“John Glenn's life will long be remembered for his time in space, his courage, and his service to all Americans.”— Katherine Johnson, brainyquote.com
“Bart: You made all that money for sitting around and watching TV and eating food? Lisa: There's a lot more to it than that, Bart. I don't just babysit. I sell peace of mind for a dollar an hour. Two dollars after 9 o'clock.”— Dan Greaney, Lisa Simpson, Yeardley Smith, imdb.com
“The first service that one owes to others in the fellowship consists of listening to them. Just as love of God begins with listening to his word, so the beginning of love for our brothers and sisters is learning to listen to them.”— Dietrich Bonhoeffer, amazon.com
“Here I was presented with an opportunity of speaking before quite a large audience. I was now able to confirm what I had hitherto merely felt, namely, that I had a talent for public speaking. My voice had become- so much better that I could be well understood, at least in all parts of the small hall…”— Adolf Hitler, amazon.com
“Up until I became a father, it was all about self-obsession. But then I learned exactly what it's all about: the delight of being a servant. Olivier wrote that the greatest thing you could aspire to in life was to be a good servant.”— Eric Clapton, esquire.com
“It is the duty of every officer to obey any orders given him by his commander in chief”— Nathan Hale, amazon.com
“I am so satisfied with the cause in which I have engaged, that my only regret is, that I have not more lives than one to offer in its service.”— Nathan Hale, amazon.com
“I wish to be useful, and every kind of service necessary to the public good becomes honorable by being necessary.”— Nathan Hale, amazon.com
“If the exigencies of my country demand a peculiar service, its claim to perform that service are imperious.”— Nathan Hale, amazon.com
“Business is not just doing deals; business is having great products, doing great engineering, and providing tremendous service to customers. Finally, business is a cobweb of human relationships.”— Ross Perot, ranker.com
“I have a lifetime appointment and I intend to serve it. I expect to die at 110, shot by a jealous husband.”— Thurgood Marshall, thurgoodmarshall.com
“The good ruler sublimates his needs as an individual to the service of the nation.”— Aung San Suu Kyi, amazon.com
“Here lies the body of my good horse, The General. For years he bore me around the circuit of my practice and all that time he never made a blunder. Would that his master could say the same.”— John Tyler, azquotes.com
“In 1840 I was called from my farm to undertake the administration of public affairs and I foresaw that I was called to a bed of thorns. I now leave that bed which has afforded me little rest, and eagerly seek repose in the quiet enjoyments of rural life.”— John Tyler, en.wikiquote.org
“Considering myself called of my God to instruct the ignorant, comfort the sorrowful, confirm the weak, and rebuke the proud; by tongue and lively voice in these corrupt days rather than to compose books for the age to come, seeing that so much is written, and yet so little well observed, I decree to…”— John Knox, goodreads.com
“As touching nature I am a worm of this earth, and yet a subject of this commonwealth; but as touching the office wherein it has pleased God to place me [head of the Reformed church in Scotland], I am a watchman...For that reason I am bound in conscience to blow the trumpet publicly.”— John Knox, en.wikiquote.org
“Work is what you do for others, liebchen. Art is what you do for yourself.”— Stephen Sondheim, en.wikipedia.org
“What's the point of having this superb military that you're always talking about if we can't use it?”— Madeleine Albright, amazon.com
“My deepest regret from my years in public service is the failure of the United States and the international community to act sooner to halt these crimes.”— Madeleine Albright, amazon.com