Service Quotes

In this age of selfishness, selfless service is the only soap that truly purifies.

The word "tip" stands for "to insure promptness." So when should you give it? Up front,of course. Sophisticated people don't take chances on poor service, they insure good service.

Peter Jones's is a vital public service. He reminds us that while we shouldn't live in the past, we are wiser and stronger when we live with it.

Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives. - John Adams

We are to give (and take) true love without falling into the narcissistic habit of only trying to take it in.

Sell practical, tested merchandise at a reasonable profit, treat your customers like human beings - and they will always come back.

Why can't we have fine black restaurants with fine service by black people who always gave good service? Because we thought that is demeaning and it's not, it's a good living.

Without self-expression, life lacks spontaneity and joy. Without service to others, it lacks meaning and purpose.

Make the Sabbath a delight by rendering service to others.

When we acknowledge a child's feelings, we do him a great service. We put him in touch with his inner reality. And once he's clear about that reality, he gathers the strength to begin to cope.

The best time to do great customer service is when a customer is upset.

Sanctions are not diplomacy. They are a precursor to war and an embarrassment to a country that pays lip service to free trade.

Service is what life is all about.

People need service - great service where music is concerned.

Let us make sure that the worship services we plan and conduct present that Truth in all its clarity and beauty and goodness.

Right or wrong, the customer is always right.

A woman I loved [Andi Parhamovich] was killed in Baghdad in January 2007 – al-Qaeda in Iraq took credit for it … The memorial service with me crying over an empty coffin.

Still, I never really mind bad service in a restaurant. It makes me feel better about not leaving a tip.

The longer you wait, the harder it is to provide outstanding customer service.

Enjoy your time in public service. It may well be one of the most interesting and challenging times of your life.

Our Lord holds the keys to the doors of Christian service. You don't have to chase 'key men' around if you know the Keeper of the keys!

Good service can save a bad meal, but there is no level of food that can save bad service.

Of all the things that it is possible to donate, to donate your own body is infinitely more worthwhile.

Reaching out takes nothing more than a smile.

You don't ever earn a right to stop doing anything if you feel there is an obligation to move in terms of public service.

The long-continued and useful public service and eminent purity of character of the deceased ex-President will be remembered.

Both my parents were actors. I was schooled to think that acting was an important social service, that it was something that human beings need.

I am convinced that the best service a retired general can perform is to turn in his tongue along with his suit and to mothball his opinions.

Don't offer God partnership when he wants penitence. Don't present him with lip service when He wants your life.

What motivated me to dedicate myself to public service for nearly two-thirds of my life was the chance to produce results for those people who entrusted me to be their voice and their champion.

Human service is the highest form of self-interest for the person who serves.

I don't like the royal family, I don't like the establishment, I don't like the civil service.

When customers' expectations change faster than your willingness or ability to serve them, you can be sure they'll be someone else's customers soon.

[President Bush should] quit hiding behind the Secret Service, come out and face the nation and explain his failure to protect the country.

But as I always say to people I'm essentially a public service person.

Utility is the great idol of the age, to which all powers must do service and all talents swear allegiance.

Anything a customer can do for themselves is where service stops and relevance begins.

Choose to deliver amazing service to your customers. You'll stand out because they don't get it anywhere else.

We reserve our deepest respect and admiration for those who volunteer for service and give their lives to help keep our nation secure.

The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in willing service.

The greatest joys in life are found not only in what we do and feel, but also in our quiet hopes and labors for others.

It is obvious that the greatest and most important service that is required of our agriculture under existing conditions is an enlarged production of the staple food crops.

No one can make you serve customers well. That's because great service is a choice.

If we don't take care of our customers, someone else will.

We have entered the era of the 'imperial' former presidency with lavish libraries, special staffs and benefits, around-the-clock Secret Service protection for life and other badges of privilege.

Follow through with basic values, and remember to provide good customer service.

Learn what you are good at and exploit it in service to others.

Her Majesty's Secret Service wouldn't have me on the payroll.

I don't want to run for governor, but I don't think anyone should put public service out of the question because that's not what a good citizen does.

I believe if a private citizen is able to affect public opinion in a constructive way, he doesn't have to be an elected public servant to perform a public service.