Phillips Brooks Quotes

No one who has come to true greatness has not felt in some degree that his life belongs to the people, and what God has given them he gives it for mankind.

If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind should we serve?

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

The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.

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

Human life has meaning only to that degree and as long as it is lived in the service of humanity.

To be a man is to suffer for others. God help us to be men!

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

As my dad said, you have an obligation to leave the world better than how you found it. And he also reminded us to be givers in this life, and not takers.

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

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

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

True religion... is giving and finding one's happiness by bringing happiness into the lives of others.

As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.

When I'm not thanked at all, I'm thanked enough, I've done my duty, and I've done no more.

Giving is what makes a nation great.

Whatever God would want me to do... love each other and help others. I want to add, not take away.

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.

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

Use power to help people. For we are given power not to advance our own purposes nor to make a great show in the world, nor a name. There is but one just use of power and it is to serve people.

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

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

I believe that everyone, regardless of who they are, should do something that is greater than themselves. Whether it's adoption, or helping people who are sick or poor, or whatever. That's what God put us on this earth to do.

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.

For in my tradition, as a Jew, I believe that whatever we receive we must share.