Top 200 Service Quotes (2024 Update)
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101. “They alone live, who live for others.”

— Swami Vivekananda

102. “Serve, Love, Give, Purify, Meditate, Realize.”

— Sivananda

103. “Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less. Humility is thinking more of others.”

— Rick Warren

104. “Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.”

— Douglas MacArthur

105. “Ordinary people with commitment can make an extraordinary impact on their world.”

— John C. Maxwell

106. “Don’t just talk about it, do it.”

— Ron Kaufman

107. “The only way you can serve God is by serving other people.”

— Rick Warren

108. “Blessed are they whose bodies get destroyed in the service of others.”

— Swami Vivekananda

109. “Being a good example is the best form of service.”

— Sathya Sai Baba

110. “True leadership is servanthood. Put the interests of others at the center of your decisions.”

— Dave Ramsey

111. “I exist not to be loved and admired, but to love and act. It is not the duty of those around me to love me. Rather, it is my duty to be concerned about the world, about man.”

— Janusz Korczak

112. “It does not matter where we come from or what we look like. If we recognize our abilities, are willing to learn and to use what we know in helping others, we will always have a place in the world.”

— Ben Carson

113. “It is no longer enough to satisfy your customers. You must delight them.”

— Philip Kotler

114. “To whom much is given, from him much will be required.”

— Luke the Evangelist

115. “The Service you do for others is the rent you pay for your room here on Earth.”

— Muhammad Ali

116. “The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.”

— Coretta Scott King

117. “If serving is below you, leadership is beyond you.”

— Anonymous

118. “A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person.”

— Dave Barry

119. “Don’t go to work to make money; go to work to spread joy.”

— Marianne Williamson

120. “If you make your business about helping others, you’ll always have plenty of work.”

— Chris Guillebeau

121. “I slept and I dreamed that life is all joy. I woke and I saw that life is all service. I served and I saw that service is joy.”

— Khalil Gibran

122. “If you’re not serving the customer, your job is to be serving someone who is.”

— Jan Carlzon

123. “To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.”

— Mother Teresa

124. “I am a Soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.”

— George S. Patton Jr.

125. “If a user is having a problem, it’s our problem.”

— Steve Jobs

126. “The ultimate test of your greatness is the way you treat every human being.”

— Pope John Paul II

127. “Love everyone, serve everyone, remember God, and tell the truth.”

— Neem Karoli Baba

128. “Service to others leads to greatness.”

— Jim Rohn

129. “Let my heart be broken by the things that break the heart of God.”

— Bob Pierce

130. “There is no greater reward than working from your heart and making a difference in the world.”

— Carlos Santana

131. “No one ever drowned in sweat.”

— United States Marine Corps

132. “For our own success to be real, it must contribute to the success of others.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

133. “Exceed your customer’s expectations. If you do, they’ll come back over and over. Give them what they want – and a little more.”

— Sam Walton

134. “If you’re feeling helpless, help someone.”

— Aung San Suu Kyi

135. “The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.”

— Leo Tolstoy

136. “Why can I not fight for my country too?”

— Deborah Sampson

137. “Being a disciple means being constantly ready to bring the love of Jesus to others, and this can happen unexpectedly and in any place: on the street, in a city square, during work, on a journey.”

— Pope Francis

138. “The greatest gift you can give someone is your time.”

— Rick Warren

139. “I want to make a difference with people who want to make a difference, doing something that makes a difference.”

— John C. Maxwell

140. “Let us give something to each person we meet: joy, courage, hope, assurance, or philosophy, wisdom, a vision for the future. Let us always give something.”

— Daisaku Ikeda

141. “It’s not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.”

— Mother Teresa

142. “The greatness of a man is measured by the way he treats the little man. Compassion for the weak is a sign of greatness.”

— Myles Munroe

143. “Leave this world a little better than you found it.”

— Robert Baden-Powell

144. “It is in your hands to create a better world for all who live in it.”

— Nelson Mandela

145. “Rule with the heart of a servant. Serve with the heart of a king.”

— Bill Johnson

146. “Christianity is not a religion or a philosophy, but a relationship and a lifestyle. The core of that lifestyle is thinking of others, as Jesus did, instead of ourselves.”

— Rick Warren

147. “Only if we understand, can we care. Only if we care, we will help. Only if we help, we shall be saved.”

— Jane Goodall

148. “I shall pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do or any kindness that I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.”

— Stephen Grellet

149. “Serving others prepares you to lead others.”

— Jim George

150. “Do for one what you wish you could do for everyone.”

— Andy Stanley