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Service to others is the rent you pay for your room in heaven. Muhammad Ali, Time magazine 1978
I know not whether God will have it so
For some displeasing service I have done. William Shakespeare, Henry IV III ii 4-5, King Henry to Prince Harry
’Swounds, sir, you are one of those that will not serve God if the devil bid you. William Shakespeare, Othello I i @109
Had I but served my God with half the zeal
I served my king, he would not in mine age
Have left me naked to mine enemies. William Shakespeare, Henry VIII III ii 456
There’s no remedy. ’Tis the curse of service. William Shakespeare, Othello, Iago, Globe Theatre production, Sky Arts 2012
The service and loyalty I owe,
In doing it, pays itself. William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Macbeth I iv 22, Macbeth
Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule. Albert Einstein
Some day, and that day may never come, I’ll call upon you to do a service for me. But until that day accept this justice as a gift on my daughter’s wedding day. The Godfather 1972 starring Marlon Brando & Al Pacino & James Caan & Richard S Castellano & Richard Duvall & Sterling Hayden & John Marley & Richard Conte & Diane Keaton et al, director Francis Ford Coppola
The honour is to serve. Star Trek: The Next Generation s2e21: Peak Performance, Worf to Riker
Doth God exact day-labour, light denied,
I fondly ask; but patience to prevent
That murmur, soon replies, God doth not need
Either man’s work or his own gifts, who best
Bear his mild yoke, they serve him best, his state
Is kingly. Thousands at his bidding speed
And post o’er land and ocean without rest:
They also serve who only stand and wait. John Milton, Sonnet 16 ‘When I Consider How My Light is Spent’, 1673
If we engage in devotional service, we get a different nature. And if we engage on the basis of sense gratification, the result is bad. A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. Matthew 6:24
No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. Luke 16:13
I am among you as he that serveth. Luke 22:27
If I had always served God as I have served you, Madam, I should not have a great account to render at my death. Francis Bacon, Life and Times of Francis the First I:46
Small service is true service while it lasts:
Of humblest friends, bright Creature! scorn not one;
The Daisy, by the shadow that it casts,
Protects the lingering dew drop from the Sun. William Wordsworth, To a Child, Written in Her Album
Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one’s self? Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you want good service, serve yourself. Spanish proverb
If you cannot serve, you cannot rule. Hungarian proverb
You can only govern men by serving them. The rule is without exception. Victor Kiam
‘I don’t need the money and I don’t need the office space … I’d like to just be a good United States senator; I’d like to serve.’ Bobby Kennedy for President II: I’d Like to Serve, Bobby in New York, Netflix 2018
The sole Meaning of Life is to serve humanity. Leo Tolstoy
An opportunity to serve. That is all we ask. Gordon Brown, Labour conference