Service Quotes

First and foremost arms are tools in the service of rival nations, pointing at the possibility of a future war.

Alva Myrdal
- War
- Future
- Service
A productive mistake is: (1) made in the service of mission and vision; (2) acknowledged as a mistake; (3) learned from; (4) considered valuable; (5) shared for the benefit of all.

Pete Seeger
- Vision
- Mistake
- Service

Twenty years ago, Bed-Stuy was shorthand for a kind of chaos and disorder in which good people had no freedom to walk, shop, play, or just sit on the front steps and talk. It was too dangerous. But today, no more, thanks to the work of those who chose lives of service and danger to help others.

James Comey
- People
- Good
- Work
Prayer strikes the winning blow; service is simply picking up the pieces.

S. D Gordon
- Up
- Winning
- Prayer
How depressing, the Sleeper Service thought. That it should all come down to this; the person with the biggest stick prevails.

Iain Banks
- Service
The 1911 pistol remains the service pistol of choice in the eyes of those who understand the problem. Back when we audited the FBI academy in 1947, I was told that I ought not to use my pistol in their training program because it was not fair. Maybe the first thing one should demand of his sidearm is that it be unfair.

Jeff Cooper
- Eyes
- Training
- Service
Shakespeare is one of the last books one should like to give up, perhaps the one just before the Dying Service in a large Prayer book.

Charles Lamb
- Up
- Book
- Prayer
Everything abstract is ultimately part of the concrete. Everything inanimate finally serves the living. That is why every activity dealing in abstraction stands in ultimate service to a living whole.

Edith Stein
- Why
- Service