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For whatever trauma came with service in tough circumstances, we should take what we learned - take ...

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I understand you.—You do not suppose that I have ever felt much.—For four months, Marianne, I have h...

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YouTube began as a failed video-dating site. Twitter was a failed music service. In each case, the f...

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I've been so blessed to be part of a family that has dedicated its life to public service.

The best customer service is if the customer doesn't need to call you, doesn't need to talk to you. ...

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We are as the dead," Sha said. "Our purpose is to dedicate our lives to the service of our lord. And...

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The function of combat is not merely to perpetrate violence, but to perpetrate violence on command, ...

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Of course great hotels have always been social ideas, flawless mirrors to the particular societies t...

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Power always thinks... that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws.

Prior to email, our private correspondence was secured by a government institution called the postal...

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For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self...

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Truth is a tyrant-the only tyrant to whom we can give our allegiance. The service of truth is a matt...

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Religion was nearly dead because there was no longer real belief in future life; but something was s...

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The oblivion fear is something else, fear that I won't be able to give anything in exchange for my l...

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A person's faith goes at its own pace. The trouble with church is the service. A service is conducte...

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Servant of God well done.

They also serve who only stand and wait.

Why don't people ask us about our hope? The answer is probably that we look as if we hope in the sam...

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Why don't people ask us about our hope? The answer is probably that we look as if we hope in the sam...

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Why don't people ask us about our hope? The answer is probably that we look as if we hope in the sam...

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Why don't people ask us about our hope? The answer is probably that we look as if we hope in the sam...

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As for reputation, though it be a glorious instrument of advancing our Master's service, yet there i...

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Don't mistake activity with achievement.

SIS, the Secret Intelligence Service, also known as MI6, also has no executive powers and operates a...

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The Secret Intelligence Service I knew occupied dusky suites of little rooms opposite St James's Par...

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We should get into the way of appearing lively in religion, more by being lively in the service of G...

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If a newspaper is to be of real service to the public, it must have a big circulation: first, becaus...

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This is the great reward of service, to live, far out and on, in the life of others; this is the mys...

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On the Bigotry of Culture:: it presented us with culture, with thought as something justified in its...

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José Ortega y GassetThe Dehumanization of Art and Other Essays on Art

The mass-man would never have accepted authority external to himself had not his surroundings violen...

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Choose food, clothing, and shelter that accords with nature.Rely on your own body for transportation...

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LaoziHua Hu Ching: The Unknown Teachings of Lao Tzu

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

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A person less fortunate than yourself deserves the best you can give. Because of duty, and honor, an...

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Joy can only be real if people look upon their life as a service and have a definite object in life ...

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The idea is not to do good because of the praise of men; but to do good because in doing good we dev...

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We'd all survive if Twitter shut down for a short while during major riots. Social media isn't any m...

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Already a congressman, to a mentor "I hope sometime you run across something you think I can do well...

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Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her...

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Do not worry in the least about yourself, leave all worry to God,' - this appears to be the commandm...

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The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served. But all other pleasu...

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Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets, ...

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Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in yo...

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Give all your gifts away in service to the world.  If you want to paint, don't wait for a grant, pai...

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Marianne WilliamsonA Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of "A Course in Miracles"

Another miraculous transformation is the shift from a sales mentality to a service mentality. When w...

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Marianne WilliamsonA Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of "A Course in Miracles"

If our prayer is “Dear God, please use me to be of service,” then that is what we will be. And it is...

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Marianne WilliamsonEnchanted Love: The Mystical Power Of Intimate Relationships

As long as there are ways we can serve, then we have a job to do.

Your customers can tell you the things that are broken and how they want to be made happy. Listen to...

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For all works and things, which are either commanded or forbidden by God and thus have been institut...

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I cannot choose but adhere to the word of God, which has possession of my conscience; nor can I poss...

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If there is anything in us, it is not our own; it is a gift of God. But if it is a gift of God, then...

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Martin LutherLuther's Works Lectures on Galatians/Chapters 5-6 Chapters 1-6

My call to the ministry was not a miraculous or supernatural something. On the contrary it was an in...

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Everybody can be great...because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve...

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The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: 'If I stop to help this man, what will...

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The highest distinction is service to others.

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Max BrooksWorld War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War

We believe that all those who are served should also spend time serving.

There is indeed a certain sense of gratification when we do a good deed that gives us inward satisfa...

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I dare suggest that the composer would do himself and his music an immediate and eventual service by...

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Instead of just giving lip service to improving our schools, I will actually put the kids first and ...

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We reserve our deepest respect and admiration for those who volunteer for service and give their liv...

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At the end of life we will not be judged by how many diplomas we have received, how much money we ha...

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You can find Calcutta anywhere in the world. You only need two eyes to see. Everywhere in the world ...

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I see Jesus in every human being. I say to myself, this is hungry Jesus, I must feed him. This is si...

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The Simple PathSilence is PrayerPrayer is FaithFaith is LoveLove is ServiceThe Fruit of Service is P...

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If I look at the mass, I will never act. If I look at the one, I will.

Love is not patronizing and charity isn't about pity, it is about love. Charity and love are the sam...

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All my time not devoted to my master's service was spent either in prayer, or in making experiments ...

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It's sad that we have become so accustomed to bad service that we're shocked when we get good servic...

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I've spent quality time in the aerospace community, with my service on two presidential commissions,...

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One of the great failings of the American education system (in our view) is that young people can gr...

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Nicholas D. KristofHalf the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide

All of my high school male teachers were WWII and/or Korean War veterans. They taught my brothers an...

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Human beings are free except when humanity needs them. Maybe humanity needs you. To do something. Ma...

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Service is the overflow which pours from a life filled with love and devotion.

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Oswald ChambersMy Utmost for His Highest

No enthusiasm will ever stand the strain that Jesus Christ will put upon His worker, only one thing ...

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It is one thing to follow God's way of service if you are regarded as a hero, but quite another thin...

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Oswald ChambersMy Utmost for His Highest

Are you ready to be less than a mere drop in the bucket--to be so totally insignificant that no one ...

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Oswald ChambersMy Utmost for His Highest

Some saints cannot do menial work while maintaining a saintly attitude because they feel such servic...

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Oswald ChambersMy Utmost for His Highest

The federal government spends millions to run the Postal Service. I could lose your mail for half of...

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We have to design a health delivery system by actually talking to people and asking, 'What would mak...

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Suppliers and especially manufacturers have market power because they have information about a produ...

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He who wishes to serve his country must have not only the power to think, but the will to act

Religion has the right to express its opinion in the service of the people, but God in creation has ...

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I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, ser...

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Religious and spiritual leaders should be held accountable for environmental activism, not only beca...

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Your own Self-Realization is the greatest service you can render the world.

I don't want to do business with those who don't make a profit, because they can't give the best ser...

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God is looking for people to use, and if you can get usable, he will wear you out. The most dangerou...

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Impression without expression causes depression. Study without service leads to spiritual stagnation...

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Rick WarrenThe Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?

The most worth-while thing is to try to put happiness into the lives of others.

And yet many of us do it without families," Nynaeve said. "Without love, without passion beyond our ...

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So long as we love we serve; so long as we are loved by others, I would almost say that we are indis...

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The ultimate obscenity is not caring, not doing something about what you feel, not feeling! Just dra...

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First, a man may in some ways be superior to his fellows and still serve them, if together they serv...

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The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civi...

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Business is not just doing deals; business is having great products, doing great engineering, and pr...

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You don't know what a rough crowd is. If all I have to do is go make people laugh, that's nothing. L...

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Restricting access to such a basic health care service, which 99% of sexually experienced American w...

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One of the things that's great about New York is that it is not a one-industry town. It has educatio...

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Being a good example is the best form of service.

I think first and foremost everybody should understand that Canadians are strongly committed to the ...

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