Your glass will not do you half so much service as a serious reflection of your own minds.

-Astell, Mary
  A Serious Proposal to the Ladies For the Advancement of their True and Greatest Interest,'By a Lover of Her Sex', pt.1.

Not with eyeservice, asmenpleasers; but astheservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men.

-Bible (NewTestament)
Ephesians 6:6^7.

The author of peace and lover of concord, in knowledge of whom standeth our eternal life, whose service is perfect freedom.

-Book of Common Prayer
Morning Prayer, Second Collect, for Peace.

   Go fetch to me a pint o' wine, And fill it in a silver tassie, That I may drink, before I go, A service to my bonie lassie.

-Burns, Robert
  'My Bonie Mary', stanza1.

Ful weel she soong the service dyvyne, Entuned in hir nose ful semely, And Frenssh she spak ful faire and fetisly, After the scole of Stratford atte Bowe, For Frenssh of Parys was to hire unknowe.

-Chaucer, Geoffrey
  Canterbury  Tales,'General Prologue', l.122^6.

MCJOB: A low-pay, low-prestige, low-dignity, no-future job in the service sector. Frequently considered a satisfying career choice for people who have never held one.

-Coupland, Douglas
Generation X,'The Sun IsYour Enemy'.

Even if I die in the service of this nation,I would be proud of it. Every drop of my blood,I am sure, will contribute to the growth of this nation and make it strong and dynamic.

-Gandhi, Indira Priyad Arshini
  Speech at Orissa, 31 Oct, the day before her assassination.

I was ever of the opinion, that the honest man who married and brought up a large family, did more service than he who continued single and only talked of population.

-Goldsmith, Oliver
  The Vicar of  Wakefield, ch.1.

   The service we render to others is really the rent we pay for our room on this earth.

-Grenfell, Sir Wilfred
  A Labrador Logbook.

A'great' butler can only be, surely, one who can point to hisyears of serviceand say that hehas applied histalents to serving a great gentlemanöand through the latter, to serving humanity.

-Ishiguro, Kazuo
  The Remains of the Day,'Day Twoö Afternoon'.

As a military man who has given half a century of active service,Isay inall sincerity thatthenucleararmsracehas no military purpose. Wars cannot be fought with nuclear weapons; their existence onlyadds to our perils because of the illusions that they have generated. The world now stands on the brink of the final abyss. Let us all resolve to take all possible practicable steps to ensurethat we donot, through ourownfolly, go over the edge.

-Nicholas, 1st Earl
  Speech at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg,11 May.

These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink fromtheservice of his country; but hethat standsit now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.

-Paine,Thomas
  The Crisis, introduction, Dec.

I was called by my sovereign and by the voice of the peopletoassist the State when othershad abdicated the service of it.That being so, no one can be surprisedthat I will go on no longer, since my advice is not taken. Being responsible, I will directöand will be responsible for nothing that I do not direct.

-Pitt,William, 1st Earl of Chatham known as  the Elder
  On informing Cabinet of his resignation, 3 Oct.

Sport, rightly conceived, is an occupation carried out by the whole man. It renders the body a more perfect instrument of the soul and at the same time makes the soul itself a finer instrument of the whole man in seeking forTruth and in transmitting it to others. In this way it helps a man to reach that End to which all other ends are subordinate, the service and the greater glory of his Creator.

-Pius XII real name Eugenio Pacelli
  Speech to the Central School of Sports of the USA, 29 Jul.

My most neglected wife, till you are a much respected widow,I find you will scarce be a contented woman, and to say no more than the plain truth, I do endeavour so fairly to do you that last good service.

-Rochester,JohnWilmot, 2nd Earl of
c.1677  Letter to his wife, 20 Nov. InTheLetters ofJohnWilmot, Earl of Rochester, edited byJeremyTreglown (1980).

The rendering of useful service is the common duty of mankind, and†only in the purifying fire of sacrifice is the dross of selfishness consumed and the greatness of the human soul set free.

-Rockefeller,John D(avison),Jr
Credo engraved in Rockefeller Center Plaza, NewYork.

I stand for the square deal†not merely for fair play under thepresent rules of thegame, but for having those rules changed, so as to work for a more substantial equality of opportunityand of reward for equally good service.

-Roosevelt,Theodore
  Speech, Osawatomie, 31 Aug.

'Is your maid called Florence?' 'Her name is Florinda.' 'What an extraordinary name to give a maid!' 'I did not give it to her; she arrived in my service already christened'.'What I mean is,'said Mrs Riversedge,'that when Iget maids with unsuitable names I call them Jane; they soon get used to it.' 'An excellent plan,'said theaunt of Clovis coldly; 'unfortunately I have got used to being called Jane myself. It happens to be my name.'

-Saki pseudonym of  Hector Hugh Munro
The Chronicles of Clovis,'The Secret Sin of Septimus Brope'.

I vow to thee, my countryöall earthly things aboveö Entire and whole and perfect, the service of my love.

-Spring-Rice, Sir Cecil Arthur
  I VowToThee, My Country.

And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country than the whole race of politicians put together.

-Swift,Jonathan
  Gulliver'sTravels,'A Voyage to Brobdingnag', ch.7.