National Service Quotes

• One customer well taken care of could be more valuable than $10,000 worth of advertising.

  Jim Rohn

  Business, Educational, Taken

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from May 12, 2015

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  Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

  Margaret Mead

  Inspirational, Life, Friendship

  Margaret Mead, Robert B. Textor (2005). “The World Ahead: An Anthropologist Anticipates the Future”, p.12, Berghahn Books

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• I believe in national service, I believe that every young adult citizen should do two years of national service. Not necessarily to be deployed, but to understand teamwork, responsibility and mixing with different people.

  Robert Irvine

  Teamwork, Believe, Responsibility

  Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com

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• My national service is part of my training for freeing my soul from the bondage of the flesh.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Soul, Training, Flesh

  Mahatma Gandhi, Judith M. Brown (2008). “The Essential Writings”, p.5, Oxford University Press

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• Our sons and daughters must be trained in national service, taught to give as well as to receive.

  Emmeline Pankhurst

  Mom, Daughter, Son

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• In the days ahead, I will propose more ways for more Americans to get involved in national service and give back to our communities, because every one of us has a role to play in building the future we want.

  Hillary Clinton

  Play, Giving, Community

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• It is the duty of our men to enroll themselves in the national services. We need all our manpower for defence. For the military and... we need a quarter of a million men.

  Eamon de Valera

  Military, Men, Needs

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• I worked in the NHS as a hospital orderly during my national service, and people thought it was a noble service. But over the years it's lost its humanity.

  David Hockney

  Years, Nhs, People

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• I was raised to give back. I was born to immigrant parents and was fortunate to become successful at an early age. I've always felt a strong sense of national service to my country, and I may have been able to provide leadership in the political arena. I don't regret the decision not to enter politics, I just wonder sometimes if I could have changed anything.

  Lee Iacocca

  Country, Strong, Regret

  Source: www.caranddriver.com

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• I don't want to sound like Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells, but I do think there should be some sort of national service for young men.

  Michael Caine

  Men, Thinking, Want

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• Israel is in the midst of a difficult military and diplomatic campaign against terrorists. An organisation that works to prove allegations that Israel is committing war crimes should be so good as to do so with its own resources and not with civilian national service volunteers and state funds.

  Uri Orbach

  Military, War, Israel

  "Israel bans national service with rights group B'Tselem in Gaza row" by Orlando Crowcroft, www.theguardian.com. August 15, 2014.

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• This belief in the necessity of English training has enslaved us. It has unfitted us for true national service.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Training, Belief, Language

  Mahatma Gandhi (1968). “The Message of Mahatma Gandhi”

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