Serving People Quotes

What a vicious circle we can put ourselves in: we have come to accept the notion of "fix me first," when part of the essential fixing we all need is to be compassionately involved with others. ~ Bo Lozoff

Humans are the world's greatest treasure ~ Sunday Adelaja

I care not about science, I care not about spirituality, all I care about is service of humanity. ~ Abhijit Naskar

Burn so bright that the world comes to life. ~ Abhijit Naskar

Change your focus from making money to serving more people. Serving people makes the money come in. ~ Robert Kiyosaki

The only way to see God is to notice and observe people ~ Sunday Adelaja

You cannot disregard people and hope to see God ~ Sunday Adelaja

If you can be kind to people, you will be a genius in this world. ~ Bryant McGill

There is no love for God without love for man ~ Sunday Adelaja

The people around you are the instruments that God will use to help you ~ Sunday Adelaja

When you pay attention to man, God also reciprocates with His attention ~ Sunday Adelaja

When you say, "I'll serve, as long as I'm getting benefits from it," that's not actually serving people; it's serving yourself through them. That's not circling them, orbiting around them; it's using them, getting them to orbit around you. ~ Timothy J. Keller

Religion should lay more emphasis on our relationship with people ~ Sunday Adelaja

We can make market forces work better for the poor if we can develop a more creative capitalism-if we can stretch the reach of market forces so that more people can make a profit, or at least make a living, serving people who are suffering from the worst inequities ... You have more than we had; you must start sooner, and carry on longer. ~ Bill Gates

All humans are important to God, so treat them all with love ~ Sunday Adelaja

At first the social worker may become too emotionally involved with his clients, so that when they fail he suffers, both because they are unhappy and because their failure is his failure, too. It's hard to spend his days confronting devastating problems that he cannot fix - the misery and helplessness rub off on him. It may seem to him that to feel happy or spend money on himself is to betray the people he knows who are still suffering; or it may seem that his own unhappiness is a sign of his devotion. Perhaps he becomes angry, blaming systems and society for what he cannot fix himself.

Gradually, he learns to be more detached. He realizes that he needs to be tough, and to develop a thick skin. But if he becomes too detached, he stops caring about his clients at all. Perhaps he withdraws into cynicism and self-defense, as he feels his ideals and his sense of potency wither. Longer-serving people in the office notice the waning of his enthusiasm, and welcome him to their gallows-humor fellowship. He retreats into apathy and jokes and drinks after work. But even with his fellow apathetics to keep him company, the situation is depressing, and he looks for a way out. ~ Larissa MacFarquhar

Prayers and wishes are worthless my friend, if they are not accompanied by tangible human actions. ~ Abhijit Naskar

The worship of God is in our attitude to people ~ Sunday Adelaja

Only by serving people can our love for God grow ~ Sunday Adelaja

Unfortunately, we are very poor with PR skills but in serving people- we are superhero. ~ Ghulam Nabi Azad

One who knows pain, can help others without gain. ~ Abhijit Naskar

All your solutions are in people, and you can only be free when you love them ~ Sunday Adelaja

Direct your attention to people; love, help and care for them ~ Sunday Adelaja

Look for people around you and serve them with love and compassion ~ Sunday Adelaja

The world needs madness, a madness for justice, a madness for harmony, a madness for equality, a madness for humanitarian glory. If everyone had the madness for doing good, there wouldn't be any misery in the world. So, be mad, be furious, be rebellious towards every bit of misery, inequality and injustice in the world. Remember, every injustice anywhere in the world is your business, every misery anywhere in the world is your business, every segregation anywhere in the world is your business. Human condition anywhere in the world is your business. ~ Abhijit Naskar

We only perceive God when we receive people ~ Sunday Adelaja

When you begin to serve people, God begins to serve you ~ Sunday Adelaja

Life is not lived till it's lived for others. ~ Abhijit Naskar

Be obligated to people only in mutual love ~ Sunday Adelaja

Light, The Hymn

Hail to the sun.
Hail to the stars.
Hail to the cosmos.
Hail to light!

In light we are made.
In light we are born.
In light we are raised.
In light we are enthroned.

In our minds it is wisdom.
In our hearts it is faith.
In our souls it is love.
In our lives it is God.

My mind honors light.
My heart esteems light.
My soul extols light.
How awesome light is.
How majestic light is.
How wonderful light is.

Feeding plants.
Nourishing animals.
Sustaining nature.
Serving people.
Supporting all.

Light illuminates the world.
Light illuminates the stars.
Light illuminates the universe.
Hail to the sun.
Hail to the stars.
Hail to the cosmos.
Hail to light!
Hail to God! ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If we can fall in love with serving people, creating value, solving problems, building valuable connections and doing work that matters, it makes it far more likely we're going to do important work ~ Seth Godin

Serving people is the best way to earn influence. ~ Jeff Goins

Service is the only path to greatness. ~ Abhijit Naskar

The God that is nearest to you in the people around you is the real one you need ~ Sunday Adelaja

Never disregard people, regardless of their beliefs, because we all carry God's likeness ~ Sunday Adelaja

You cannot reach God until you begin to pay attention to humans ~ Sunday Adelaja

I didn't leave bodybuilding until I felt that I had gone as far as I could go. It will be the same with my film career. When I feel the time is right, I will then consider public service. I feel that the highest honor comes from serving people and your country. ~ Arnold Schwarzenegger

Heroes don't stand in line, they set out alone into the unknown and lines form behind them. ~ Abhijit Naskar

You disregard God when you disregard His people ~ Sunday Adelaja

I learned that to find meaning in life, you can't separate yourself from serving people and giving your life to them. ~ Felix Muruchi

I urge you my dear sibling, to offer your body and mind as a living holy sacrifice to the service of humanity, for this is true worship. ~ Abhijit Naskar

The day the sun starts asking reward for the light and warmth it gives to the world, would be the last day of the sun's existence. ~ Abhijit Naskar

You cannot serve God without serving people ~ Sunday Adelaja

We cannot see God unless we respect people ~ Sunday Adelaja

Be naïve, be humble, be human, that's all that is needed to heal this wounded world. ~ Abhijit Naskar

We all have a piece of God in us ~ Sunday Adelaja

At a certain point, particularly in his third term, Mayor Bloomberg lost touch with the people he was serving. ~ Bill De Blasio

Every service is a product of double honor ~ Sunday Adelaja

More than money, fame and romance, I crave for society. ~ Abhijit Naskar

People have needs and wants. We call that DEMAND. There are also people who service these needs and wants. That is called SUPPLY. If there were no people to serve, there would be no business. So the true definition of business is nothing more than: PEOPLE SERVING PEOPLE. ~ Ian Fuhr

God will not come from Heaven to help us, but He'll use the people around us for that ~ Sunday Adelaja

The only way to love God is by loving His people ~ Sunday Adelaja

Good things come your way when you serve the people around you ~ Sunday Adelaja

Serving people with love and compassion is the best way to bring them to Christ ~ Sunday Adelaja

It is only when you study and understand people that you begin to see God's principles in them ~ Sunday Adelaja

When you love God for real, you will love His creation ~ Sunday Adelaja

When you meet silent and inscrutable people, don't tell them what you are thinking. When you meet irritable and self-serving people, be careful what you say. ~ Zicheng Hong

When I was younger, all I cared about was what people thought of me and my films. Now I care less about catering, hand-serving, hand-feeding the audience. I've gotten to the point now in my life where I'm serving myself. ~ Steven Spielberg

Selling is Serving:

Serving people
Asking questions
Listening actively
Engaging the client
Supporting their decision ~ Farshad Asl

The path of service is but a thorn-infested trail in the woods - a trail that is not yet made a trail, but simply lies indistinguishable from the rest of the jungle. And the work of a torch-bearer of progress is to make the trail appear and soften the thorns by crushing them with their own footsteps, while bearing an infinite amount of agony. ~ Abhijit Naskar

You recognize God when you begin to recognize people ~ Sunday Adelaja

Serve God and get grace to serve people ~ Sunday Adelaja

I tell people all the time, you have to be in love with that pot. You have to put all your love in that pot. If you're in a hurry,just eat your sandwich and go. Don't even start cooking, because you can't do anything well in a hurry. I love food. I love serving people. I love satisfying people. ~ Leah Chase

People-based service is God-based service ~ Sunday Adelaja

The day I stay silent in the face of bigotry and discrimination, will be the day the sun turns purple and the statue of liberty drops her torch. ~ Abhijit Naskar

Love is your service to humanity ~ Sunday Adelaja

I believe in prayer. I believe in gratitude and serving people. ~ Kiran Bedi

The world is sick and you are its cure. ~ Abhijit Naskar

Man is not made for the Sabbath. Rather, the Sabbath is made for man ~ Sunday Adelaja

The real service to God is when it involves people in need ~ Sunday Adelaja

Never see yourself as being superior to others ~ Sunday Adelaja

The fastest way to see God is to notice people ~ Sunday Adelaja

You cannot see God until you notice people ~ Sunday Adelaja

Announce my sisters and brothers at the top of your voice - the helpless, the hopeless, the forgotten, the discriminated, the alienated, the destitute are my family, and I will stop not till I lift them up to take their rightful place upon the fabric of society. ~ Abhijit Naskar

When you serve people, God will send people to bless you ~ Sunday Adelaja

I don't know if a song is going to be a hit or it's going to flop. I never know. I just do the music and if people like it, they like it. ~ T-Pain

History shows: Whenever people try to pull you down, you will reach peaks of success. You just need the ability to ignore. ~ Debalina Haldar

Each gig should be unique. You're always treading that line between keeping yourself fresh and giving people something they want to hear. ~ Brian May

No one can escape death and unhappiness. If people expect only happiness in life, they will be disappointed. ~ Gautama Buddha

They had found out.

Before I could panic, I made myself stretch my fingers wide and take a calming breath. You already knew this was bound to happen. At least that's what I told myself.

The more I thought about it, the more I should have been appreciative that the people at the chapel in Las Vegas hadn't recognized him. Or that people on the street had been oblivious and hadn't seen us going in and out of there. Or that the receptionist at the acupuncturist hadn't snapped a picture on her phone and posted it online.

Because I might not understand all people, much less most of them, but I understood nosey folks. And nosey folks would do something like that without a second thought. Yet, I reminded myself that there was nothing to be embarrassed about.

It would be fine. So, one gossip site posted about us getting married. Whoop-de-do. There was probably a thousand sites just like it.

I briefly thought about Diana hearing about it, but I'd deal with that later. There was no use in getting scared now. She was the only one whose reaction I cared about. My mom and sisters' opinions and feelings weren't exactly registering at the top of my list now… or ever. I made myself shove them to the back of my thoughts. I was tired of being mad and upset; it affected my work. Plus, they'd made me sad and mad enough times in my life. I wasn't going to let them ruin another day.

Picking my phone up again, I quickly texted Aiden b ~ Mariana Zapata

We do have a grand strategy," says Zeese, who was the spokesman for Ralph Nader's 2004 presidential campaign. "Nonviolent movements shift power by attacking the columns that hold the power structure in place. Those columns are the military, police, media, business, workers, youth, faith groups, NGOs, and civil servants. Every time we deal with the police, we have that in mind. The goal is not to hit them, hit them, hit them, and weaken them. The goal is to pull people from those columns to our side. We want the police to know that we understand they're not the 1 percent. The goal is not to get every police officer, but to get enough police so that you have a division. ~ Chris Hedges

Really, what I'm doing is an attempt to continue the best work of the people I adore: Francis Coppola and Scorsese and Robert Altman and Stanley Kubrick and those amazing directors whose work I grew up with and loved. ~ James Gray

The basic fault lines today are not between people with different beliefs but between people who hold these beliefs with an element of uncertainty and people who hold these beliefs with a pretense of certitude. ~ Peter L. Berger

Let today be the day you stop being haunted by the ghost of yesterday. Holding a grudge & harboring anger/resentment is poison to the soul. Get even with people ... but not those who have hurt us, forget them, instead get even with those who have helped us. ~ Steve Maraboli

What if a family isn't a tree at all? What if it's more like a forest? A collection of individuals, pooling their resources by intertwined roots, sheltering each other from wind and weather and drought... what are families other than fictions? Stories told about a particular cluster of people for a particular reason. And like all stories, families are not born, they're invented. Pieced together from love and lies and nothing else. ~ Michael Christie

My friends and I took songwriting very, very seriously. My hero was and still is Bob Dylan, but also people like Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell and that whole generation. ~ Kazuo Ishiguro

It may come as a surprise to people, but I'm actually quite boring and normal. What do I do? I read books. I drive my kid to school. I have lunch with my wife. I pick my kid up from school. I go home. ~ Nicolas Cage

They were a wonderful set of burglars, the people who were running San Francisco when I first came to town in 1923, wonderful because, if they were stealing, they were doing it with class and style. ~ Sally Stanford

People keep talking about this unfolding. I can't trust the unfolding, okay? If there is some higher power making origami out of the universe, it hates my guts. I was a fat kid whose parents got divorced, whose father died, and then who got cancer herself. So no. I don't trust how things are going to unfold. ~ Wendy Wunder

I have far more respect for the person with a single idea who gets there than for the person with a thousand ideas who does nothing ... ~ Thomas A. Edison

Weirdly, that comes with the territory, the people most likely to be able to afford steak dinners in nice restaurants get them for free." "Free ~ Kristen Ashley

Belief in the traditional sense, or certitude, or dogma, amounts to the grandiose delusion, "My current model"
or grid, or map, or reality-tunnel
"contains the whole universe and will never need to be revised." In terms of the history of science and knowledge in general, this appears absurd and arrogant to me, and I am perpetually astonished that so many people still manage to live with such a medieval attitude. ~ Robert Anton Wilson

I'm a tomboy at the end of the day, so anything that causes me to have to run around, fight people, roll in the dirt, hop a fence - I'm all for it. So I really would love to do an action film. ~ Emayatzy Corinealdi

You can't make silly people stay away from you; all you can do is staying away from them. ~ M.F. Moonzajer

People watch me when I get into these characters that I have in my head, so perhaps I should try acting. So I did. ~ John Boyega

In Australia, everyone gets a nickname and people started calling me "Izzy" and I hated it so I just adopted Bella. ~ Bella Heathcote

Whether it's difficult or not, there will be a few people who are outstanding, who will rise above the rest. ~ John Gokongwei

We're nothing if we're not loved. When you meet somebody who is more important to you than yourself, that has to be the most important thing in life, really. And I think we are all striving for it in different ways. I also believe very, very strongly that everybody is the hero/heroine of his/her own life. I try to make my characters kind of ordinary, somebody that anybody could be. Because we've all had loves, perhaps love and loss, people can relate to my characters ~ Maeve Binchy

I have to get out once a week and speak with people or I start thinking I'm the emperor of Abyssinia. ~ Graham Joyce

We show deference to the civil authorities when they respect the divine origin of their power and when they serve the people with objective reference to the law of God. ~ Angelo Scola