Robert James Graves Quotes

He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies.

I will serve the people in a very humble way.

The people I've known who've done great things of that type - you know, building hospitals, running schools - are very humble people. They give their lives to the project.

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

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

I am just an actor, but there are these other people who are really selfless. I come from a long line of nurses in my family, and they really do a thankless job.

I think service is honorable, and that was always inculcated in me.

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.

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

I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money. No, I wouldn't touch a leper for a thousand pounds; yet I willingly cure him for the love of God.

I came up in a family oriented towards the sick, so I always felt an obligation for doing something.

The dedicated life is worth living. You must give with your whole heart.

Kindness and a generous spirit go a long way. And a sense of humor. It's like medicine - very healing.

There are not a few among the disciples of charity who require, in their vocation, scarcely less excitement than the votaries of pleasure in theirs.

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

He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend; provided, of course, he really is dead.

We can learn from him that suffering and the gift of himself is an essential gift we need in our time.

There is no rank in sacrifice.

Leadership is a privilege to better the lives of others. It is not an opportunity to satisfy personal greed.

But I will never stop helping and loving people the way Jesus said to.

What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.

Raising or caring for children requires sacrifice and service, which, I believe, heals us from the destructive forces of self-centeredness.

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.

I was raised to be in service to something larger than myself. A lot of actors concentrate on what they will get out of the profession, rather than what they can offer it. The way I see it, if you come with something to offer, you can offer it forever.