Serve Quotes
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We must let go of those things that don’t serve us. In order to receive the blessings intended for us, we have to make room for them.
Clifton Anderson -
Occasionally words must serve to veil the facts. But let this happen in such a way that no one become aware of it; or, if it should be noticed, excuses must be at hand to be produced immediately.
Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli
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Better to reign in hell than serve in heav'n.
John Milton -
Detachment is not indifference. it is the prerequisite for effective involvement. Often what we think is best for others is distorted by our attachments to our opinions. We want others to be happy in the way we think they should be happy. It is only when we want nothing for ourselves that we are able to see clearly into others needs and understand how to serve them.
Mahatma Gandhi -
I am proud to announce these appointees who will help our state continue to flourish and be a leader in the nation. I would like to thank these leaders for being willing to serve our state and help us solve many of the big issues important to Tennesseans.
Bill Lee -
We came to serve God and to get rich, as all men wish to do.
Bernal Díaz del Castillo -
But their intervention makes our acts to serve ever less merely the immediate claims of our instincts.
Albert Einstein -
Surprises and reverses can serve as an incentive for great accomplishment. There are no rules here, we're just trying to accomplish something.
Thomas A. Edison
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Your honors here may serve you for a time, as it were for an hour, but they will be of no use to you beyond this world. Nobody will have heard a word of your honors in the other life. Your glory, your shame, your ambitions, and all the treasures for which you push hard and sacrifice much will be like wreaths of smoke. For these things, which you mostly seek, and for which you spend your life only tarry with you while you are on this side of the flood.
Henry Ward Beecher -
Every December, I host a tree-trimming party. I serve chili with cornbread and lots of good wine. It's a wonderful party, and it shows how much adults like to play.
Maya Angelou -
I will serve the people in a very humble way.
Lee Myung-bak -
This is servitude, To serve th' unwise, or him who hath rebelled Against his worthier, as thine now serve thee, Thyself not free, but to thyself enthralled.
John Milton -
Reflect that in reality you have a greater need to serve the poor than they have of your service.
Angela Merici -
I'm here to serve God and be of service. I'm nothing; everything out here is a lot bigger than me.
Mike Tyson
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The intent to serve unconditionally does not require love, it produces it.
Etsko Schuitema -
A great country needs more people to serve it. A small country needs more people to serve. So, if both shall get what they need, the great country ought to yield.
Lao Tzu -
There is no greater thing you can do with your life and your work than follow your passions – in a way that serves the world and you.
Richard Branson -
If you want to serve the age, betray it.
Brendan Kennelly -
I do not serve your personal issues, Morevna. I serve the People, and the People will have crimes against their body answered. You fought at Leningrad. So did I. Why should he be spared?' 'Somebody ought to be.
Catherynne M. Valente -
A couple of times a day I sit quietly and visualize my body fighting the AIDS virus. It's the same as me sitting and seeing myself hit the perfect serve. I did that often when I was an athlete.
Arthur Ashe