive across all narrowness.
Let us be the shinning beacon of supreme unselfishness.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Honor He Wrote: 100 Sonnets For Humans Not Vegetables

“When we see that the story is the way we live our lives, only then can we start to change, a day at a time. We try to help people like us, try to make the world around us a little better. It's then that the story begins.”
― Tommy Orange, There There

“Real achievers and successful people do not use people to amass resources unto themselves; they use resources to add value to people and improve society.”
― Dele Ola, Pursuit of Personal Leadership: Practical Principles of Personal Achievement

“Giving back not only changes you but changes the way others view the organization and its ability to attract people who want to make a difference.”
― Germany Kent

“We all have the power to plant seeds in our community.”
― Germany Kent

“If you do what’s best for the prospect, you cannot fail and you cannot be outsold.”
― Rob Liano

“Love until it hurts. . . . What I do you cannot do; but what you do, I cannot do. The needs are great, and none of us, including me, ever do great things. But we can all do small things, with great love, and together we can do something wonderful.”
― Mother Teresa

“The climate emergency is the biggest challenge of our time, and we all have a unique role to play. Everyone is needed, and everyone is welcome. Come as you are. Start here. Start now. Discover and apply your Service Superpower. Let's be part of the solution, together.”
― Heather White, One Green Thing: Discover Your Hidden Power to Help Save the Planet

“Taking action can also help reduce anxiety about the future. The compounding power of daily rituals can not only transform your personal relationship to the planet but also create a ripple effect from your life to the lives of people you know. Simply put, the Law of Simplicity & Consistency, the Law of Identity, and the Law of Amplification work together to create culture change.”
― Heather White, One Green Thing: Discover Your Hidden Power to Help Save the Planet