Charles Simeon Quotes

The only way you can serve God is by serving other people.

As a Christian, you forgive, and you feed the hungry and clothe the naked, and you visit the sick and comfort the lonely. If I'm a true follower of my lord and saviour Jesus Christ, I got to do the things you're supposed to be doing.

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

The true character of ministry is a servants heart.

The Savior was selfless. He viewed himself and his own needs as secondary, and he ministered to others tirelessly, lovingly, effectively.

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.

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

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.

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

Love always involves responsibility, and love always involves sacrifice. And we do not really love Christ unless we are prepared to face His task and to take up His Cross.

The mark of one who loves God and saints is sacrifice.

The true call of a Christian is not to do extraordinary things, but to do ordinary things in an extraordinary way.

Love is the motivating principle by which the Lord leads us along the way towards becoming like Him, our perfect example. Our way of life, hour by hour, must be filled with the love of God and love for others. There is no surprise in that, since the Lord proclaimed those as the first and great commandments.

The main rule to me is to honor God with your life. To life a life of integrity. Not be selfish. You know, help others. But that's really the essence of the Christian faith.

I see everything I do as an extension of the ministry. It's all about service.

I grew up in a very religious family and it is the motivating force to every thing I do. I am fortunate to have had adults all around me who really lived their faith, in helping other people and doing the best you can do.

I've learned one important thing about God's gifts - what we do with them is our gift to Him.

The Christian leader of the future is called to be completely irrelevant and to stand in this world with nothing to offer but his or her own vulnerable self. God loves us, not because of what we do or accomplish, but because God has created and redeemed us in love.

Selfishness is the only real atheism; aspiration, unselfishness, the only real religion.

Now the only way you can serve God on earth is by serving others.

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

… true evangelical faith ... clothes the naked; feeds the hungry; consoles the afflicted; shelters the miserable; aids and consoles all the oppressed; returns good for evil; serves those that injure it; prays for those that persecute it.

We should never desire to be over others. Instead, we ought to be servants who are submissive to every human being for God's sake.

The more one forgets himself - by giving himself to a cause to serve or another person to love - the more human he is.

I always sacrifice myself for the love of all my people.