Servanthood Quotes

• The first step to leadership is servanthood.

  John C. Maxwell

  Leadership, Firsts, Steps

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  Royalty is my identity. Servanthood is my assignment. Intimacy with God is my life source.

  Bill Johnson

  Identity, Intimacy, Royalty

  Bill Johnson (2010). “Dreaming with God: Co-Laboring with God for Cultural Transformation”, p.85, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• True leadership is servanthood. Put the interests of others at the center of your decisions.

  Dave Ramsey

  Decision, Interest, True Leader

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• Servanthood does not nullify leadership; it defines it. Jesus does not cease to be the Lion of Judah when He becomes the lamblike servant of the church.

  John Piper

  Jesus, Church, Doe

  John Piper (2013). “This Momentary Marriage”, p.51, SPCK

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• Everybody can be great...because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  College, Helping Others, Greatness

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• I concluded some time ago that a major part of success of a team, or of an individual, has a great deal to do with the intangible qualities possessed. The real key is in how a person see himself (humility), how he feels about what he does (passion), how he works with others (unity), how he makes others better (servanthood), and how he deals with frustration and success, truly learning from each situations (thankfulness). I believe those concepts are the essence of a good player, team, coach, or individual in any capacity in life.

  Dick Bennett

  Basketball, Team, Real

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• I am Thy servant to do Thy will, and that will is sweeter to me than position or riches or fame, and I choose it above all things on Earth or in Heaven.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Heaven, Earth, Riches

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• There is but one just use of power and it is to serve people.

  George W. Bush

  People, Use Of Power, Servant Leadership

  George W. Bush (2014). “41: A Portrait of My Father”, p.186, Crown

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• Tied to the value of the person is the principle of servanthood. We value what we freely serve.

  Douglas Groothuis

  Principles, Persons, Tied

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• Above all, leadership is a position of servanthood.

  Max De Pree

  Position

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• Motherhood is a great honor and privilege, yet it is also synonymous with servanthood. Every day women are called upon to selflessly meet the needs of their families. Whether they are awake at night nursing a baby, spending their time and money on less-than-grateful teenagers, or preparing meals, moms continuously put others before themselves.

  Charles Stanley

  Mom, Baby, Teenager

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• Your best servant is the person who does not attend so much to hearing what he himself wants as to willing what he has heard from you.

  Saint Augustine

  Doe, Want, Hearing

  Saint Augustine (1998). “The Confessions”, p.202, OUP Oxford

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• Churches are the primary partners that work with Habitat in an almost infinite variety of creative overlapping circles. We cherish these partnerships with churches…I have always seen Habitat for Humanity as a servant of the church and as a vehicle through which the church and its people can express their love, faith, and servanthood to people in need in a very tangible and concrete (literally!) way.

  Millard Fuller

  Circles, People, Creative

  Millard Fuller (1994). “The Theology of the Hammer”, p.53, Smyth & Helwys Publishing, Inc.

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• As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

  Bill Gates

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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• The covenant of your servanthood is that you be a servant to God, not to someone else, and that you know that everything except God is a servant to God, as He Most High has said, "There is none in the heaven and the earth but cometh unto the Compassionate as a servant."

  Ibn Ata Allah

  Compassion, Heaven, Earth

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• God Most High has said, "Is the reward of virtue aught save virtue?" . . . Know, O man, that the covenant of servanthood is incumbent upon you, and that the covenant of Lordship is incumbent upon His magnanimity, as He Most High has said, ". . . and fulfill your covenant, I shall fulfill My covenant."

  Ibn Ata Allah

  Men, Covenant, Rewards

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