Servant Quotes - Page 39

• I think we should all be servants. To be really great in God's eyes is to be least among each other and serve each other.

  Larry Norman

  Eye, Thinking, Should

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• The pinnacle of the fulfillment I can ever experience for my spirit and soul is to hear from the Lord, when I see Him face to face, 'Well done my good and faithful servant.'

  Nick Vujicic

  Faithful Servants, Soul, Done

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• I can hardly thinke there was any scared into Heaven; they go the surest way to Heaven who would serve God without a Hell; other Mercenaries, that crouch unto Him in feare of Hell, though they terme themselves servants, are indeed but the slaves of the Almighty.

  Thomas Browne

  Heaven, Way, Scared

  Sir Thomas Browne (2012). “Religio Medici and Urne-Buriall”, p.58, New York Review of Books

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• Never, ever forget that you are a servant.

  David Neeleman

  Forget

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• Mr. Market is your servant, not your guide.

  Warren Buffett

  Guides

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• Some civil servants are neither servants nor civil.

  Winston Churchill

  Civil Servants

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• The art has three factors, the disease, the patient, the physician. The physician is the servant of the art. The patient must cooperate with the physician in combatting the disease.

  Hippocrates

  Art, Physicians, Three

  Epidemics I

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• It will be enough to recall in th is sense that almost all the Countries arose, centuries ago, through cruel conquests. With exception, men have been squandering servants th at at the moment of adjustment did not appear to be worthy of the benefits received.

  Chico Xavier

  Country, Men, Benefits

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• It is for this reason that Jesus left us the parable of the unfaithful servant, inviting us into a sincere fraternity in order that through it we could find the path of rehabilitation.

  Chico Xavier

  Jesus, Order, Path

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• One thing I learned is that the mind, rather than being the master, should be the servant of the heart.

  Willie Nelson

  Heart, Mind, Should

  Willie Nelson, Turk Pipkin (2006). “The Tao of Willie: A Guide to the Happiness in Your Heart”, p.60, Penguin

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• In a mature society, 'civil servant' is semantically equal to 'civil master.'

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Mature, Masters, Equal

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.228, Penguin

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• When the artist is truly the servant of the work, the work is better than the artist; Shakespeare knew how to listen to his work, and so he often wrote better than he could write; Bach composed more deeply, more truly than he knew, Rembrandt's brush put more of the human spirit on canvas than Rembrandt could comprehend. When the work takes over, then the artist is enabled to get out of the way, not to interfere. When the work takes over, then the artist listens.

  Madeleine L'Engle

  Writing, Artist, Way

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• I can be a champion and a public servant also.

  Manny Pacquiao

  Motivation, Champion, Fighter

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• Keep God's covenant in your trials; hold you by His blessed word, and sin not; flee anger, wrath, grudging, envying, fretting; forgive a hundred pence to your fellow-servant, because your Lord hath forgiven you ten thousand talents: for, I assure you by the Lord, your adversaries shall get no advantage against you, except you sin, and offend your Lord, in your sufferings.

  Samuel Rutherford

  Blessed, Sins Not, Wrath

  Samuel Rutherford (1824). “Joshua redivivus: or, three hundred and fifty two religious letters ... To which is added, the Author's testimony to the covenanted work of reformation, between 1638 and 1649 ... As also, a large preface and postscript ... by the Rev. Mr. McWard. The tenth edition”, p.363

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• It is only in the morning that one should marry, read unfavourable reviews, make one's will, beat one's servants, and so forth.

  E. T. A. Hoffmann

  Morning, Beats, Should

  E. T. A. Hoffmann (2000). “The Golden Pot and Other Tales”, p.187, Oxford University Press, USA

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• One usually dies because one is alone, or because one has got into something over one's head. One often dies because one does not have the right alliances, because one is not given support. In Sicily the Mafia kills the servants of the State that the State has not been able to protect.

  Giovanni Falcone

  Support, Mafia, Doe

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• The artist is always the servant, and is perpetually trying to pay for the gift that has been given to him as if by a miracle. Modern man, however, does not want to make any sacrifice, even though true affirmation of the self can only be expressed in sacrifice.

  Andrei Tarkovsky

  Sacrifice, Artist, Men

  "Sculpting in Time" by Andrei Tarkovsky, (p. 38), 1986.

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• It is God's design to use reluctant servants to usher in glory.

  Dan B. Allender

  Design, Religion, Use

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• What originally led us to serve others by leading them seldom remains our North Star.

  Dan B. Allender

  Stars, Servant Leadership, North Star

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• I don't necessarily have to like my players and associates but as their leader I must love them. Love is loyalty, love is teamwork, love respects the dignity of the individual. This is the strength of any organization.

  Vince Lombardi

  Loyalty, Teamwork, Player

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• Servant leadership teaches us that you have to lay your cards on the table.

  Warren G. Bennis

  Cards On The Table, Tables, Servant Leadership

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• My conclusion: Management is the most noble of professions if it's practiced well. No other occupation offers as many ways to help others learn and grow, take responsibility and be recognized for achievement, and contribute to the success of a team.

  Clayton Christensen

  Motivational, Team, Responsibility

  Harvard Business Review, Michael D. Watkins, Clayton Christensen, Kenneth L. Kraemer (2015). “Harvard Business Review Leadership Library: The Executive Collection (12 Books)”, Harvard Business Review Press

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• This is a service station, we offer service. There is no higher purpose.

  Nick Nolte

  Purpose, Servant Leadership, Peaceful Warrior

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• If you're truly obsessed over customers, it'll cover a lot of errors.

  Jeff Bezos

  Errors, Servant Leadership, Obsessed

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• The companies that are successful, they start out to make meaning, not to make money.

  Guy Kawasaki

  Successful, Servant Leadership, Making Money

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