The idea of service to humanity, putting yourself in situations where people have much less than you do, puts life in perspective.
In the days ahead, I will propose more ways for more Americans to get involved in national service and give back to our communities, because every one of us has a role to play in building the future we want.
Only through service and sacrifice can you become great.
Long before I had ever seen a ritualistic service I became a Ritualist.
Does coaching work? Yes. Good coaches provide a truly important service. They tell you the truth when no one else will.
The Service without Hope Is tenderest, I think--. . . There is no Diligence like that That knows not an Until
Nothing very new. By taking good care of yourselves you are of service to me and my family as well as yourselves, no matter what you do, even if you don't think so at present. But if you neglect yourselves and are unwilling to live, as though following tracks, in accordance with what we now say and have said in the past too, then no matter how much or how seriously you agree with me at present you will accomplish next to nothing.
Sailors, with their built in sense of order, service and discipline, should really be running the world.
Although by 1851 tales of adventure had begun to seem antiquated, they had rendered a large service to the course of literature: they had removed the stigma, for the most part, from the word novel.
The first service that one owes to others consists in listening to them.
The Quito telephone service is about as reliable as roulette.
As we lose ourselves in the service of others, we discover our own lives and our own happiness.
What is it to serve God and to do His will? Nothing else than to show mercy to our neighbor. For it is our own neighbor who needs our service; God in heaven needs it not.
The Internal Revenue Service is the real undefeated heavyweight champion.
Answer your phone. Get call forwarding. Or an answering service. Hire staff if you need to. But make sure that someone is picking up the phone when someone calls your business.
The backlash against women's rights would be just one of several powerful forces creating a harsh and painful climate for women at work. Reagonomics, the recession, and the expansion of a minimum-wage service economy also helped, in no small measure, to slow and even undermine women's momentum in the job market. But the backlash did more than impede women's opportunities for employment, promotions, and better pay. Its spokesmen kept the news of many of these setbacks from women. Not only did the backlash do grievous damage to working women C it did on the sly.
Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
No one would think of bringing a dog into church. For though a dog is all very well on a gravel path, and shows no disrespect to flowers, the way he wanders down an aisle, looking, lifting a paw, and approaching a pillar with a purpose that makes the blood run cold with horror. . . a dog destroys the service completely.
Going forward with our service and work is an important way room qualify for revelation. In my study of the scriptures I have noted that most revelation to the children of God comes when they are on the move, not when they are sitting back in their habitations waiting for the Lord to tell them the first step to take.
An essential part of a happy, healthy life is being of service to others.
