Rich Froning Jr. Quotes

It's a really wonderful thing to focus your life on something other than your own personal career and ambition.

My mom really inspired me. She has always taught me it's not about us, it's about what we can give back.

Whenever we have thanked these men and women for what they have done for us, without exception they have expressed gratitude for having the chance to help - because they grew as they served.

There are thousands willing to do great things for one willing to do a small thing.

I was raised to be in service to something larger than myself. A lot of actors concentrate on what they will get out of the profession, rather than what they can offer it. The way I see it, if you come with something to offer, you can offer it forever.

My joy knows no bounds... I will devote all my energy and all the powers available to me to the service of Nigeria and humanity.

If it awakens in us as a whole how important that is - the theme of how conquest and ambition are meaningless without contribution - I think then as a society we're in better shape. I hope people are inspired to be the best.

In order to be the best version of yourself, you have to dedicate time, effort, and support to other people who need it.

My calling is to help people, to teach people, to share with people, until I die. I can never stop doing that. I can't, and I don't want to.

I am driven by what you are able to accomplish and how you are able to help some people. I go about it each and every day, sometimes I think I say yes too much and I am too busy in my life.

I started volunteering at an animal shelter, and little by little, my life started getting better. I think that is the secret. It is just being on a mission that is something bigger than me and it's thankless. You do that because it is thankless, and I am not looking for anybody to say, 'Thanks' and 'You are great!'

One of the best lessons I learned early is that not everything in life is about you. It is about service. If you want trips and excessive gifts, then don't get into public service.

There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift mankind a little higher.

If I stayed in this game for individual achievements, I don't think I'd still be playing.

The dedicated life is worth living. You must give with your whole heart.

I always want to give more than I gave yesterday.

Scouting rises within you and inspires you to put forth your best.

When you think in terms of public service, I heard so much about what Mother Theresa had done in her life. And I was fortunate enough to get a chance to meet her and talk to her a lot about what motivates her and what drives her. And that, to me, is a person that really is an extraordinary role model.

As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.

I just aspire to pick people up. That's my ambition.

A day wasted on others is not wasted on one's self.

I'm proud, I've been working with this kind of self-sacrificing people like you.

The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.

The self-sacrificing, servant aspect of the Christian life has many parallels to parenthood.

I'm convinced many of America's heroes are public school teachers and administrators. Many of these people do what they do because of their faith.