Sam Jaeger Quotes

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

Lest when I am gone you may be at a loss for an epitaph for me, let me give you one - He Fed Fevers.

I will serve the people in a very humble way.

Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.

There is no rank in sacrifice.

True charity is the desire to be useful to others with no thought of recompense.

All of our energy should be in sacrifice and services. Suffering, at least.

It seemed to me that I was put on earth to take care of people. That is what I should be doing, and I never got tired of 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.

The most important thing is you have to want to do something for somebody other than yourself.

We are at our best when we give the ultimate sacrifice of putting other people, putting the country, putting our communities ahead of ourselves.

I don't want my life to just be about me.

I'm no saint, and I don't want to come across like one, but there is not a day that goes by that I'm not doing something for someone else with a very large chunk of my time.

How often do we make films just celebrating people that do a good job, work altruistically, and are in it just for the sake of the love and not the business?

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.

Live for yourself and you will live in vain; Live for others, and you will live again.

Our greatest fulfillment lies in giving ourselves to others.

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 secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for 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.

God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with.

Love is sacrifice.

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

Mother Teresa was asked what was the meaning of life, and she said to help other people, and I thought, 'What a strange thing to say' - but maybe it's the right thing to say.

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