Servant Quotes

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

'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.

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.

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.

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.

If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself.

In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.

If a servant strives to please his master and studies and takes pains to do it, I believe there are but few masters who would use such a servant cruelly.

I was only the servant of my country and had I, at any moment, failed to express her unflinching resolve to fight and conquer, I should at once have been rightly cast aside.

Al Gonzales is a dedicated public servant and exceptionally qualified to be our nation's next Attorney General. I know that a lot has been said about Judge Gonzales' life story. It is a story of the fulfillment of the American Dream.