Atal Bihari Vajpayee Quotes

I'd always step up to the mark to serve the people of the country.

What I'm guilty of is trying the hardest and giving 100 percent of myself and putting my heart and soul into representing the people of Staten Island and Brooklyn.

It's a great privilege to be asked to help the country - even if it occasionally comes with some degree of criticism.

For me, any chance to serve Singapore even in its limited capacity... I would be glad to take it up and use it to serve Singaporeans.

Ultimately, I will do my best - whatever is possible - for this great nation.

When you serve the country selflessly, that is your greatest contribution to the country.

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

I'm just not gonna let up until I know I've done absolutely everything I can for New Yorkers.

Are you a politician asking what your country can do for you or a zealous one asking what you can do for your country? If you are the first, then you are a parasite; if the second, then you are an oasis in the desert.

How could I remain a spectator while Singapore faces such complex challenges? How could I not step forward when I know I have more to contribute to the country we all worked to build?

I will not be able to rule without you. You and I have the same responsibility. I do, as Bolivia's number one servant. Servant - one who serves the nation, not one whom the nation serves.

I have big emotions, and I care deeply about delivering for New Yorkers, and sometimes that means you got to push things forward - and I think New Yorkers know that.

As I assume my responsibilities as your representative, I wish to assure you of my loyalty and devotions, as well of my determination to serve you and the people of Canada to the utmost of my abilities.

I want no presidency; I want to do my duty. No denunciations here, or out of this House, can deflect me a single inch from going directly at what I aim, and that is, the good of the country. I have always acted upon it, and I will always act upon it.

There is no greater honour than to serve Canadians.

What I can do for my country, I am willing to do.

I've always wanted to serve my country in some capacity.

You don't ever earn a right to stop doing anything if you feel there is an obligation to move in terms of public service.

National service is America at its best.

[President] McKinley gave [Lt. Andrew Sommers] Rowan a letter to be delivered to [General Calixto] Garcia: Rowan took the letter and did not ask, "Where is he at?" By the eternal, there is a man whose form should be cast in deathless bronze and the statue placed in every college in the land. It is not book learning that young men need, nor instruction about this and that, but a stiffening of the vertebrae which will cause them to be loyal to a trust to act promptly, concentrate their energies, do the thing—"carry a message to Garcia.

Leadership is inspiring extraordinary people to step up and serve their country.

I have only you, the people of Belarus, and I will serve to the last of my days.

I have always been someone who wants to get it right. That started when I ran for school board. It's an avocation that's become a full-time job.

I promise I will get up every day, determined to make a difference... I am ready to serve.

I'm here to serve the country.