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My whole life was service to people and the Fatherland.

I was raised in a family dedicated to public service.

I had a simple goal in life: to be true to my parents and our country as an honorable son, a caring brother, and a good citizen.

My parents taught me service - not by saying, but by doing. That was my culture, the culture of my family.

I was born into public service.

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

We were raised in a family that had high aspirations for their children, and those high aspirations tended to be along the lines of service and high-minded beliefs, living up to your responsibilities. Both my Danforth grandparents admired service very much.

Service is a deceptively profound way to prove not only what you can do for the world, but what you can tell the world to expect from you and your ambitions.

You need an attitude of service. You're not just serving yourself. You help others to grow up and you grow with them.

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.