Quotes about Service

Again and again, service to others is presented as the surest route to a meaningful life. Mahatma Gandhi held that “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others”, and Albert Pike argued that what we do for others remains when what we do for ourselves dies with us. William Wordsworth reminded readers that small service is true service too.

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“One should be of service rather than be conspicuous.”
— Motto
Original (Latin)

Prodesse quam conspici

VerifiedLatin motto; recorded in James Wood, Dictionary of Quotations (1899), p. 367 · evidenceDetails & citeService
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“What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.”
Verified"1860. In Lodge of Sorrow at Washington: March 30.", p. 11 · evidenceDetails & citeService
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