Robyn Davidson Quotes

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

All the things I've done are about duty and guilt: trying to do your best to better other people's lives.

It is penance to work, to give oneself to others, to endure the pinpricks of community living.

As you forget self in service to others, you will find that, without seeking it, your own cup of happiness will be full.

We become forgetful of the ego when we think of the body as dedicated to the service of others - the body with which most complacently we identify the ego.

...because with us what is highest must be at the service of others.

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

Man is sent into the world to perform his duty even at the cost of his life.

You get an opportunity to do something for your country, you better get out and do it.

In our country today, very few children are raised to believe that their principal destiny is to serve their family, their country, or God.

Going to war was the only unselfish thing I have ever done for humanity.

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.

Character is made of duty and love and sympathy, and, above all, of living and working for others.

People who put themselves on the line and sacrifice their own safety for the greater good and for others, and anyone in any profession whose concern is the welfare for other people instead of the individual, are inspiring and important.

Jail has indeed become a heaven for us. To serve India in the battle for freedom is honor enough .... But to suffer for the dear country! What greater good fortune could befall an Indian.

Service is that which is done for love's sake for another. It is not true service which is paid with wages

I promise you that during my life, I was more concerned about not letting people down, about doing my part, than I was ever into what it did for me.

I believe very, very strongly that when you serve, you serve the entire state.

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

I believe in the idea of sacrifice and fighting for what's right and giving something back to the country that's given me so much.

There are things that are more important than my personal happiness.

The secret to greatness is in serving everyone else.

We are here for the sake of others

Let us never forget that authentic power is service, which has its radiant culmination on the Cross.

What good is this body? Let it go in helping others. Did not the Master preach until the very end? And shall I not do the same? I do not care a straw if the body goes. You cannot imagine how happy I am when I find earnest seekers after truth to talk to. In the work of waking up Atman in my fellow men I shall gladly die again and again!