Edwin Louis Cole Quotes

The secret to greatness is in serving everyone else.

The high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule.

Not everyone can be famous, but everyone can be great. Because greatness is a matter of service.

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

Service to others leads to greatness.

Remember, purpose is about giving...All you can do with your life is to give it away in the service of others.

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 someone as blessed as I am is not willing to clean out the barn, who will?

A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.

There is no greater calling than to serve your fellow men. There is no greater contribution than to help the weak. There is no greater satisfaction than to have done it well.

I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.

I thought to myself, there's a man who gave up his life to serve others - to touch people in that way is probably the greatest thing you can do as a human being.

It has always appeared to me, that there is so much to be done in this world, that all self-inflicted suffering which cannot be turned to good account for others, is a loss - a loss, if you may so express it, to the spiritual world.

The only way you can serve God is by serving other people.

Not to be ministered unto but to minister.

Our net worth is ultimately defined not by dollars but rather by how well we serve others.

It is not the style of clothes one wears, neither the kind of automobile one drives, nor the amount of money one has in the bank, that counts. These mean nothing. It is simply service that measures success.

Service is key. And as I have more on my plate, and I have more ambitions and more goals and things I want for myself, I'm realizing more and more how important it is to be a servant.

And I think at the end of my life, it's not going to be about what I did for myself, but what I did for others. Maybe it's staying after practice to do hand signals with the guys to help them get caught up to speed. To make it about others - I think that's what leadership is all about, quarterbacking is all about.

I'd say most definitely with my faith, there's no room for me with it. It's always about other people. It's always about loving on other people and giving praise where praise is due.

Everyone has an opportunity to be great because everyone has an opportunity to serve.

We are healed to help others. We are blessed to be a blessing. We are saved to serve, not to sit around and wait for heaven.

Service is the highest form of prayer as far as I am concerned.

We all can't be famous but we can all be great and we become great when we serve others