Inspirational Quotes on Service

“We need to realize that in all things our first duty and responsibility is to God Himself.”

“In the early days of marriage, joy precedes the act. Tragically, as the years go by joy can be severed from the act until finally, the act itself is no more. This ought not to be. Over time it is the companionship that brings joy, and service is the natural outworking of the joy of commitment. Failure to act kills it.”

“What the Lord wants is, that you shall go about the business to which He sets you, not asking for an easy post, nor grumbling at a hard one.”

“Anyone who serves the Lord is going to be the target of Satan's attacks.”

“The service [Jesus] gave to humanity was given even when we least merited that sacrifice. There is a joy in service that transcends emotional temporariness.”

“Most people want to serve God, but only in an advisory capacity.”

“Do something for somebody everyday for which you do not get paid.”

“There is little doubt that the effective ministry of the Word today continues to be significantly undergirded by men and women who find great fulfillment in the supportive role entrusted to them by our heavenly Father.”

“In order to the existence of such a ministry in the Church, there is requisite an authority received from God, and consequently power and knowledge imparted from God for the exercise of such ministry; and where a man possesses these, although the bishop has not laid hands upon him according to his traditions, God has Himself appointed him.”

“And this wise man asked me to stop. He said, "Stop asking God to bless what you're doing. Get involved in what God is doing -- because it's already blessed."”

“The Scriptures teach that the happiness or blessedness of believers in a future life will be greater or less in proportion to the service of Christ in this life. Those who love little, do little; and those who do little, enjoy less.”

“Not that our salvation should be the effect of our work, but our work should be the evidence of our salvation.”

“I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.”

“Seeking to perpetuate one's name on earth is like writing on the sand by the seashore; to be perpetual it must be written on eternal shores.”

“Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.”

“Does God ask us to do what is beneath us? This question will never trouble us again if we consider the Lord of heaven taking a towel and washing feet.”

“The humblest occupation has in it materials of discipline for the highest heaven.”

“God never gave a man a thing to do, concerning which it were irreverent to ponder how the Son of God would have done it.”

“It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.”

“Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each other's welfare, social justice can never be attained.”