100 Quotes About Service

Service is one of the most important things we do as human beings. We might think it’s time consuming, dull, or boring, but it’s not. When you give of yourself to others, you are opening yourself up to receive more back in return. Whether it’s volunteering at a local animal shelter or bringing home some food for the needy, service is an act of kindness that will make you feel better about yourself.

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The Simple PathSilence is PrayerPrayer is FaithFaith is LoveLove is ServiceThe Fruit of Service is Peace Mother Teresa
So long as we love we serve; so long as...
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So long as we love we serve; so long as we are loved by others, I would almost say that we are indispensable; and no man is useless while he has a friend. Robert Louis Stevenson
Want to keep Christ in Christmas? Feed the hungry, clothe...
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Want to keep Christ in Christmas? Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, forgive the guilty, welcome the unwanted, care for the ill, love your enemies, and do unto others as you would have done unto you. Steve Maraboli
Love is not patronizing and charity isn't about pity, it...
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Love is not patronizing and charity isn't about pity, it is about love. Charity and love are the same -- with charity you give love, so don't just give money but reach out your hand instead. Mother Teresa
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The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: 'If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?' But...the good Samaritan reversed the question: 'If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him? Unknown
I slept and I dreamed that life is all joy....
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I slept and I dreamed that life is all joy. I woke and I saw that life is all service. I served and I saw that service is joy. Kahlil Gibran
Beauty is not who you are on the outside, it...
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Beauty is not who you are on the outside, it is the wisdom and time you gave away to save another struggling soul like you. Shannon L. Alder
Your own Self-Realization is the greatest service you can render...
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Your own Self-Realization is the greatest service you can render the world. Ramana Maharshi
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If you were born with the ability to change someone’s perspective or emotions, never waste that gift. It is one of the most powerful gifts God can give–the ability to influence. Shannon L. Alder
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On the Bigotry of Culture:: it presented us with culture, with thought as something justified in itself, that is, which requires no justification but is valid by it's own essence, whatever its concrete employment and content maybe. Human life was to put itself at the service of culture because only thus would it become charged with value. From which it would follow that human life, our pure existence was, in itself, a mean and worthless thing. Unknown
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I cannot choose but adhere to the word of God, which has possession of my conscience; nor can I possibly, nor will I even make any recantation, since it is neither safe nor honest to act contrary to conscience! Here I stand; I cannot do otherwise, so help me God! Amen. Martin Luther
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Keep a clear eye toward life's end. Do not forget your purpose and destiny as God's creature. What you are in his sight is what you are and nothing more. Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take nothing that you have received...but only what you have given; a full heart enriched by honest service, love, sacrifice, and courage. Francis Of Assisi
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For all works and things, which are either commanded or forbidden by God and thus have been instituted by the supreme Majesty, are 'musts.' Nevertheless, no one should be dragged to them or away from them by the hair, for I can drive no man to heaven or beat him into it with a club. Martin Luther
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If I could give you information of my life it would be to show how a woman of very ordinary ability has been led by God in strange and unaccustomed paths to do in His service what He has done in her. And if I could tell you all, you would see how God has done all, and I nothing. I have worked hard, very hard, that is all; and I have never refused God anything. Florence Nightingale
Service to humanity is service to God.
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Service to humanity is service to God. Lailah Gifty Akita
As long as you are ready to pay this price...
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As long as you are ready to pay this price for living in the light (knowledge) the darkness (ignorance) becomes a servant to you. Sunday Adelaja
Hide yourself in God, so when a man wants to...
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Hide yourself in God, so when a man wants to find you he will have to go there first. Shannon L. Alder
The best kind of happiness is a habit you're passionate...
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The best kind of happiness is a habit you're passionate about. Shannon L. Alder
I don't know what your destiny will be, but one...
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I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve. Albert Schweitzer
In the end, the number of prayers we say may...
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In the end, the number of prayers we say may contribute to our happiness, but the number of prayers we answer may be of even greater importance. Dieter F. Uchtdorf
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When you find yourself in need of spiritual nourishment, it is in the opportunities to serve others that you will find the abundance you seek. Steve Maraboli
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There is indeed a certain sense of gratification when we do a good deed that gives us inward satisfaction, and a generous pride that accompanies a good conscience… These testimonies of a good conscience are pleasant; and such a natural pleasure is very beneficial to us; it is the only payment that can never fail. “On Repentance Michel De Montaigne
Those who are happiest are those who do the most...
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Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others. Booker T. Washington
It feels great to share life.
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It feels great to share life. Lailah Gifty Akita
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We are bound in honor to strive to bring ever nearer the day when, as far is humanly possible, we shall be able to realize the ideal that each man shall have an equal opportunity to show the stuff that is in him by the way in which he renders service. Theodore Roosevelt
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The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope. Barack Obama
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I'm inspired by the people I meet in my travels--hearing their stories, seeing the hardships they overcome, their fundamental optimism and decency. I'm inspired by the love people have for their children. And I'm inspired by my own children, how full they make my heart. They make me want to work to make the world a little bit better. And they make me want to be a better man. Barack Obama
The greatest joys in life are found not only in...
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The greatest joys in life are found not only in what we do and feel, but also in our quiet hopes and labors for others. Bryant McGill
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Why don't people ask us about our hope? The answer is probably that we look as if we hope in the same things they do. Our lives don't look like they are on the Calvary road, stripped down for sacrificial love, serving others with the sweet assurance that we don't need to be rewarded in this life. John Piper
Can any man sacrifice is life for his fellow man?
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Can any man sacrifice is life for his fellow man? Lailah Gifty Akita
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If you are a Buddhist, inspire yourself by thinking of the bodhisattva. If you are a Christian, think of the Christ, who came not to be served by others but to serve them in joy, in peace, and in generosity. For these things, these are not mere words, but acts, which go all the way, right up to their last breath. Even their death is a gift, and resurrection is born from this kind of death. (157) JeanYves Leloup
You are serving someone for the rest of your life,...
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You are serving someone for the rest of your life, not knowing a time must come when you must also be served. Israelmore Ayivor
The purpose of a profession is to fulfil the personal...
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The purpose of a profession is to fulfil the personal wishes of a prospect. Amit Kalantri
I have to serve with all my might.
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I have to serve with all my might. Lailah Gifty Akita
Our daily prayer ought to be: Please universe, help me...
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Our daily prayer ought to be: Please universe, help me help myself and help me show others how to help themselves. Kamand Kojouri
Every game is winnable if you change your mind about...
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Every game is winnable if you change your mind about what the prize should be and your perspective about the players at the table. Shannon L. Alder
The more you become aware of and respond to the...
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The more you become aware of and respond to the needs of others, the richer your own life becomes. Mollie Marti
Life is a sacred service.
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Life is a sacred service. Lailah Gifty Akita
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Let these words be your guide; money or no money, houses or no houses, cars or no cars, never turn down the divine assignment of God for your life. Become an inspiration to another life through good service and healthy relationship. Israelmore Ayivor
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Do not worry in the least about yourself, leave all worry to God, ' - this appears to be the commandment in all religions. This need not frighten anyone. He who devotes himself to service with a clear conscience, will day by day grasp the necessity for it in greater measure, and will continually grow richer in faith. The path of service can hardly be trodden by one who is not prepared to renounce self-interest, and to recognize the conditions of his birth. Consciously or unconsciously, every one of us does render some service or other. If we cultivate the habit of doing this service deliberately, our desire for service will steadily grow stronger, and will make not only for our own happiness but that of the world at large. Mahatma Gandhi
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A person's faith goes at its own pace. The trouble with church is the service. A service is conducted for a mass audience. Just when I start to like the hymn, everyone plops down to pray. Just when I start to hear the prayer, everyone pops up to sing. And what does the stupid sermon have to do with God? Who knows what God thinks of current events? Who cares? John Irving
Sacred service is sacrifice.
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Sacred service is sacrifice. Lailah Gifty Akita
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We have a predator that came from the depths of the cosmos and took over the rule of our lives. Human beings are its prisoners. The Predator is our lord and master. It has rendered us docile, helpless. If we want to protest, it suppresses our protest. If we want to act independently, it demands that we don't do so.. I have been beating around the bush all this time, insinuating to you that something is holding us prisoner. Indeed we are held prisoner! "This was an energetic fact for the sorcerers of ancient Mexico .. They took us over because we are food for them, and they squeeze us mercilessly because we are their sustenance. just as we rear chickens in chicken coops, the predators rear us in human coops, humaneros. Therefore, their food is always available to them." "No, no, no, no, " [Carlos replies] "This is absurd don Juan. What you're saying is something monstrous. It simply can't be true, for sorcerers or for average men, or for anyone." "Why not?" don Juan asked calmly. "Why not? Because it infuriates you? .. You haven't heard all the claims yet. I want to appeal to your analytical mind. Think for a moment, and tell me how you would explain the contradictions between the intelligence of man the engineer and the stupidity of his systems of beliefs, or the stupidity of his contradictory behaviour. Sorcerers believe that the predators have given us our systems of belief, our ideas of good and evil, our social mores. They are the ones who set up our hopes and expectations and dreams of success or failure. They have given us covetousness, greed, and cowardice. It is the predators who make us complacent, routinary, and egomaniacal." "'But how can they do this, don Juan? [Carlos] asked, somehow angered further by what [don Juan] was saying. "'Do they whisper all that in our ears while we are asleep?" "'No, they don't do it that way. That's idiotic! " don Juan said, smiling. "They are infinitely more efficient and organized than that. In order to keep us obedient and meek and weak, the predators engaged themselves in a stupendous manoeuvre stupendous, of course, from the point of view of a fighting strategist. A horrendous manoeuvre from the point of view of those who suffer it. They gave us their mind! Do you hear me? The predators give us their mind, which becomes our mind. The predators' mind is baroque, contradictory, morose, filled with the fear of being discovered any minute now." "I know that even though you have never suffered hunger.. you have food anxiety, which is none other than the anxiety of the predator who fears that any moment now its manoeuvre is going to be uncovered and food is going to be denied. Through the mind, which, after all, is their mind, the predators inject into the lives of human beings whatever is convenient for them. And they ensure, in this manner, a degree of security to act as a buffer against their fear." "The sorcerers of ancient Mexico were quite ill at ease with the idea of when [the predator] made its appearance on Earth. They reasoned that man must have been a complete being at one point, with stupendous insights, feats of awareness that are mythological legends nowadays. And then, everything seems to disappear, and we have now a sedated man. What I'm saying is that what we have against us is not a simple predator. It is very smart, and organized. It follows a methodical system to render us useless. Man, the magical being that he is destined to be, is no longer magical. He's an average piece of meat." "There are no more dreams for man but the dreams of an animal who is being raised to become a piece of meat: trite, conventional, imbecilic. Unknown
A steward in the above scripture is a servant who...
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A steward in the above scripture is a servant who serves. Sunday Adelaja
Serving others is one of the bases for you to...
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Serving others is one of the bases for you to have or to enjoy a fullness of purpose in life. Sunday Adelaja
To serve others is not only by hands but by...
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To serve others is not only by hands but by mouth as well. Sunday Adelaja
To be able to impact the society and to be...
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To be able to impact the society and to be an agent of change, you have to make yourself available to serve. Sunday Adelaja
There is satisfaction in serving.
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There is satisfaction in serving. Sunday Adelaja
Use your knowledge and physical strength. You have the opportunity...
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Use your knowledge and physical strength. You have the opportunity today, start living for Him Sunday Adelaja
Serve the Lord with what you have – your substance,...
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Serve the Lord with what you have – your substance, strength, knowledge, and ability Sunday Adelaja
Don't mistake activity with achievement.
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Don't mistake activity with achievement. John Wooden
Discovering yourself is the major key to being successful
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Discovering yourself is the major key to being successful Sunday Adelaja
Your life goal and mission is to find your gift,...
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Your life goal and mission is to find your gift, become what you have been created to be and with your gift serve mankind, promoting advancement and influencing humanity Sunday Adelaja
Relationships are never about power, and one way to avoid...
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Relationships are never about power, and one way to avoid the will to power is to choose to limit oneself- to serve. William Paul Young
When we replace a sense of service and gratitude with...
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When we replace a sense of service and gratitude with a sense of entitlement and expectation, we quickly see the demise of our relationships, society, and economy. Steve Maraboli
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There are only two ways to live your life. One as if all that matters is to have someone love and accept you. The other is as though loving and accepting another person is all that matters. Often, when you choose the second you get the first. Shannon L. Alder
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The sun still lives his silent vows to the moon, by bowing to kiss her feet whenever she walks in the room. Curtis Tyrone Jones
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In the early days of marriage, joy precedes the act. Tragically, as the years go by joy can be severed from the act until finally, the act itself is no more. This ought not to be. Over time it is the companionship that brings joy, and service is the natural outworking of the joy of commitment. Failure to act kills it. Ravi Zacharias
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Protect your enthusiasm from the negativity and fear of others. Never decide to do nothing just because you can only do little. Do what you can. You would be surprised at what "little" acts have done for our world. Steve Maraboli
You have to lift a person up before you can...
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You have to lift a person up before you can really put them in their place. Criss Jami
Life is always great, when shared in a spirit of...
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Life is always great, when shared in a spirit of love. Lailah Gifty Akita
Life is a service. Serve in the grace of strength...
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Life is a service. Serve in the grace of strength within thy soul. Lailah Gifty Akita
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There are two powerful fuels, two forces; motivation and inspiration. To be motivated you need to know what your motives are. Over time - and to sustain you through it - your motivation must become an inner energy; a 'motor' driving you forward, passionately, purposefully, wisely and compassionately.. come what may, every day. Inspiration is an outer - worldly - energy that you breathe and draw in. It may come from many places, faces, spaces and stages - right across the ages. It is where nature, spirit, science, mind and time meet, dance, play and speak. It keeps you outward facing and life embracing. But you must be open-minded and open-hearted to first let it in and then let it out again. Together - blended, combined and re-entwined - motivation and inspiration bring connectivity, productivity, creativity and boundless possibilities that is not just 'self' serving but enriching to all humanity and societies..just as it should be. . Rasheed Ogunlaru
In this marvelous dispensation of the fulness of times, our...
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In this marvelous dispensation of the fulness of times, our opportunities to give of ourselves are indeed limitless, but they are also perishable. Thomas S. Monson
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If you allow someone else to convert more time than you in your chosen territory, you automatically become a servant or a second class citizen in that territory and whoever it is who converted more time than you in that territory becomes your king and will lord it over you in that territory. Sunday Adelaja
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If there is any church service that you attend and it quickens your purpose and adds value to your life, if that church gives you some insight and understanding and a picture of how to do things better and become a solution provider to the problems of humanity in your country, then you can keep attending such a church. Sunday Adelaja
No going around it, no short cuts, no laying of...
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No going around it, no short cuts, no laying of hands, no amount of service, no amount of prophecy, without hard work everything else goes to waste. Sunday Adelaja
No going around it, no short cuts, no laying of...
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No going around it, no short cuts, no laying of hands, no amount of service, no amount of prophecy, without hard work, everything else goes to waste. Sunday Adelaja
You can discover your calling through the eyes of others
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You can discover your calling through the eyes of others Sunday Adelaja
You need focus and concentration to be effective in life
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You need focus and concentration to be effective in life Sunday Adelaja
The amount of value produced at a certain period depends...
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The amount of value produced at a certain period depends on the level of focus used to attain it Sunday Adelaja
To regain your lost years, you must make sure that...
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To regain your lost years, you must make sure that any activity targeted at attaining your goal must be done with the qualities of intensity, speed and focus Sunday Adelaja
Always take an inventory of your life
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Always take an inventory of your life Sunday Adelaja
Time wasters are life wasters
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Time wasters are life wasters Sunday Adelaja
Purposefully dedicating time into developing yourself is one of the...
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Purposefully dedicating time into developing yourself is one of the keys to being effective in life Sunday Adelaja
Use your resources wisely and spend quality time on developing...
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Use your resources wisely and spend quality time on developing your resources Sunday Adelaja
Always have a list of what you want to achieve...
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Always have a list of what you want to achieve in life Sunday Adelaja
Be strategic and purposeful in whatever you do
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Be strategic and purposeful in whatever you do Sunday Adelaja
Combine your calling with your passion to achieve great results
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Combine your calling with your passion to achieve great results Sunday Adelaja
Your calling is concealed in you and has to be...
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Your calling is concealed in you and has to be discovered by you alone Sunday Adelaja
Your calling is buried in your background and life experience
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Your calling is buried in your background and life experience Sunday Adelaja
You need speed to regain your lost years
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You need speed to regain your lost years Sunday Adelaja
Your calling should bless and affect the lives of others...
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Your calling should bless and affect the lives of others for good Sunday Adelaja
You need to do an inventory of yourself to discover...
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You need to do an inventory of yourself to discover your calling and purpose Sunday Adelaja
Your calling is in what you often think about
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Your calling is in what you often think about Sunday Adelaja
Your destiny is connected with your calling
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Your destiny is connected with your calling Sunday Adelaja
You need intensity to be quick
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You need intensity to be quick Sunday Adelaja
If your idea is not against your conscience or the...
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If your idea is not against your conscience or the will of God, go for it Sunday Adelaja
It is impossible to pause, stop or delay time
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It is impossible to pause, stop or delay time Sunday Adelaja
You have to be skillful in your time management to...
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You have to be skillful in your time management to be productive Sunday Adelaja
You have to be skillful in your time management to...
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You have to be skillful in your time management to be effective in life Sunday Adelaja
Time evolves daily
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Time evolves daily Sunday Adelaja
Every fragment of time that passes daily must be converted...
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Every fragment of time that passes daily must be converted for it to be fully effective Sunday Adelaja
Always be organized in adding value
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Always be organized in adding value Sunday Adelaja
Be organized in maximizing time
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Be organized in maximizing time Sunday Adelaja
You have to be pragmatic, purposeful and goal-oriented to be...
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You have to be pragmatic, purposeful and goal-oriented to be fully effective Sunday Adelaja
Make sure everything you do is targeted at yielding maximum...
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Make sure everything you do is targeted at yielding maximum results Sunday Adelaja
Always live in active consciousness
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Always live in active consciousness Sunday Adelaja