Erwin McManus Quotes

The church is not here to meet our needs. We are the church here to meet the needs of the world.

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

The Church is the Church only when it exists for others.

There were initiatives I have remained involved with in the U.S. and in the Middle East, like the Peace Corps, which might be summed up as, "Ask not that the world serve you, but ask what you can do to serve the world."

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

I try to use the attention that I get to help and to serve, and that's really what I'd see as my work - to serve my community, serve the planet, serve my family. And I think a celebrity is someone who draws the attention on themselves, and then it kind of stops there.

Talent is a gift that brings with it an obligation to serve the world, and not ourselves, for it is not of our making.

Martin Luther King, Jr. tried to live his life serving others.

When you stop giving and offering something to the rest of the world, it's time to turn out the lights.

A happy life is a life for others.

Love the world With your heart's dreams. Serve the world With your life's promises.

You are not here in the world for yourself. You have been sent here for others. The world is waiting for you!

A rich life consists fundamentally of serving others, trying to leave the world a little better than you found it.

The local church is the hope of the world.

Not for yourself, O church, do you exist, any more than Christ existed for himself.

It is more important to be of service than successful.

Service to others leads to greatness.

It's about doing something larger than yourself. It's about serving this world, helping others.

The Church is the Church only when it exists for others...not dominating, but helping and serving. It must tell men of every calling what it means to live for Christ, to exist for others.

Power moves with you when you have an intent to serve more than yourself.

There is incredible value in being of service to others.

I saw the suffering and I let myself feel it… I saw the injustice and was compelled to do something about it. I changed from being a nun who only prayed for the suffering world to a woman with my sleeves rolled up, living my prayer.

The more for whom we strive to serve, the greater effectiveness we will have.

I have learned that it is by serving that we learn how to serve. When we engaged in the service of our fellowmen, not only do our deeds assist them but we put our own problems in fresher perspective. When we concern ourselves more with others, there is less time to be concerned with ourselves

You must keep a careful, correct perspective on life that this is not about me but about me serving my gift to the world.