Servant Quotes

Servant Quote of the day

The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.

An honest public servant can't become rich in politics. He can only attain greatness and satisfaction by service.

To the servant of God... every place is the right place, and every time is the right time.

In free governments the rulers are the servants, and the people their superiors and sovereigns.

Does the government fear us? Or do we fear the government? When the people fear the government, tyranny has found victory. The federal government is our servant, not our master!

Faithful servants never retire. You can retire from your career, but you will never retire from serving God.

Hell is the highest reward that the devil can offer you for being a servant of his.

The doors of churches, hotels, concert halls and reading rooms are alike closed against the Negro as a man, but every place is open to him as a servant.

The real servant of the people must live among them, think with them, feel for them, and die for them.

Always think of yourself as everyone's servant; look for Christ Our Lord in everyone and you will then have respect and reverence for them all.

The intellect is a beautiful servant but a terrible master. Intellect is the power tool of our separateness. The intuitive, compassionate heart is the doorway to our unity.

The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a proof of the priest's inner maturity; it is the expression of his personal dignity.

Servant-leader ship is all about making the goals clear and then rolling your sleeves up and doing whatever it takes to help people win. In that situation, they don't work for you, you work for them.

IF YOU APPROACH THE WORLD WITH THE APRON OF A SERVANT,THEN YOU ARE ALLOWED TO GO PLACES THAT YOU CAN'T GO IF YOU APPROACH IT WITH THE CROWN OF A KING

Even on the cross He did not hide Himself from sight; rather, He made all creation witness to the presence of its Maker.

A tyrant institutionalises stupidity, but he is the first servant of his own system and the first to be installed within it.

I have nothing to hide. I am a servant of the living God. He is the only one I answer to.

God is not looking for more stars; He's looking for more servants.

The greatest weakness in the church today is that the servants of God keep looking over their shoulder for the approval of men.

Servant leadership always empathizes, always accepts the person, but sometimes refuses to accept some of the person's effort or performance as good enough.

A Christian minister is a person who in a peculiar sense is not his own; he is the servant of God, and therefore ought to be wholly devoted to Him.

The state is the servant of the citizen, and not his master.

The only way you can serve God is by serving other people.

May I be a light for those in need of light. May I be a bed for those in need of rest. May I be a servant for those in need of service, for all embodied beings.

Britain has invented a new missile. It's called the civil servant - it doesn't work and it can't be fired.

The servant leader is servant first. It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve.

A civil servant is sometimes like a broken cannon - it won't work and you can't fire it.

Ego can’t sleep. It micro-manages. It disempowers. It reduces our capability. It excels in control.

Being a politician is a poor profession. Being a public servant is a noble one.

Feelings are good servants, but they are disastrous masters.

Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.

Oh, get out of the way, Percy,” said Fred. “Harry’s in a hurry.” “Yeah, he’s off to the Chamber of Secrets for a cup of tea with his fanged servant,” said George, chortling.

...the best leaders are servant leaders - they serve those they lead.

The measure of a man is not how many servants he has but how many men he serves .

Nowadays everybody wants to become a leader. No one wants to become a servant. In reality, the world is badly in need of servants, not leaders. A real servant is a real leader.

Anyone who wants to be a leader must be the servant, not the boss, of those he wants to serve.

Technology is a useful servant but a dangerous master.

To create a perfume you have to be the servant of the unconscious. Each idea evolves and transforms, but there should be a surprise with each note.

I stay in France. Better to be the queen of a village than a servant in a kingdom.

For a servant of God to have authority in every sentence he utters, he must first suffer for the message he is to deliver. Without great tribulation, there is no great illumination.

With bad laws and good civil servants it's still possible to govern. But with bad civil servants even the best laws can't help.

How do you know if you are a servant? By how you react when someone treats you as one.

But mathematics is the sister, as well as the servant, of the arts and is touched with the same madness and genius.

The NAA way is to operate from a servant's heart, and service will be returned to you exponentially.

Have fire and spread all over. Work, work. Be the servant while leading, be unselfish, and never listen to one friend in private accusing another. Have infinite patience, and success is yours.

Money. It's a good servant but a bad master.

We are never more like Jesus than when we are serving Him or others. There is no higher calling than to be a servant.

Money is in some respects like fire; it is a very excellent servant but a terrible master.

Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune.

when my office would require me to either violate my conscience or violate the national interest, then I would resign the office; and I hope any conscientious public servant would do the same.