Service Quotes

To be a servant of the Saviour is the sacred service.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

You are the enemy and a vessel through which the cure flows - if Christ lives in you, then you are an embodiment of the very shot this hostile and crying world needs as it, in every waking moment, struggles belligerently to resist.

~ Criss Jami

If you find a need, reach out to help.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Love evoke powerful force of divinity in every man.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

May we graciously accept our responsibility.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Serve one another with great humility.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Serve one another with brotherly love.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

He took a deep breath in, still managing himself as if he were resisting temptation. He was a soldier, his father was in the service, too. Crying wasn't something Morell men did. They just didn't. He hadn't cried at Robbie Morell's funeral.So he wasn't going to now.

~ Luke Taylor

The grace of service is heart of belonging.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Jiu Jitsu forges friendships in a way I’ve never known. Being involved in an art as intimate as this, where bodily connection is a must, the common cultural boundaries of personal space are broken. You will never see more hugs, high fives, and physical expressions of love than on the mats. Ultimately, this proves to be one of the most fulfilling aspects of our pursuit of mastery. Along the way, we learn to love others as we love ourselves.

~ Chris Matakas

Through Jiu Jitsu I have developed many of the most meaningful relationships in my life, and if that were the only benefit of my practice, Jiu Jitsu would still be the best endeavor I have ever undertaken.

~ Chris Matakas

Relationships formed through Jiu Jitsu are deeply rooted in respect for one another, and this is often not the case in matters of modern society.

~ Chris Matakas

This is the opportunity the fellowship of Jiu Jitsu affords us. To reach our highest potential of self, and then to offer that self to another.

~ Chris Matakas

My plans for the future are to serve more and better, to worry less about the things that are unimportant, to let my wife and children know how much I love them, to openly support whatever I can see is good, to appreciate and to encourage everyone in the best way possible, and, in short, to do more of what makes life meaningful.

~ Norris B. Finlayson

More often than not, people who are obsessed with their desires and feelings are generally unhappier in life vs. people that refocus their attention on service to others or a righteous cause. Have you ever heard someone say their life sucked because they fed the homeless? Made their children laugh? Or, bought a toy for a needy child at Christmas time?

~ Shannon L. Alder

Make up your mind! Whom you shall serve?

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

No production, no prosperity! Every product and service is someone's brain child... Ask yourself, when is my naming ceremony going to come on?. Begin producing something today and make a difference!

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Saadi’s dictum, in the Bostan: ‘The Path is not in the rosary, the prayer-mat and the robe

~ Idries Shah

Power is meant to be shared with the goal of empowering others. Hoarded power weakens others and exalts oneself. Power, when grounded in biblical values, serves others by liberating them. It acknowledges that people bear the image of God and treats them in a way that will nurture the development of that image. In so doing, we honor their Creator.

~ Duane Elmer

Power is to be used in the service of others and only secondarily, if at all, for the benefit of oneself.

~ Duane Elmer

The incredibly powerful and enriching lifestyle of seeking beauty is a humble service of love and healing.

~ Bryant Mcgill

There are some people, she says, not many, who have within them the power to change things. The courage to act in the service of somethin greater than themselves.

~ Moira Young

You have a great talent and a great role in the world.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

The world is waiting for us to graduate from ourselves.

~ Shannon L. Alder

The earth is hiring and the pay is your legacy.

~ Shannon L. Alder

You cannot enrich yourself with material possessions. However, you can enrich yourself by giving yourself away with love, service, kindness, compassion, and courage.

~ Debasish Mridha

Growing up, I always had a soldier mentality. As a kid I wanted to be a soldier, a fighter pilot, a covert agent, professions that require a great deal of bravery and risk and putting oneself in grave danger in order to complete the mission. Even though I did not become all those things, and unless my predisposition, in its youngest years, already had me leaning towards them, the interest that was there still shaped my philosophies. To this day I honor risk and sacrifice for the good of others - my views on life and love are heavily influenced by this.

~ Criss Jami

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~ Muse

Your love is as stable as you are: It's not about how good a person makes you feel, but rather what good you can do for them.

~ Criss Jami

For a leader, courage, love, and passion for service are the virtues of life.

~ Debasish Mridha

You must put all your heart into everything you do.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Work with enthusiasm.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Together, we can serve humanity with our unique passions, gifts and abilities.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

The only real difficulty with becoming disciplined is when you buy into the notion that happiness comes at the price of sacrifice. The reality is this: Discipline becomes freedom when you are doing what you love.

~ Shannon L. Alder

A catalyst by definition creates a reaction, but itself remains unchanged. Be a positive catalyst for a cause you are passionate about. I dare you to remain unchanged!

~ Michele Jennae

Already a congressman, to a mentor I hope sometime you run across something you think I can do well 24 hours per day.

~ Lyndon B. Johnson

It is a harsh reality that some of the most important and respectable jobs which deserve high salaries might be better off with low salaries. A politician, or a minister, or a teacher is sure to be working sincerely and selflessly for the good of the people when through and through there is little monetary reward guaranteed. This is how the charlatans are weeded out of the field.

~ Criss Jami

What needs to be done will be done by grace.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Do all the work you while you still have strength.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.

~ Rabindranath Tagore