Top 144 Public Service Quotes

I spent 19 years as a local government official; I spent two years in the Iowa Senate; my daughter is a public school teacher. We’re all counting on IPERS. The public servants are counting on the system they were promised when entering public service.

I’ve never wanted to get adjusted to my income, because I knew I wanted to go back to public service. And in comparison to what my mother earns and how I was raised, it’s not modest at all. I have no right to complain.

Money is not a measure of a man’s character or success in the arena of public service.

For me, getting young people engaged in politics and public service is really one of the most fun things that I get to do.

I’ve always believed that what’s best for our kids is what’s best for our state. That’s why I’ve dedicated my life to public service, working as an educator, a school administrator, a state superintendent, and now as a candidate for governor.

I see myself in public service in Zimbabwe. I would prefer an advisory role – cabinet secretary, minister of trade or the arts, or something like that. I don’t want to be just a writer.

Conscious of our many problems, I seek today to lay a foundation to our public policy. My fundamental purpose is to devote my term of office to raising the standard of public service in New Jersey.

I come from a family in which public service was something to aspire to.

One of Trump’s reforms is to limit the time that workers can use on the job at taxpayer expense working on union activities. What does this have to do with public service? So taxpayers have to pay overcompensated federal employees while they work on union activities so they can get even more taxpayer money.

After seven extraordinary and fulfilling years, during which we have transformed TalkTalk’s customer experience and laid the foundations for long-term growth, I’ve decided it’s time for me to start handing over the reins at TalkTalk and focus more on my activities in public service.

I do believe we have to understand why reality turned out to be different than expectations and estimates. But you have more public service – certainly many of you – than I have ever had, and you recognize that this is not unusual.

Confrontational or not, my approach to public service has always been fighting for my families.

We’ve got ourselves into a situation where government service is somehow seen to be a political act rather than an act of civic duty or of public service.

I have known Damian Green for over 20 years, since we were elected together in 1997. He stands out among us with the highest standards of public service, probity and integrity.

I’ve always tried to set some kind of goal. I want to be better than anybody in the banking business, and when I ran the Highway Department in Georgia, I wanted it to be the best in the country. And of course, I have a high sense of public service.

The Granite State has a long and proud tradition of public service, and we have to ensure that it stays that way for generations to come.

I was an entrepreneur myself and often say that I’m on loan to public service.

After Joe passed away in the war, it seemed only natural that Jack and Bobby and then Teddy might pursue office as well. Public service was part of our DNA from our earliest years.

I think public service is a calling and you do it as long as the things that brought you into the office can continue getting you up in the morning and as long as there’s still work to get done.

I’ve got to restructure all my personal life now in order to accommodate public service, which is fine.

The ideal post-Trump politician will, at the very least, be a deeply serious figure with a strong record of public service behind her.

I have always been very open about my respect for public service.

I’ve been so blessed to be part of a family that has dedicated its life to public service.

Retired public service workers make up the backbone of the middle class in so many of our communities.

I was always more interested in public service. What I discovered is you could practice law and be a public servant.

I’m tired but grateful: choosing to blend parenting and public service has made me a more confident mother and a better legislator.

On January 3, 2019, I swore an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States. It was the third time in my life of public service that I had taken such an oath, but the words were just as profound to me as the first time I spoke them.

I may be leaving the Senate, but the next chapter in my public service is just beginning.

If you don’t like public service, don’t run for office.

Throughout my career in public service, the residents I have had the privilege of fighting for have embraced who I am, especially my Palestinian roots. This is what I want to bring to the United States Congress: an unapologetic display of the fabric of the people in this country.

I grew up in a family that was committed to service, to reaching out and helping others. That’s what inspired me to work in public service.

We need the best and the brightest to go into public service.

Vice President Mondale was an individual deeply devoted to public service.

So often public service comes with sacrifice. A sacrifice that our men and women in uniform make each day.

I was raised in a family dedicated to public service.

Public service used to be the highest of callings, until people like Madame Voldemort vilified it.

The world has changed utterly. There was a time when you couldn’t marry a Protestant. There was a time when you got married that the women had to give up their job in the public service, and when they got married, they were owned by their husbands. That’s all changed.

I think that public service is tough on a family – no ifs, ands, buts about it. I have my own personal wishes, but they’re not always front and center.

I like to think of film-making not just as an act of personal self-aggrandisement but rather as an act of public service.

I’m inspired by my family’s legacy of public service. It’s something that I’m very proud of.

My mom raised me with the idea of doing public service, and I definitely want to go in that direction. But I also want to follow in my dad’s entrepreneurial footsteps.

I’ve dedicated my life in public service to defeating climate change.

I grew up to believe in public service. It is in the core of who I am.

I certainly feel a strong call of public service.

I came from a family where public service and giving back was a prerequisite.

The notion that public service requires men and women of good character now seems quaint.

For me, public service is an honor, and I have the ultimate respect for the rule of law.

I’m truly worried about the country’s direction. I can tell you this categorically, we’ve got the weakest president and the weakest governor in the history of my 50 years of public service.

I don’t know if I would ever truly want somebody’s life in my hands. I think what these people, what doctors and nurses and public service employees do on a day-to-day basis, is unreal, and it takes a special type of person to do that – and I don’t think I’m that type of person. I’m happy to play one on TV.

Every man who says frankly and fully what he thinks is doing a public service.

I think Hillary Clinton could do whatever she puts her mind to. I really do. She’s incredibly dedicated to public service, she is smart as a whip, and she’s effective.

I want a president with a record of public service: someone whose life’s work shows our children that we don’t chase form and fortune for ourselves; we fight to give everyone a chance to succeed.

I didn’t get into acting to be a public service announcer or an advocate and yet, by virtue of this show and how we handle the subject matter that we’ve been given, that’s kind of how it’s evolved in certain ways.

I wrote a song that basically turned into a public service announcement for the fellas out there, like, ‘Should you run into this type of woman, run for your life!’ So the name of the song is ‘Run,’ featuring the rapper ScHoolboy Q. It’s one of the standouts on the album, in my personal opinion.

I take a very different approach to public service. I’m a person that always takes it out in the streets and in the courts… the tool box that is attached to me is very diverse.

I fought as an infantry Marine on one of the Vietnam War’s harshest battlefields. After leaving the Marine Corps, I studied law and found a fulfilling career as an author and journalist. But again and again, I came back to the personal fulfillment that can only come from public service.

I am enormously honored to be one of the spokesmen of the New Age Womens Health Campaign, so you’ll be seeing me in public service announcements and public appearances supporting the campaign.

For over 25 years, Lacy Clay has been a powerful voice for working families and a tireless advocate for the people of St. Louis. And throughout his long career in public service, I’ve considered Lacy a close personal friend.

Public service is about serving all the people, including the ones who are not like you.

Growing up, I was encouraged to get a good education, get a real job doing something I enjoyed, and, should the opportunity present itself, consider public service as just that: a chance to serve, not an end in itself.

It is not about the money. It’s the public service aspect. Absolutely, I think it has qualities of redemption. The city gets a second chance. I get a second chance.

The PML-N is committed to public service mission, and it will continue to outcome every hurdle in our way.

Throughout my life, I’ve always believed that the sole purpose of public service is to improve the lives of the people around us. From the Freeport Town Council to serving as Speaker of the State House, I’ve kept that sense of purpose close to my heart – consistently and passionately asking myself how we make progress.

The difference between burlesque and the newspapers is that the former never pretended to be performing a public service by exposure.

I had planned to spend my 40s continuing my public service and starting a family. I thought that by fighting for the people I cared about and loving those close to me, I could leave the world a better place.

In addition to fines, violators of decency standards could be required to air public service announcements serving educational and informational needs of children.

My grandfather Prescott passed down the idea that you would only run for office after you had built a financial base – then it was time to give back and go into public service.

I like to think that I am providing a public service to educate parents.

I didn’t leave bodybuilding until I felt that I had gone as far as I could go. It will be the same with my film career. When I feel the time is right, I will then consider public service. I feel that the highest honor comes from serving people and your country.

Conscious of our many problems, I seek today to lay a foundation to our public policy. My fundamental purpose is to devote my term of office to raising the standard of public service in New Jersey.

I’m a simple small ‘c’ conservative who believes in public service, serving others, and doing a good job for my country.

While service in the Department of Justice is itself one of the highest forms of public service, the Department further strides to increase access to justice for all and to strengthen our communities.

My agenda for national public service would provide a pathway to the middle class for all Americans and would ensure that those who dedicate themselves to their communities are rewarded for their efforts.

When I left SEIU, we had started this quality public service agenda to say to our members what I think the United Auto Workers learned: that quality is our only job security in the long run.

But as I always say to people I’m essentially a public service person.

I don’t want to do anything that capitalizes personally on the fact that I’ve been in public service.

My decision to look seriously at elected office is grounded in a deep commitment to public service and my experience – both my own and that of my family – in finding just, practical, and bipartisan solutions to difficult challenges.

I’m not in a position to go back into public service.

There’s a tradition of public service in my family. I’m one of three boys that joined the military. My father was in the Peace Corps.

In Romania, we have pledged to create a modern public service: well-educated, appropriately rewarded and above all, de-politicized.

I will complete my second term, but I have made no decision as to my plans after Congress except that I will continue in public service, including as a lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserve.

Public service and community organizing and movement building is such a part of my DNA that it’s really hard to separate it.

We recognised Urdu as the second official language and made it a medium of examination in all Bihar Public Service Commission tests.

When you are in the public eye, in the name of public service, you have to understand that the more people know about you, and the more people say they want to support you, the more you have to work even harder to uphold that trust.

I can assure you, public service is a stimulating, proud and lively enterprise. It is not just a way of life, it is a way to live fully.

The only reason to be in politics is public service. There’s no other reason. Frankly, if that’s the best job you can get in terms of money, that’s too bad, you know. Because frankly, it’s not well paid, everyone knows that. So for most people it’s a big sacrifice.

I learned that public service is a privilege that must be based on moral foundations.

Our officers work tirelessly on the front lines every day and truly embody the spirit of selflessness and public service found only in the bravest amongst us. We are forever grateful for their continued courage and sacrifice.

Congress is full of good, decent, smart people who have devoted their lives to public service.

What drives people to public service is a sense of possibility. If you haven’t sensed that possibility you don’t get started in the same way, you don’t feel you can have an impact.

My professional life has been about public service. My personal life I define very intently through my family.

I feel that my father’s greatest legacy was the people he inspired to get involved in public service and their communities, to join the Peace Corps, to go into space. And really that generation transformed this country in civil rights, social justice, the economy and everything.

Frankly, no issue is worth shutting down the government and denying pay to those committed to public service.

Which is supposed to mean they’re doing something in their broadcasting they would not do is they were simply out to maximize profit; if they were really public service institutions, not purely profit maximizing institutions.

People pay their licence fee in this country because people believe that we should have public service broadcast programming. Of course, there are lots of different ways you could do that.

Comey is an extraordinarily gifted man who has contributed much during his many years of public service.

In 1999 and 2000, when I was a young editorial writer at the ‘Post’, the ‘Post’ won the public service medal two years running.

It’s appropriate to celebrate public service, and the thoughtful people who choose to serve. They symbolize what is good and decent about this historic citizen legislature, and we thank them.

I’m tired but grateful: choosing to blend parenting and public service has made me a more confident mother and a better legislator.

Sen. Sessions’ commitment to public service is nearly unparalleled in Alabama history, and his departure from the Senate leaves tremendous shoes to fill.

In my years of public service at both the federal and state levels, I have had the privilege of representing most of the communities that make up Congressional District 21, including Hialeah, Westchester, Doral, Kendall, Miami Lakes, Hialeah Gardens, Medley and Palmetto Bay.

What is the purpose of public service? It’s to solve problems for the people you represent and certainly in the United States Senate, thinking about your state and thinking about your country as well.

Whatever you may think of Mrs. Clinton as a character, I think she believes quite strongly in public service.

When I first ran for public office, it was with the passion and idealism of a young man who believed that government could help make our lives better, that public service was a calling and that citizenship demanded responsibilities. There was a greater good.

I feel that public service is so important and giving back, being a role model and helping people in need is something that I would love to do.

My kids and I are spending time together. And we’re enjoying that. Family is important; I was gone a lot in the 20 years of public service.

I’m most interested in public service. I think that’s something that I got from being part of my family, which is such an honor.

The backwoodsmen are muttering about making Britain’s draconian union laws – already among the toughest in Europe – harsher still. And parts of the media will continue to attack public service pensions, as if school meals staff, refuse collectors and healthcare workers have no right to a decent retirement.

For me, there can be no higher public service than serving as a member of the U.S. Supreme Court.

I have had a career in public service.

I believe if a private citizen is able to affect public opinion in a constructive way he doesn’t have to be an elected public servant to perform a public service.

I’ll put my conservative record up against anybody’s record. I have a 10-year career in public service, and I’m proud of the things I’ve been able to accomplish.

One of the best lessons I learned early is that not everything in life is about you. It is about service. If you want trips and excessive gifts, then don’t get into public service.

What motivated me to dedicate myself to public service for nearly two-thirds of my life was the chance to produce results for those people who entrusted me to be their voice and their champion.

My proposal that Fed governors should signal their commitment to public service by wearing Hawaiian shirts and Bermuda shorts has so far gone unheeded.

Stopping bad things is a significant public service.

My career with the Navy and NASA gave me an incredible chance to showcase public service to which I am dedicated, and what we can accomplish on the big challenges of our day.

Public service has allowed me to put values my parents taught me into action.

If you make the choice to serve the public, public service, then serve the public, not yourself.

Public service and respect for ideas is a recurrent theme in both the American and Australian sides of my family.

I was interested in public service, and looking back at my father, my grandfather and two great-grandfathers, well, yeah, that’s what they did, too. And I think public service, like journalism, done right is a really honourable, really important profession.

At the end of the day, you are judged by your character. And look, I’m proud of my record of working to help people throughout my years of public service.

In a city that is barely getting by with its small budget, something like illegal immigration can be the difference from being able to provide the level of public service that people expect.

You can not divorce religious belief and public service. I’ve never detected any conflict between God’s will and my political duty. If you violate one, you violate the other.

The BBC’s television, radio and online services remain an important part of British culture and the fact the BBC continues to thrive amongst audiences at home and abroad is testament to a professional and dedicated management team who are committed to providing a quality public service.

Health care, whether I like it or not, is at the foundation of my public service.

Passion helps you in protecting the community, and public service will follow it. That has been my career. It is the passion that drives me to do what I do every day.

Graphic public service announcements about texting and driving or drinking and driving serve a purpose: to see the imagery in your mind so your behavior will change.

I was raised on the values of speaking up and making a positive difference in a very political family that believed in the importance of public service.

My plans were to practice law and then possibly go into public service.

An intuitive part of the American ethos is a kind of protectiveness of the public’s fear. We have to remember how unique that is. As scandal-ridden as we may be, we start with a basic expectation that it’s not your job in public service to use it to help your friend.

All I know is, I think I would like to continue to do public service.

I hope that folks that look like me, regardless candidly of their political affiliation, not only look at me and say that, you know, I want to vote for him at the ballot box, but also make the decision that perhaps they want to put their name up for public service and for public office.

As more time passes, people see my father for what he is – one of the last of a generation who went into government to answer a call to public service rather than to pursue a career in politics.

I don’t want to run for governor, but I don’t think anyone should put public service out of the question because that’s not what a good citizen does.

My approach to public service is straightforward: I fight every day for New Jersey families, small businesses, veterans, and seniors and work to change the way business is done in Washington.

Sometimes you’re going to run because you want to elevate an issue. Sometimes you’re going to run because you want to do public service, and it’s a way to not only tell the community what you care about what you want to achieve, but you’re making a commitment.

I put my name out there and ran for public service because I want more inclusion, diversity, and opportunity… I will fight for those values.

My grandmother had great influence on me. She was secretary of state in the 1970’s, and that’s when I was born. She showed me the importance of public service, and she was admired by people regardless of their political party.

As a matter of fact, even when I finished law school, I had no notion of public service then.

The best way to promote and protect opportunity is through collaboration, consensus-building, and pragmatic problem-solving. Throughout nearly 30 years in public service, I have approached tough challenges by making room for as many people as possible around the table in search of common ground.

I am a woman with a calling for social struggle and public service.

I have always told anyone who would listen that I was available for more public service.

I’m going to explore the possibility that my future work could be in public service rather than corporate work.