W. Somerset Maugham Quotes

An efficient and valuable man does what he can, whether the community pay him for it or not.

All work which is necessary ennobles him who performs it. Only one thing is shameful - to contribute nothing to the community.

It is time to break the bad habit of expecting something for nothing from our Government or from each other. Let us all take more responsibility not only for ourselves and our families but our communities and our country.

The world is full of willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them

Family, Nation, Work!

He who is idle shall not eat the bread nor wear the garments of the laborer

No man has a right to be idle. Where is it that in such a world as this, that health, and leisure, and affluence may not find some ignorance to instruct, some wrong to redress, some want to supply, some misery to alleviate?

No human being has the right to be idle... Women must, as children of God, be trained to do some work in the world.

…mortals cannot cherish what is private without injury to the community…to the extent that we call anything our own it absorbs our affections and diverts them from the service of the common good.

Work gives you meaning. Work turns you into a servant to your family and to your neighbors and to your local community.

We must never forget the value of work because without it people are denied a sense of dignity and of community.

Be an active participant in your community and country. Every small gesture makes up the big gestures. Resist, rinse, repeat.

I was raised to believe that everybody has a responsibility to their community and I use the word very loosely. It's a big community. If I get recognized in the middle of the Sinai Desert I have a big community.

All for each, and each for all, is a good motto; but only on condition that each works with might and main to so maintain himself as not to be a burden to others.

True patriots measure themselves not by personal wealth or power but by the degree to which they contribute to the community.

A man's value to the community primarily depends on how far his feelings, thoughts, and actions are directed towards promoting the good of his fellows.

The aim (of education) must be the training of independently acting and thinking individuals who, however, see in the service to the community their highest life problem.

An efficient and valuable man does what he can, whether the community pay him for it or not. The inefficient offer their inefficiency to the highest bidder, and are forever expecting to be put into office. One would suppose that they were rarely disappointed.

This is a great country and requires a good deal of all of us, so I can imagine nothing more important than for all of you to continue to work in public affairs and be interested in them, not only to bring up a family, but also give part of your time to your community, your state, and your country.

I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can.

I was raised to believe that everybody has a responsibility to their community.

Earlier in my college career, there was no doubt in my mind that as a member of the Black community I was somehow obligated to this community and would utilize all of my present and future resources to benefit this community first and foremost.

When we think of work, we think of work as an act of service. We think of it as an act of love for humanity.

My vision of America is an America where everyone has a place, if you're willing to work hard, you do your part, you contribute to the community.

Charity and treating begin at home.