"Honor lies ...in one's efforts to promote the welfare of humanity"

Honor lies not in ephemeral positions of power, but in one’s efforts to promote the welfare of humanity.
(Bahá'u'lláh, in Tablets 64)


Happy the soul that shall forget his own good, and like the chosen ones
of God, vie with his fellows in service to the good of all. . . .
(Abdu’l-Bahá, The Secret of Divine Civilization 116)


Through the divine teachings, the urge to indulge the self throughdominance over others is subdued by spiritual competition to serve the
well-being of all. It is only in the acquisition of divine virtues and in
service to God and His Cause that individuals vie with one another.
(Paul Lample, Creating a New Mind, p 17)