“Had I but serv’d my God with half the zeal I serv’d my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies. William Shakespeare
“Teach me, my God and King, In all things thee to see And what I do in any thing, To do it as for thee. George Herbert
“Teach us, good Lord, to serve Thee as Thou deservest: To give and not to count the cost; To fight and not to heed the wounds; To toil and not to seek for rest; To labor and not ask for any reward Save that of knowing that we do Thy will. Saint Ignatius of Loyola
“To reign is worth ambition though in hell: Better to reign in hell than serve in heav’n. John Milton