Servant Quotes

I believe that government is the servant of the people and not their master.

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

I stand here before you not as a prophet, but as a humble servant of you, the people.

I remain your servant and I will do as you ask of me.

Servant leadership is the foundation and the secret of Sam Walton's ability to achieve team synergy.

Grant us a brief delay; impulse in everything is but a worthless servant.

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

The painter... does not fit the paints to the world. He most certainly does not fit the world to himself. He fits himself to the paint. The self is the servant who bears the paintbox and its inherited contents.

Money is a good servant, but a poor master.

No, we are not the master of the state, said King. We are not the servant of the state. We are the conscience of the state. The churches or the religious community should be, I think, the conscience of the state. We're not just service providers.

Most Glorious and eternal Majesty, Thou art righteous and holy in all thou dost to the sons of men, though thou hast suffered men to condemn Thy servant, Thy servant will not condemn Thee.

Our goal is to make finance the servant, not the master, of the real economy.

Recollection is not something that I can summon up, it simply comes and I am the servant of it.

We are beginning to wonder whether a servant girl hasn't the best of it after all. She knows how the salad tastes without the dressing, and she knows how life's lived before it gets to the parlor door.

Dear God, please take care of your servant John Fitzgerald Kennedy.

In all my life and in the future, I will always be a faithful and loyal servant to all of my compatriots.

I want to live perfectly above the law, and make it my servant instead of my master.

It is a very difficult job, being the servant of two masters.

I like some of the young guys like Senator Thune. He's a guy that looks good. He's very articulate, he's very smart, and he truly is a public servant.

If thou art a master, be sometimes blind; if a servant, sometimes deaf.

'Tis well enough for a servant to be bred at an University. But the education is a little too pedantic for a gentleman.

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

Reason is the servant of instinct.

I pray to be a good servant to God, a father, a husband, a son, a friend, a brother, an uncle, a good neighbor, a good leader to those who look up to me, a good follower to those who are serving God and doing the right thing.

Today America lost a great elder statesman, a committed public servant, and leader of the Senate. And today I lost a treasured friend. Ted Kennedy was an iconic, larger than life United States senator whose influence cannot be overstated. Many have come before, and many will come after, but Ted Kennedy's name will always be remembered as someone who lived and breathed the United States Senate and the work completed within its chamber.

Money is in some respects life's fire: it is a very excellent servant, but a terrible master.

Leadership is about being a servant first.

The English, the plain English, of the politest address of a gentleman to a lady is, I am now, dear Madam, your humble servant: Pray be so good as to let me be your Lord and Master.

The national will is the supreme law of the Republic, and on all subjects within the limits of his constitutional powers should be faithfully obeyed by the public servant.

Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served. But all other pleasures and possessions pale into nothingness before service which is rendered in a spirit of joy.