Tim Walberg Quotes

All I know is, I think I would like to continue to do public service.

What I like to do is try to make a difference with the work I do.

I think public service is a calling and you do it as long as the things that brought you into the office can continue getting you up in the morning and as long as there's still work to get done.

My professional life has been about public service. My personal life I define very intently through my family.

I have a lifelong devotion to public service.

My function in life is not to be a politician in Parliament: it is to get something done.

I get enormous satisfaction from knowing I'm doing something for society.

It's the most rewarding thing to be a civil servant.

I grew up assuming that I would be in public service. I never planned to be in business.

Political service is important because it's about helping others help themselves. That was engrained in me from a young child.

Passion helps you in protecting the community, and public service will follow it. That has been my career. It is the passion that drives me to do what I do every day.

Going out and volunteering sounds simple, but many people don't volunteer because they don't know where to start.

What motivated me to dedicate myself to public service for nearly two-thirds of my life was the chance to produce results for those people who entrusted me to be their voice and their champion.

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.

I've also said you don't rule any options out, because if you are in public life because you want to make a difference... obviously, you have to be open to those kind of possibilities.

I had the opportunity at Duke to start doing things in the community, and it's something I continue to do even 20 years later.

We all have a responsibility to volunteer somewhere and I'm lucky that I get the education and get taken to places to see what's out there and see what's happening and to then be a part of it in hopefully an impactful way.

I could make a difference.

I want to serve the people.

My passion for service came from my parents, and my community involvement began at a very young age, when I volunteered with the local Chamber of Commerce in Lowell, MA to help revitalize our city.

Going back to high school and college, I believed I would be involved in public service. I literally could not conceptualize anything else.

I can assure you, public service is a stimulating, proud and lively enterprise. It is not just a way of life, it is a way to live fully.

When you go into public service, you understand you're trading something. You want to feel good about what you do, but you're not going to make what people in private sector make.

My whole life has been dedicated to public service.

I am a huge believer in giving back and helping out in the community and the world. Think globally, act locally I suppose. I believe that the measure of a person's life is the affect they have on others.