Rudy Gobert Quotes

He who lives only unto himself withers and dies, while he who forgets himself in the service of others grows and blossoms.

Be of service. Whether you make yourself available to a friend or co-worker, or you make time every month to do volunteer work, there is nothing that harvests more of a feeling of empowerment than being of service to someone in need.

I only wanted to help my people.

Make a difference about something other than yourselves.

Service is what life is all about.

People are nicer than economists give us credit for. The economists cannot understand why people would work long and hard to clean up a community after a hurricane. … Most economists don’t have any interest in or understanding of psychology.

I think you always want to have a project where it's not about you: where you're serving it. Where it has needs, and you're trying to meet those needs, so you're trying to lift it out of you and put it out there and then say to people, 'Hey, I think that's it; let's head that way.'

Every day, people serve their neighbors and our nation in many different ways, from helping a child learn and easing the loneliness of those without a family to defending our freedom overseas. It is in this spirit of dedication to others and to our country that I believe service should be broadly and deeply encouraged.

The motto of my Jesuit high school was 'Men for others.' I've tried to live that creed.

I want to be able to serve people. For that it's important that I'm with them, among them and working for them.

Wherever you turn, you can find someone who needs you. Even if it is a little thing, do something for which there is no pay but the privilege of doing it. Remember, you don't live in a world all of your own

If you want to experience joy in your life, you have to be able to step outside yourself and become part of a cause that is much larger than you; one that brings a greater good to a greater community.

It's only the giving that makes you what you are.

It helps me when I help people.

Anywhere I see suffering, that is where I want to be, doing what I can.

Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men.

From my early school days, I was brought up with the belief that we have a duty to use our talents, to volunteer and to make a contribution.

Among us, who is above must be in service of the others. This doesn't mean we have to wash each other's feet every day, but we must help one another.

There are many ways to serve.

Just the service aspect of running a nonprofit is so gratifying because it takes the attention off yourself. I'm not an acting monk or anything. I'm not, like, the most well-adjusted actor. But it's really designed to focus on yourself, or it can be. So it's good to have something else to focus on that reminds you that it's not always about you.

I profoundly feel that the art of living is the art of giving. You're fulfilled in the moment of giving, of doing something beyond yourself.

I believe in servant leadership, and the servant always asks, 'Where am I needed most?'

Some of our finest work comes through service to others.

Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.

God wants you to live for others and to live that presence well.