Social service quotations

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◆ A volunteer is a person who can see what others cannot see; who can feel what most do not feel. Often, such gifted persons do not think of themselves as volunteers, but as citizens - citizens in the fullest sense: partners in civilization.

- Azgraybebly Josland99

◆ In this age, the man who dares to think for himself and to act independently does a service to his race

- John Stuart Mill98

◆ If you want good service, serve yourself

- Spanish Proverb98

◆ These are times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country.

- Thomas Paine98

◆ The thing that lies at the foundation of positive change, the way I see it, is service to a fellow human being.

- Lee Iacocca98

◆ Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.

- H Jackson Brown Jr98

◆ I know of no great men except those who have rendered great service to the human race.

- Voltaire98

◆ Joy can be real only if people look upon their life as a service, and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness

- Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy98

◆ The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.

- Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy98

◆ What a man does for others, not what they do for him, gives him immortality

- Daniel Webster98

◆ The sole purpose of business is service. The sole purpose of advertising is explaining the service which business renders.

- Leo Burnett98

◆ But do not understand me as saying, or for one moment suggesting, that women legislators should confine themselves to doing only social service work. Not at all.

- Edith Rogers98

◆ Physical nature lies at our feet shackled with a hundred chains. What of the control of human nature? Do not point to the triumphs of psychiatry, social services or the war against crime. Domination of human nature can only mean the domination of every man by himself.

- Johan Huizinga98

◆ Many are attracted to social service - the rewards are immediate, the gratification quick. But if we have social justice, we won't need social service.

- Julian Bond98

◆ Religion was nearly dead because there was no longer real belief in future life; but something was struggling to take its place - service - social service - the ants creed, the bees creed.

- John Galsworthy98