Top 200 Service Quotes (2025 Update)
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151. “Faith is the first factor in a life devoted to service. Without it, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible.”

— Mary McLeod Bethune

152. “Simply put: we don’t build services to make money; we make money to build better services. And we think this is a good way to build something.”

— Mark Zuckerberg

153. “The measure of a man is not how many servants he has but how many men he serves .”

— D.L. Moody

154. “We should be shining lamps, giving light to all around us.”

— Catherine McAuley

155. “Give, but give until it hurts.”

— Mother Teresa

156. “Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory.”

— George S. Patton Jr.

157. “I want nothing for myself; I want everything for the Lord.”

— Watchman Nee

158. “No one gets left behind, remember?”

— Mitch Albom

159. “The bottomline in leadership isn’t how far we advance ourselves but how far we advance others.”

— John C. Maxwell

160. “Good service can save a bad meal, but there is no level of food that can save bad service.”

— Alton Brown

161. “The greatest rewards come when you give of yourself. It’s about bettering the lives of others, being part of something bigger than yourself, and making a positive difference.”

— Nick Vujicic

162. “After-sales service is more important than assistance before sales. It is through such service that one gets permanent customers.”

— Konosuke Matsushita

163. “You may find that making a difference for others makes the biggest difference in you.”

— Brian Williams

164. “Everything starts with the customer.”

— Lou Gerstner

165. “The first step in exceeding your customer’s expectations is to know those expectations.”

— Roy H. Williams

166. “Never believe that a few caring people can’t change the world. For, indeed, that’s all who ever have.”

— Margaret Mead

167. “When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.”

— Maya Angelou

168. “Christ has no body now on earth but yours, no hands, no feet but yours. Yours are the eyes with which Christ looks out his compassion to the world. Yours are the feet with which he is to go about doing good. Yours are the hands with which he is to bless us now.”

— Teresa of Ávila

169. “Our only hope lies in the power of our love, generosity, tolerance and understanding and our commitment to making the world a better place for all...”

— Muhammad Ali

170. “You have the power to make the world a better place by being kind to someone today.”

— Joyce Meyer

171. “God, I pray Thee, light these idle sticks of my life and may I burn for Thee. Consume my life, my God, for it is Thine. I seek not a long life, but a full one, like you, Lord Jesus.”

— Jim Elliot

172. “Act by inspiration, motivated by love.”

— Russell M. Nelson

173. “If you don’t listen to your customers, someone else will.”

— Sam Walton

174. “We must use our lives to make the world a better place to live, not just to acquire things. That is what we are put on the earth for.”

— Dolores Huerta

175. “The life of Jesus is a life for others. It is a life of service.”

— Pope Francis

176. “Leading well is not about enriching yourself – it’s about empowering others.”

— John C. Maxwell

177. “If it falls your lot to be a street sweeper, sweep streets as Raphael painted pictures, sweep streets as Michelangelo carved marble, sweep streets as Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

178. “The true price of leadership is the willingness to place the needs of others above your own. Great leaders truly care about those they are privileged to lead and understand that the true cost of the leadership privilege comes at the expense of self-interest.”

— Simon Sinek

179. “Public service must be more than doing a job efficiently and honestly. It must be a complete dedication to the people and to the nation.”

— Margaret Chase Smith

180. “The purpose of life is to contribute in some way to making things better.”

— Robert F. Kennedy

181. “I pray that you will understand the words of Jesus, “Love one another as I have loved you.” Ask yourself “How has he loved me? Do I really love others in the same way?” Unless this love is among us, we can kill ourselves with work and it will only be work, not love. Work without love is slavery.”

— Mother Teresa

182. “You don’t build it for yourself. You know what the people want and you build it for them.”

— Walt Disney

183. “Every time a child is saved from the dark side of life, every time one of us makes the effort to make a difference in a child’s life, we add light and healing to our own lives.”

— Oprah Winfrey

184. “Make the world a better place because you have lived in it.”

— Edgar Cayce

185. “Enter to learn; depart to serve.”

— Mary McLeod Bethune

186. “Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, ‘Make me feel important.’ Never forget this message when working with people.”

— Mary Kay Ash

187. “What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other?”

— George Eliot

188. “Service to humanity is service to God. Let the love and light of the Kingdom radiate through you until all who look upon you shall be illumined by its reflection. Be as stars, brilliant and sparkling in the loftiness of their heavenly station.”

— Abdu'l-Bahá

189. “You can start right where you stand and apply the habit of going the extra mile by rendering more service and better service than you are now being paid for.”

— Napoleon Hill

190. “We are forever indebted to those who have given their lives that we might be free.”

— Ronald Reagan

191. “If you’re too big to serve, you’re too small to lead.”

— Rich Wilkerson Jr.

192. “When you go home, tell them of us and say, for their tomorrow we gave our today.”

— John Maxwell Edmonds

193. “If there’s one reason we have done better than of our peers in the Internet space over the last six years, it is because we have focused like a laser on customer experience.”

— Jeff Bezos

194. “To move forward you have to give back.”

— Oprah Winfrey

195. “When you serve others, when you make somebody else’s life better, when you lift up people, when you help heal those that are hurting, not only are they being blessed, but you’re being blessed.”

— Joel Osteen

196. “Jesus was a great worker, and His disciples must not be afraid of hard work.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

197. “Do things for others and you’ll find your self-consciousness evaporating like morning dew.”

— Dale Carnegie

198. “Making a difference in your work is not about productivity; it’s about people. When you focus on others and connect with them, you can work together to accomplish great things.”

— John C. Maxwell

199. “Teach us to give and not to count the cost.”

— Ignatius of Loyola

200. “Customer satisfaction is worthless. Customer loyalty is priceless.”

— Jeffrey Gitomer